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[Engadget] PSA: Windows 8 and Pro upgrades will jump to $120 and $200 on February 1st  

post #1 of 188
1/18/13 at 2:19pm
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http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/18/windows-8-upgrades/

"After the switchover, you'll pay $200 for a Pro upgrade, a standard edition of Windows 8 will run you $120"
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This should come as no surprise -- we reported the increase back in October -- but Windows 8 upgrades will become a bit more pricey come February 1st. That means you have the better part of two weeks to take advantage of introductory online upgrade pricing of $40 (for the Pro version), before the sticker jumps to 200 bucks.



That is a crazy price for a upgrade if your running Windows 7 already.
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post #2 of 188
1/18/13 at 2:26pm
I was hesitant to pay £15 for an upgrade, so Microsoft are definitely going to discourage people from upgrading by raising the price this much.
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post #3 of 188
1/18/13 at 2:26pm
Doesn't matter that much. I wasn't planning on buying it anyway.
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post #4 of 188
1/18/13 at 2:28pm
Well when the demand for it is so high, it can't be bad for MS to do this.

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post #5 of 188
1/18/13 at 2:29pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by NITRO1250 View Post

Doesn't matter that much. I wasn't planning on buying it anyway.

Same here. I plan to skip W8 all together. I hope W9 will be more to my liking.
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post #6 of 188
1/18/13 at 2:31pm
That'll help their market penetration. rolleyes.gif
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1/18/13 at 2:33pm
lucky got my copy before all this
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post #8 of 188
1/18/13 at 2:35pm
This is what windows used to cost so it's not outrageous... but I honestly don't see them selling as many at that price point. Although they don't really need to sell as many since it's so much more tongue.gif.
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post #9 of 188
1/18/13 at 2:37pm
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If people are liking it when it's priced as low as it is now, how is raising the price to rediculous levels going to make anyone like it?
post #10 of 188
1/18/13 at 2:43pm
Everyone who was not interested before will definately not want it now.
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