Upgrade to Windows 8 for $39.99

Might have to go fir it afterall

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$40 for upgrades from XP and beyond. That's a great way to get people to adopt Windows 8. Even though I'm not impressed by W8, at $40 I'll be picking up a copy.....might not install it but at least I'll be able to when they hit SP1.

I believe I paid $40 for Windows 3.1.....

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I wonder if the communities somewhat lukewarm acceptance of Windows 8 has something to do with this pricing.  :-"

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I just keep my money thanks, will never be buying Windows 8.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Upgrade?   Hehe...someone is confused....  *_*

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

ditto what Jim said

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

For that price, I'll probaly grab a copy just to play with it.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting CarGuy1, reply 5
For that price, I'll probaly grab a copy just to play with it.
A Frisbee would be a lot cheaper and will fly much further when you thow it. :-"

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It's available in 133 markets... eh. 

If that includes Australia then I may just get a copy at that price and stick it on the visitors machine. 

Hehe, that Metro interface will confuse the f**k out of 'em and stop 'em going online and using up my bandwidth. :w00t:

 

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Philly0381, reply 1
I wonder if the communities somewhat lukewarm acceptance of Windows 8 has something to do with this pricing. 

Yep, for $40 people will buy it. MS can then crow on its 'success'.

Might even buy it myself, could always upgrade my vista disc coffee cup coaster...

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'll buy it.  Once you get past Metro it's a really fast, stable OS.  And I have a way to never see metro when I boot.   *_*

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting tazgecko, reply 8
Yep, for $40 people will buy it. MS can then crow on its 'success'.

Yup, that's what companies do when feedback suggests a product won't sell too well at regular pricing... practically give it away then boast about the millions of units sold to call it a success.  There's nothing better than a feel good success story to help create/inspire an even greater success

Not only that, MS is using the old philosophy that it's harder to sell something to one man for a million dollars than it is to sell a million somethings to a whole bunch of people for a mere dollar.  In this instance, MS would be raking in a tidy sum if it sold just 20 million units worldwide at 40 bucks a pop, though that figure is likely to be much, much higher, given all OEM machines will have it pre-installed... and the availability of previous OSes drying up soon after 8's release

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Not sure I'll be paying 40 bucks to 'downgrade' from Windows 7 to Window 8

:P

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I would like to buy it but, I can't find it anywhere. Can someone steer me in the right direction. pretty please.  :( :typo: :S

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 9
I'll buy it. Once you get past Metro it's a really fast, stable OS. And I have a way to never see metro when I boot.

Hmmmm wise guy, eh?  Sneak this one in while I'm distracted by the phone will ya? :annoyed:

Orright then, sport, so get to dishing the dirt on this not seeing metro thing, ya hear?

I'm all ears. \o/

Yeah, and the boss says you either dish the dirt or you're eatin' dinner with the fishes tonight, okay? o_O

So dish it up, orright! :w00t:

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 9
And I have a way to never see metro when I boot.

Quoting starkers, reply 13
so get to dishing the dirt on this not seeing metro thing,

That's easy Starkers...

He can't spell his logon credentials properly, thus Windows won't let him in! He never gets to see it that way!!!

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Phoon, reply 14

Quoting Zubaz, reply 9And I have a way to never see metro when I boot.


Quoting starkers, reply 13so get to dishing the dirt on this not seeing metro thing,

That's easy Starkers...

He can't spell his logon credentials properly, thus Windows won't let him in! He never gets to see it that way!!!

Um, never thought of that. o_O Well that's no good to me... unless I fergits how ter speel. :rofl:

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 9
I'll buy it.  Once you get past Metro it's a really fast, stable OS.  And I have a way to never see metro when I boot.  

 

I am sure we ALL would like to know that secret!  Never see Metro...  only see a Windows 7 type UI... is that what your saying?  PLEASSSSEEEEEEEEE let all of us know if that is true, and what your secret is. :dur:

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 16
Never see Metro...  only see a Windows 7 type UI... is that what your saying?  PLEASSSSEEEEEEEEE let all of us know if that is true, and what your secret is
Soon.  ;)

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting IROKONESS, reply 12
I would like to buy it but, I can't find it anywhere. Can someone steer me in the right direction. pretty please. 

" - not available just yet - we're still driving toward the RTM milestone of Windows 8. We're just letting people know how they can upgrade when Windows 8 becomes available." -- Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft employee

When it's available I'll be grabbing a copy too - just for the fuck of it.

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Snowman, reply 19
When it's available I'll be grabbing a copy too - just for the fuck of it.

Well if what Zubaz is saying is true, and Metro can be obliterated from the user experience, I'll get it too... cos underneath that Metro abomination there's a 7ish OS, just with a bit more fine tuning.  And the fact that Aero will be stripped from the final iteration won't bother me, either.  Whether it's there or not I'd dress up the UI with WB anyhow.

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Snowman, reply 19
not available just yet

Thanks Snowman.  Thought I was goin blind. :D

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

LOL at the comments there. The most important "take away"? 

"The big problem with Windows 8 is the design -- the decision to treat the desktop as some sort of legacy box. Most Windows users will continue to be using it on a desktop PC (or laptop). I love my tablets and phone but there is a time and place for each different environment. Trying to create a one-size-fits-all solution is a mistake. Our job will be to make sure that users can use their device as best suits their personalized needs."

I too am concerned about MS code stripping shortly before the RTM. That could ruin many apps made to allow direct boots to the desktop without Metro.

 

Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 24
LOL at the comments there. The most important "take away"?

Yeah, there's a few pro-metro'ites over there, and a handful who think the full start page is better/more productive, and a handful of trolls bumping their gums for the sake of it, but for the most part people like the idea of the start button/panel being replaced in Win 8.  For mine it is a must to even operate Win 8, and if it completely bypasses Metro, then it is essential to my purchasing the OS.