Microsoft Gives Windows Vista a Price-Cut in China, $66

Microsoft has given an extremely substantial price cut to their latest OS, bringing it down by roughly 67 percent in an attempt to drastically boost sales and gain that market that were wary of the price.

However, many are not bought by this tactic, as a number of people exclaim how disappointing Vista was to them. Lanci, president of the fourth largest computer manufacturer Acer, recently made a public statement broadcasting his negative views on the operating system, which can be read here.

Personally, I feel the main reason as to why this wasn’t a global decision is due to China’s ridiculous pirating figures, of which more can be read about here. Perhaps Microsoft gave the dramatic price cut in order to close up the gap between pirate sales and genuine Windows Vista sales?

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