Two Weeks for Windows 7 On the Cheap – Will You Be Enticed to Buy?

While many articles are being written about the two week period when Microsoft wants to show users its magnanimity , and allow upgrades to Windows 7 Home Premium for $49, there seem to be as many articles stating the pricing, set to take effect after the two week ‘grace’ period is far too high.

After all, most of the authors of these articles have actually used Windows 7 Beta,  and now Release Candidate versions. They would be in a good position to judge its worthiness for purchase at $99, or $49, or whatever the assigned price.

There is also an article on ComputerWorld, stating that the grace period might be more than two weeks, which is what I’ve suspected for a while. After all, there was much damage done to the Microsoft reputation by Vista, and no amount of  writing by the professional organization of Microsoft apologists will change that.

So many will bite, and purchase, which will cause some to purchase based on the lemmings over the cliff model of sales, but many have not used the pre-release versions, and are still sore from the burns they received when they purchased Vista.

What does Microsoft do to entice those who have not used the pre-releases? Or have, and simply don’t think the changes warrant an upgrade. The easiest way is to find an entire new supply of sale prices, which no doubt will be found on or about October 22.

For my part, if Microsoft is certain that the product is warranting the pricing that shows no bow to the current economy, or a mea culpa for Vista, it should offer a money back guarantee. Use the product for the 30 days before the product forces activation, and, if you don’t think it is worth the money, you get to return it, provided it is complete with everything but the outer seal, and that key has not been used. (For the non-critical thinkers out there, Microsoft will simply blacklist the keys that are out, and the packages returned, after all, they have literally millions of them.)

That would show confidence. It also would inspire confidence, in the worrisome or otherwise timid. It also will allow Microsoft to make more sales at the higher pricing, and perhaps quiet some skeptics like me.

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Quote of the day:

He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit. – Unknown

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