MS to Raise Netbook prices

Of course, Ballmer also explained that the company’s goal is to raise PC prices in the next year. That’s due both to expected popularity of a new class of higher-end and higher-priced netbooks, a new pricing strategy around Windows 7 that the company hopes will result in far more upgrades to premium skus, and a reversal of a strategy in the last year to cut prices to spur demand in emerging countries. “The theory was wrong,” said Ballmer, in that Microsoft didn’t tap enough untapped demand to compensate for the price hit. “You’ll see us address the theory. We’re going to readjust those prices north” with windows 7.

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killadoob said:

Windows costs money?

Since when? I thought it was free on torrents or am i wrong?

Raise the prices all you like MR ballmer, you can charge 15k for windows we will still pay nothing for it

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