"Alias" <iamalias@nukethisgmail.com> wrote in message
news:g0mtl3$ft$1@aioe.org...
> dennis@home wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <iamalias@nukethisgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:g0mrto$pbh$2@aioe.org...
>>
>>
>>> A national computer store chain here in Spain will sell you a computer
>>> with Vista, XP or Ubuntu. If you opt for Ubuntu, the computer costs 50
>>> euros less.
>>>
>>> Alias
>>
>> Didn't you say vista was hundreds of Euros there?
>
> Yes, but if your memory had served you well, you would recall that I was
> talking about Retail, not a computer with Vista preinstalled.
>
> To give you an idea of retail prices here, see:
>
> http://www.elcorteingles.es/informat...ia=28610744055
>
> And retail Office 2007 Ultimate:
>
> http://www.elcorteingles.es/informat...ia=28610737760
>
> They've even put the price in US dollars for you.
>
> Alias

OMG, you are kidding. I almost hit the floor laughing when I saw $1.493,78
for Office 2007 full version. So it is $2000 for a full version of Vista
Ultimate and Office Ultimate....

At MWave in the US, a place I used to shop it is $399 for MS-Office Ultimate
retail and Vista Ultimate retail with both 32 and 64 bit is $270. $660,
less than 1/3rd your price. Lets see how a MVP or Frank will justify this.

Must make you mad as hell. In Canada they do the same tricks too but
usually at only a 30-40% premium. But I always wait until a trip to the US
comes by to buy anything computer book/software related. We have a couple
of good electronics places, but M$ prices are more than the US. But mobos
and memory are about the same price. Got 8GB (4 x 2GB) of higher speed
memory 2 months ago for $180.

Microsoft pricing games. Going to catch up to them.

The best answer is to help your friends load Ubuntu or Fedora with Open
Office. Screw M$ pricing.