Microsoft Selling New Windows At Cut-Rate Price

KingFishKingFish
edited October 2004 in Science & Tech
Despite all the changes Microsoft is touting with the new version of Media Center, the biggest change may be one that the company barely mentions: the price drop.
Microsoft had priced the first two versions of Windows XP Media Center edition, targeted at consumers, higher than even its professional edition of Windows sold to businesses. This time, Microsoft has priced the software somewhere between Windows XP Home and Windows XP Pro, CNET News.com has learned. "There is a deliberate strategy to lower the price," said Tom Laemmel, a product manager in the Windows Client unit. "We want this to be taken seriously as a mainstream product. It is clearly the best OS for any room in the home."
Source: c|net

Comments

  • SputnikSputnik Worcester, MA
    edited October 2004
    isn't Windows MCE Windows XP Pro with some stuff on top? or is it Windows XP Home with stuff on top?
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    It's based on home core.
  • SputnikSputnik Worcester, MA
    edited October 2004
    oh... in that case, why wasn't it priced between the two in the first place?
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    would it be worth it to pick a copy up?
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    What is this Media Center Edition? I haven't seen it before appearently, I've been under this rock here minding my own buisness I guess :scratch:
  • yaggayagga Havn't you heard? ... New
    edited October 2004
    I thought you couldn't buy it unless you bought it preinstalled? Maybe I'm under the rock, too?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    Media Center Edition is basically Windows designed to function in the capacity of a PVR.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    pvr?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    Personal Video Recorder. TiVo.
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