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Windows 7 upgrade coupons coming, could be monkey's paw for XP netbooks
With the drop date quickly approaching, the big OEMs are gearing up for Windows 7. Acer, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, and Shuttle have all announced their plans to begin shipping upgrade coupons with systems that are preloaded with Windows Vista. Coupons will be valid from June 26th until January 31, 2010. The conversation with your local shopkeeper will go something like this:
"The Windows Vista laptop is cursed"
"That's bad."
"But it comes with a free upgrade coupon for Windows 7."
"That's good!"
"The coupon is also cursed."
"Can I go now?"
While it's certainly good news for consumers, it could be a punch in the face for netbook sales. We've been told that WIndows 7 runs great on netbooks - heck, my MSI Wind was running the version that published Downloadsquad's first hands-on with the new OS.
What's the big deal? No upgrade coupon for Windows XP to 7, of course. And not many netbook makers have been
Since we've also been told that Windows 7 netbooks are right around the corner, this could definitely cause sales to slow significantly.
[via PC World]
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsLee MathewsJun 14th 2009 3:38PM
Those are stock configs, Molly. No tinkering by NCIX.
Great of course is relative. Perhaps just "runs on netbooks" would have worked just as well ;)
CrazylinkJun 14th 2009 9:02PM
Will machines sold on Newegg also offer the upgrade coupon?
mongooseproxcJun 15th 2009 8:50AM
Good! Take that XP users! You get what you pay for with these cheesy things. If you want to run Windows Aero on your Blackberries then you should pay the price!!! These stupid crapbooks brough PC evolution backwards and I think Microsoft is right in taxing it!
EricJun 15th 2009 12:52PM
Geez mongooseproxc, that's an awful lot of bitterness towards an entire category of inanimate objects. Did some netbook take your lunch money and give you swirlies as a kid or something? If people want netbooks, companies will make them, and people will buy them. Given the huge explosion in netbook sales of late, I'd suggest you rethink your position. Either way it doesn't matter what you think or the grudge you have against netbooks, its called capitalism and it works. If you don't want a "crapbook" then don't buy one and quit your whining.
dalmitJun 21st 2009 1:49PM
$9.95 is a small price to pay for 4 months of Vista avoidance.