We have all been wanting to know what Microsoft is going to charge for Vista and Office 2007 but they said they weren’t going to release their pricelist until later this year. Well, a sneaky person over in the Neowin forums found out that they already have the software on Microsoft’s Canadian Pricelist Web site. I guess the cost may not be the same as the United States but it will probably be close.
I have taken the liberty of converting the currency to U.S. dollars:
Vista:
- Vista Home Basic Upgrade - $116
- Vista Home Premium Upgrade - $179
- Vista Business Upgrade - $225
- Vista Home Basic - $234
- Vista Home Premium - $270
- Vista Ultimate Upgrade - $270
- Vista Business - $342
- Vista Ultimate - $450
Office 2007:
- OneNote 2007 - $125
- Outlook 2007 - $143
- Publisher 2007 - $225
- Excel 2007 - $279
- PowerPoint 2007 - $279
- Word 2007 - $279
- Office Small Business 2007 - $567
- Office Pro 2007 - $685
- Project 2007 - $798
- Office Ultimate 2007 - $811
There you have it…a nice estimate of what Microsoft flagship products will run you if you want to play with the latest software. I’m sure some of the prices will be rounded a little nicer but they sound reasonable accurate. I could definitely see this being the most pirated version of Windows and Office yet!
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what would the prices be if they were pre-installed on a machine? Same/a little less?
Reasonable prices, I think I would go for the Vista Home Premium at $270. I’m happy with that
Now im off to play sonic the hedchog!
This is such crap! I can’t believe Vista Ultimate will be so much money! OS X is only like 120 bucks or something FULL VERSION!
Oh well I’ll just have to try and get it OEM I guess…
I am sure it will be less because the manufacturer’s always get a deal. Retail prices are always high. I think XP Pro is $300 retail.
That is incredible. One of the major benefits of going to school for IT in a Windows oriented school is the free software..
Yes, I also have the perk right now. The funny thing is that they offer us 3 different versions of XP Pro: the first release, SP1, and SP2. With each version they give us a different serial number and they are completely independent from each other. That means I have three different copies of XP Pro legally.
Back in the 80s when I was a high school kid crazy for Brit-pop, I discovered one thing about pricing foreign products: it’s never wise to assume that the change in pricing from one country to another is solely based on the exchange rate. That is, a 12″ single purchased in the UK is almost always more than the flat exchange rate suggests.
As a more modern example, I see that the $14.95 US book sitting on my desk here has a $24.95 CAN price printed on it, but the exchange rate at present is: $1 US = $1.11 CAN.
A little browsing on bookshelves for recently-printed books puts the average price of a (hardback or trade-paper) book up $14 CAN from the same USD price, despite that nearly 1:1 exchange rate.
This got me wondering what the hike in price might be for Canadian software vs. US software. So I did a little research.
I found WinXP Professional on ncix.com for $176.35 CAN, while edirectsoftware.com lists WinXP Professional for $109 US (though it bears note: microsoft.com has a list price for WinXP Pro of $199 US).
let’s go with $167.35CAN = $109US, as far as software prices go. 167.35/109= 1.535
Converting the prices above to canadian $ again and then back via the 1.535 mark-up that’s what the market will bear (i.e.: $116US*1.11=CAN$; (CAN$)/1.535), I find US prices as follows (rounded up to nearest $):
$84 for Vista Home Basic Upgrade
$129 for the Vista Home Premium Upgrade
So what would be in Ultimate that wouldn’t be in the “Home Premium”? Even the difference between Home and Professional right now is some networking features.
GNU/Linux KDE4 XGL/Compiz = $0
OpenOffice.org = $0
Free upgrades = $0
No need for security software = Priceless
Works good enough for me and it’s only getting better, especially with more people (and government organizations) switching. Plus it looks better, runs faster and smoother (even on older hardware), is customizable to a huge degree, etc. With all the money I save by not buying a commercial OS and office suite, I can get a brand new, high end computer instead.
That sounds like a great MasterCard commercial.
I plan to get Vista Ultimate, not necessarily because I will want or have a need for all the features currently.
However, I would want all the features so when/if I need them, they will be there waiting for me.
I too plan to look for the OEM version as I do not need all that retail crap associated with it.
MS currently prices XP Pro as $300USD and $500CAN. That means that the MS exchange rate is approximately $3USD=$5CAN. But the guy on NeoWin says that the Canadian price is usually $100 more than the US price. I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
Pricing information has already been posted for Vista:
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2.....a-pricing/
I was referring more to the Office 2007 pricing.
They haven’t announced that one yet. 
There use to be prices on Amazonbut it looks like MS made them remove the pricing when they stopped the pre-orders.