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Title: Microsoft charges less than $15 for each XP netbook Post by: Alex on April 20, 2009, 06:02:35 AM Microsoft charges less than $15 for each XP netbook
Recently Gartner Analysis predicted that the sales of netbooks will grow nearly 80% this year to 21 million units, while overall PC sales decline by 11.9%. Given that netbooks are leading the PC market growth, Microsoft is forced to offer Windows XP for netbooks at a discounted price to gain high share in netbook market. Microsoft hasn't revealed its pricing for netbook licenses publicly till now, but Wall Street Journal quoting unnamed sources reports that Microsoft is charging only less than $15 per netbook for Windows XP, one third less than the estimated $50 to $60 it receives for PCs running Windows Vista. Microsoft usually charges $30 for the Starter Edition of Windows meant for PCs. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/KezdigVfBWY/microsoft-charges-less-than-15-for-each-xp-netbook |