Today, Computer Reseller News Australia www.crn.com.au rang an article that I wrote last week. It was on the price disparity that Microsoft have had for some time on their products in AUD vs USD. This was a hard thing for me to write as I am normally very pro Microsoft which many of you know. I’m keen to ensure that we send a real message to Microsoft here so that … [Read more...]
Windows 7 – available real soon at a nice $
We are starting to see the adverts in the papers now for upgrades to Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate. The Aussie price for the Win7 Pro Upgrade is $400 AUD and $430 AUD for the Ultimate upgrade. Ok - so let's take a moment and look at the US pricing and we find that the US price for these products is $200 USD and $220 USD respectively. Hang on... isn't the Aussie … [Read more...]
Windows 7 – In-Place Upgrade
NOTE: I wrote this post back in August so the time references are a bit out. I’ve upgraded my Toshiba Portege R500 from Windows Vista Business to Windows 7 Ultimate. I’ve had the laptop now for nearly 2 years and it’s still running on the original factory installation of Windows Vista. I’ve loaded up quite a number of applications on it over time and was quite prepared to … [Read more...]