Microsoft Windows 8.1 will get 70% price reduction

nicugoalkeper

2014-02-22 11:57

All in all is a good move for MS, and it will make some users happy. By the way Win 8.1 is not broken, the only problem is the interface, but if don't count it you will get a nice OS (not the best bust still a good one).

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Anarion

2014-02-22 12:14

It should be illegal to reduce price by 70% on the charges their initial price was 70% bigger and the product was broken 🙂

Initially the upgrade version was dirt cheap.

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Asgardi

2014-02-22 12:22

Hmmm...

men, this is good news for every1. cheper prices means moer men will be usin this OS than ever before. hallyryu wanted a cheap window 8 so this should be god news to him an many other felow gurus here an accross the globe (

This is much smaller thing than the press wants to tell you. Its only for PCs selling for less than $250 so its only for the junk market.

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lucidus

2014-02-22 12:22

Helping their OEMs be more competitive can't be a bad thing. I hope they make it up in volume.

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Ryu5uzaku

2014-02-22 14:30

In other news, Microsoft discovers that most users wouldn't downgrade to Windows 8 for free.

it's on upgrade. But good for ms to go -70% not bad, not bad at all.

#4770753

rflair

Moderator

2014-02-22 14:53

The amount of negativity in almost every post in 'Frontpage News' is bothering.

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Order_66

2014-02-22 15:18

In other news, Microsoft discovers that most users wouldn't downgrade to Windows 8 for free.

^this.

#4770855

warezme

2014-02-22 19:16

It's a lose lose for MS. They lose on profits and Windows 8 and lose on reputation because Win8 gets put on cheap devices that will only make Windows perform worse. It's like what happened when Windows 7 was put on budget netbooks with atom processors. The user experience suffered by not only low performance machines but bloatware the budget dealers stuffed on top of an already crappy system. The last thing MS needs right now is another hit to its rep.

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TimmyP

2014-02-22 19:34

Would you rather have a bunch of sheep, lemmings and yes men posting?

Are ****ing kidding me? YOU are the sheep!

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Elder III

2014-02-22 19:45

I have some relatives that desperately need to upgrade from XP, so this sounded good at first. Apparently it's only for OEM giants such as Dell, HP etc. If I could buy OEM copies myself for $15 I'd go get a 3 pack of them right this second.

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tsunami231

2014-02-22 19:48

They really want to push win8 even though they took all that flak from there stupid ideas about metro. Not happen unless I can completely remove/disable Metro and have work star menu like every OS before it Not resorting to 3rd party hackies changes to fix something that didnt need fixing to begin with. I didnt switch to Vista for DX10 I sure as hell aint switching to win 8 for dx 11.2. Considering most game still have use DX9 and few that are DX11 are half assed still. And I sill upset over the fact winxp let use tweak our network much more then vista/win7/8 cause they pretty much automate it

#4770957

Ghosty

2014-02-22 22:37

In the grand scheme of things, no one really cares about Aero though. Adding it back would not help sales, neither would a return of a traditional start menu. Traditional desktop PC sales will continue to decline as most people no longer want anything but tablets. On a positive note the gaming side seems to be doing well, but non gaming not so much.

Lets face it, if people want light access to the internet for Facebook and that, a PC is always going to play second fiddle to phones and tablets. What Microsoft should be pushing is the gaming side of PC's. But with Steam already heavily invested with Linux, Windows is becoming less needed as the months roll on.

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TimmyP

2014-02-22 22:52

It's not only just the interface that isn't as good, it's the fact it looks crap. So plain and boring, it isn't a pleasant interface. Aero does improve the graphics greatly, it's why people complain so much about it not being present.

Absolutely false. The UI in desktop mode is MUCH faster and less of a resource hog than aero was. This is besides the fact that you can download a Visual Style that looks EXACTLY like aero.

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TimmyP

2014-02-22 23:37

Excuse me but the OS is ONLY an interface, especially when we talk about windows. There are so many things that are identical from win95 and those things are often used. And getting nightmarish interface is the only thing you get in OS. You want games? You buy games, windows8 doesnt give anything, nor games, nor movies, nor programs, not firewalls or antivirus or winamp or vlc or browser or office anything. The only thing that matter is interface itself. And some security features. P.S. Yes i know i dont need to buy win8 but i hope you understand my frustration to understand the point in "upgrading" the os. It does seem a great opportunity though.. :|

WOW. Then, praytell, why arent we all running Windows XP?

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lucidus

2014-02-22 23:48

The amount of negativity in almost every post in 'Frontpage News' is bothering.

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Dragondale13

2014-02-23 03:17

I'm waiting patiently for some of those talented peeps over on Dev Art to create some wicked styles for 8.1.Hoping they have by the time I make the switch in a couple of mths.It does look kind of boring compared to the vstyles I'm using on 7 currently.Oh and I'm typing this on phone too, jus finished dinner, 🙂!

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SHS

2014-02-23 03:42

It not discount for Retail nor OEM Retail only OEM get the deal like Dell, HP, etc, etc so why would give a rats you know what which I don't do because of all trash that get install and cut rate carp parts that they used.

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Prince Valiant

2014-02-23 05:07

In the grand scheme of things, no one really cares about Aero though. Adding it back would not help sales, neither would a return of a traditional start menu. Traditional desktop PC sales will continue to decline as most people no longer want anything but tablets. On a positive note the gaming side seems to be doing well, but non gaming not so much.

It's not like it would hurt to provide an optional Vista or 7 style interface and desktop environment. I used W8 for about two weeks and couldn't stand it. I'm content with a slower interface if it means I get my SM and don't have to stare at the ugly ribbon for explorer windows. Off topic: Hello G3D forums 😀.

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nicugoalkeper

2014-02-23 10:19

It's not like it would hurt to provide an optional Vista or 7 style interface and desktop environment. I used W8 for about two weeks and couldn't stand it. I'm content with a slower interface if it means I get my SM and don't have to stare at the ugly ribbon for explorer windows. Off topic: Hello G3D forums 😀.

There are 3 party interfaces for Win 8 and many are free so .... Many people don't want to give it a try from the first time and other are just lazy to change it: You can make win 8.1 start directly in Desktop mode so you don't need to use the metro interface so much (only thing i use it is to get to my programs and that is more simple for me at least (in Win 8.1) that in any other Windows, just because i have +200 programs and they are more easy to find in Win 8.1 (windows button and then ctrl+ Tab) and you can easy search for them in there). So again i say many people are lazy and don't what to learn how to use a new OS (many still want to do all whit the mouse and whit to few actions). Still to get to control panel , device manager, command prompt (admin) .... and other is really easy on Win 8.1 and harder on 7 and lower. So pls don't bash on Win 8,8.1 if you don't like and interface after 4-8 weeks of using it, play whit it for 6 months and then give a feedback. There are little bugs here and there that got or will get fix but every OS has them. Still to keep to the topic, i hope that this move will be a move to a cheaper Windows 9. And i think is a first for MS to do this for his flagship OS.

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lucidus

2014-02-23 11:17

Off topic: Hello G3D forums 😀.

Hey yo! 🙂