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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dave who wrote (61776)	10/20/2001 2:06:28 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 74651

No, Dell is taking advantage of people who want the next new OS first. JMHO.

To: Dave who wrote (61776)	10/20/2001 2:31:28 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	Respond to of 74651

It's a discount program. You pay less if you upgrade more frequently. If you're saying that Apple customers always pay full price for upgrades no matter how loyal they are then that's an interesting business philosophy, but it does nothing to encourage customers to stay current. In what sense is a customer running a four year old Mac who's committed to "saving money" by never upgrading an asset to Apple? Once again, nobody cares how component costs are allocated within a system price. Do you really believe there are many customers who are going to say "Gosh, I'm saving hundreds with these new prices, but I'd rather pay more to spite Microsoft"? Maybe there are some who think that way, but not many.

To: Dave who wrote (61776)	10/21/2001 2:27:13 PM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

<< Hey, has anybody else noticed that if you order a Windows XP system from Dell it costs $60 more than a Windows 2000 or Windows 98SE machine? >> Dave, The cost of the old out of date software has dropped. The price of XP is the same. Old software at a discount. Want to explain how you see discounting old software as a monopolist abusing its power?