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worker201:

--- Quote from: _ZeroBeta on 16 April 2009, 21:19 ---This might be all talk, but I don't know. According to this article, Microsoft has given no information about where they plan to sell their hardware and software, which leads me to doubt the truth behind this page. Considering how Microsoft sell their products at the moment, both bundled onto the hard drives of OEM computers and available off the shelf in office, computer and online stores, I can't quite put my finger on why they would want to open their own stores when they:

1. Bring in enough money with the methods they have used to force computer manufacturers to install their latest OSs onto their hard disks.
2. Sell it as an optional product both online and off in various outlets.
3. Advertise it on a steady basis on radio, TV and online.

Then again, there is one reason, which davidnix has described in his first paragraph. Windows Vista hasn't sold nearly as well as they expected it to, largely owing to the many negative reviews it has received in various sources, and Microsoft have been fined so many times now that it's no longer surprising or funny.

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It's highly likely that the Seattle Times took this entire article straight from a Microsoft press release.  It's also possible that Microsoft is playing the PR game - tossing out bogus press releases just to see what kind of reactions they get.  MS certainly has full-time people who go out and read what people are saying about them on the net.  It's almost like doing a candid camera focus group.  I suspect that pretty much everyone is saying the same things we're saying here, and that MS got some angry phone calls from OEM distributors wondering about prior agreements - so the whole idea dies on the vine.  It's entirely possible that by commenting and complaining about this strategy, we played right into Microsoft's hands, doing their marketing research for them.  For free!

bob_v5:
I actually think it would be a good idea (from microshafts view) to release an MS branded pc. Put it in a fancy , expensive looking case, use over-specced (is that a word?) hardware, have it somehow locked to vista and sell it like a mac or a mobile phone.
Include a few features only avalable on MS branded hardware. For example...

MS Bank- A program that interfaces with your online bank. Makes it look like a windows app. Reduces securty by only 4%!

MS Screen Saver- A program that allows you to display pictures of you favorite celebs for only the price of 2 txt mssgs!

MS Pron Stash- A folder for storing personal data, guaranteed totaly invisbile to other users of the machine.

Throw in ten gig of "totaly secure","cloud computing" storage space. "free for not less than 1 day but not more than we feel like" 
Charge $10 a month for updates, and give loyal customers a 25% discount off another $2000 machne 2 years later.

Sorry for the rant, but it annoys me that with the proper marketing this product would probably sell by the millions...

Lead Head:
Sounds a lot like apple ;)

worker201:

--- Quote from: Lead Head on 13 May 2009, 04:11 ---Sounds a lot like apple ;)

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Which just goes to show that you can get away with a lot of shit if your base product doesn't suck.

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