OZ Vista Prices ??may differ Jan '07

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Vista Home Premium AUD 415.00
" " " USD 239.00

I'm going anyway so the airfare doesn't factor
in to it.
 
Presumably, you'll be getting the US English version of Vista at the $US
price.

But will it understand Strine? :>

Alan
 
Mr Vista

From what I have gleaned from this NG,
anyone paying in ₤GB & €EU are really
going to be slugged. Seems a little
one sided. However, I'm a managerial
accountant (semi ret') and deal frequently in
'foreign' currencies and the market will most
probably dictate the prices in the long run.
'sort of like an airline price war'.

Suggestions, from many of the 'knowbies'
is, shop around !
 
Actually, Australians and New Zealanders
speak better English that the poms do.
No 'strine' here.
 
$239 USD equates to $304 AUD at the current exchange rate. $415 retail is about $377 before GST. The markup between $304 and $377 is about 24%. Why do I think we are being shafted - again.

Geo.
 
Geo

History will tell you that Australia has always
been 'shafted' by MS & the US Govt'.
(refer to XP prices, when it come on the market)
They are under the impression that
Australia is a little backwater country, so they
can do whatever they like. (eg: Pine Gap)

They (mentioned above) forget that Australia
assisted in no short manner, in the 'landing' on the
moon (?) with our tracking being the only ones
in position at the time.

Yes ! Australians and New Zealanders are, again,
going to have to pay the price for living in the
Southern Hemisphere.

:{ )
 
mik said:
MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA HOME BASIC DVD $349.00
$349 for Home Basic? Are thay crazy????
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I think the word "greedy" would be more appropriate and the pirates are
just licking their chops with that kind of price spread.

Alias
 
LoneWolf said:
mik

CRAZY ! is an understatement.
How about Ultimate - AUD$695.00.
Bearing in mind that the 'knowbies' have said
"foolish to buy an upgrade, get the full version".
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That's still cheaper than the UK version at the current exchange rate!
 
Well I'm from Australia and here Xp-Pro retails between $150 and $200 $aud
And even though Vista Ultimate is far more advanced than Xp-Pro it surely
doesn't warrant Vista ultimate being 3 to 4 times the price of Xp-Pro
I was going to rush out and buy Vista ultimate full version but after seeing
those prices I might wait till things settle a little, I'm sure the price
will come down a bit.
Xp-Pro was very expensive when it first came out but the price of Xp-Pro has
been falling ever since.
 
Will said:
Xp-Pro was very expensive when it first came out but the price of Xp-Pro
has been falling ever since.
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XP is the same price in the UK now as it was five years ago!
 
Brian

If that's the case in the UK, then you are being
ripped off, majorly, by your software resellers.

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