Shocking!

[Googer]

Originally posted by: dartworth

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004


Ever think that with Vista around the corner, MS is selling the discs at a discount to eliminate inventory?

No...

If that were true then Why are 10-11 year old copies of Windows NT still selling for $300+?

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: rpbri2886
Microsoft is not only paying for the cost of the media to give it to you, but for all the research that went into creating that software. Microsoft is also financing their future R&D through the revenues they bring in today.

Correct.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Yeh...well I only paid $5.95 for it from my college open campus agreement.

You got screwed.

I sure did! But the cost of your Tuition was 10K, so maybe I got the better deal?


Education is cheap and ignorance is expensive.

It was under $5000 a year, but thanks for playing.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Yeh...well I only paid $5.95 for it from my college open campus agreement.

You got screwed.

I sure did! But the cost of your Tuition was 10K, so maybe I got the better deal?


Education is cheap and ignorance is expensive.

It was under $5000 a year, but thanks for playing.

Thanks for Playing? How? What did I play?

 

[Regs]

The only thing I think is a rip off is that you can't install it more than once in the same household. I feel sorry if you have more than one jobless teenager living under your roof.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Regs
The only thing I think is a rip off is that you can't install it more than once in the same household. I feel sorry if you have more than one jobless teenager living under your roof.

From what I understand the retail version is not as restrictive as the OEM versions. Also addtional licences are not as expensive as buying another disc. Some one else can clairify this better. I do know that you can upgrade the guts like a motherboard, cpu, ram, nic and video with the same XP licence, although I have not tried that yet.

 

[spidey07]

dude broke the agreement.

we get if for much less.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Yeh...well I only paid $5.95 for it from my college open campus agreement.

You got screwed.

I sure did! But the cost of your Tuition was 10K, so maybe I got the better deal?


Education is cheap and ignorance is expensive.

It was under $5000 a year, but thanks for playing.

my college tuition was 34k a year

XP cost 150-200$ in the bookstore

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: spidey07
dude broke the agreement.

we get if for much less.

We? Who is we?

I called and talked to the Anti-Piracy guy at MS and he told me "every thing is legit". If he had said no then I would not have gone though with the deal.

 

[bleeb]

If you're pissed about that... wait until you find out the price for Microsoft Office 2003 Professional.

 

[Looney]

Well, i wished i could get them that cheap. I need a copy or two myself. I'm sticking with Ubuntu on one of the machines atm until Vista comes out.

 

[BillyBatson]

you paid too much my friend!
the company i use to work for supplies resellers with hardware and software. They buy copies of Windows XP Pro OEM for $17 a copy when puchased in bulk. I believe purchasing the seperate licenses costs even less than that.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: BillyBatson
you paid too much my friend!
the company i use to work for supplies resellers with hardware and software. They buy copies of Windows XP Pro OEM for $17 a copy when puchased in bulk. I believe purchasing the seperate licenses costs even less than that.

Wanna sell me a couple at his price then? You'll be making a 100% profit!

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: bleeb
If you're pissed about that... wait until you find out the price for Microsoft Office 2003 Professional.

Or any software for that matter.

Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium - $1200

 

[simms]

You got ripped.
You're coming to a tech forum where everyone can easily get it for that price legally. :roll:
Your hook up is no more unusual the the flamebait we get daily.

Pack it up and move on, please.

 

[BillyBatson]

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: BillyBatson
you paid too much my friend!
the company i use to work for supplies resellers with hardware and software. They buy copies of Windows XP Pro OEM for $17 a copy when puchased in bulk. I believe purchasing the seperate licenses costs even less than that.

Wanna sell me a couple at his price then? You'll be making a 100% profit!

i said the company i USE to work at =
i still keep in touch with the owner and could probably get me a copy or 2 for me, but i can't purchase and sell especially since i am not a reseller lol

 

[Mackie2k]

It's $35 at the company store, that's not some big secret.....

It costs Hundred's of millions if not billions to develope it.....It hope they sell it for $600 a copy, make my stock go up.

Idiot...

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: spidey07
dude broke the agreement.

we get if for much less.

We? Who is we?

I called and talked to the Anti-Piracy guy at MS and he told me "every thing is legit". If he had said no then I would not have gone though with the deal.

well then you are all golden.

"we" is the evil corporations.

My main point is never pay retail for anything.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: spidey07
dude broke the agreement.

we get if for much less.

We? Who is we?

I called and talked to the Anti-Piracy guy at MS and he told me "every thing is legit". If he had said no then I would not have gone though with the deal.

well then you are all golden.

"we" is the evil corporations.

My main point is never pay retail for anything.

I think of retail pricing as the cost of instant gratification. If I want/need something right now, retail is the fastest,. easiest way to go about getting it. If I can wait a bit or do some homework, I never pay full retail for anything.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: MrChad


1. $35 for an employee discount price is not unreasonable.
2. Who said Microsoft was not making enough money?
3. Most users do just fine with XP Home, which is 2/3 the cost of XP Professional.

Sorry but XP Home is nothing more than the software equivalent of the 486SX chip. It is the exact same OS dumbed down. I'll pay the other 1/3 and get the whole OS. I do think that MS is short sighted in not being willing to price some deals for the home/enthusiast market, something along the lines of a 4 machine pool license. In the end though it is their product and they can decide how to sell it and what to charge.

You're kidding, right?

The only thing you could possibly complain about is remote desktop.

 

[slpaulson]

I'm upset that my school doesn't give discounts on MS stuff anymore.

I know that all the OS's used to be $25 and office used to be $35.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: cRazYdood
I'm upset that my school doesn't give discounts on MS stuff anymore.

I know that all the OS's used to be $25 and office used to be $35.

At mine office was $100 IIRC, and I just ordered Adobe CS2 Premium for $200 ($1200 retail), so that is at least a good deal.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: cRazYdood
I'm upset that my school doesn't give discounts on MS stuff anymore.

I know that all the OS's used to be $25 and office used to be $35.

Wait just a damn minute, you are in the UW system too.

http://wiscsoftware.wisc.edu/wisc/school.asp?institution=1022

 

[swtethan]

i get free intel chips :-X

 

[ucdbiendog]

Originally posted by: Baked
Send the OP's IP to the FBI and let them deal w/ him and his pirate friend's asses.

their employee discount can be used for personal use and limited gift giving also. the employee is not making a profit off them, so there is nothing wrong with it. i too benefitted from the employee discount without being a M$ employee.