Microsoft Said to Cut Windows Price 70% to Counter Rivals

[lostincalifornia]

66. I did not say apple did not have that attitude, and that is the problem, MSFT did the same thing.

They are lowering the price for OEM bundles with cheap notebooks to compete against the chrombook

Chrombook is google's answer to the iPad, but it isn't a desktop replacement

Actually that is all MSFT needs to do for windows 8, during the install of the os give users the option to choose between windows 7 look or windows 8

They would have companies start jumping right on board for the enhanced security features alone

There are not many companies who want a desktop to have the metro interface, and require their users to do a lot of clicks just to go from point A to point B

The nurse, doctor , office administrator etc. wants to do their job most efficientltly, and windows 8 isn't conducive to that with a desktop environment

Incidently the market has decided, and that is why MSFT will change it. They screwed up on VISTA by releasing it too early, and released windows 7 which is what vista should have been. The same will happen with windows 8

Actually if Bill Gates came back he could straighten things out. Unfortunately it is very unlikely that he will do so, his charity work is the most important thing to him now