As a Mac user, I would be more than prepared to buy the next version of OSX because I believe that it is worth the $69 (or less if you buy the family pack). I am a student so I get special pricing. Normally it is $129. Okay, so lets see, that means it is $129/$69 for the best version of OSX for the consumer. Obviously, there is a server variation but it is clearly meant for servers, just as there is a server version of Windows.
To compare this with Vista, we see that there are 7 versions, just for the consumer! Not only that, but the least expensive, stripped bare, more worthless than XP Home, upgrade only version costs more ($99, for an upgrade!) than I would have to pay for the next version of OSX. Okay, so MS has not announced any student pricing and they also have their special software distributions for some universities. However, this does not include teachers at all or students not in college, as well as smaller institutions.
This is certainly a problem, though I am sure that Vista will sell far beyond any previous version of windows, not because it is great, innovative, or worth the money in any way. It will sell because MS has fantastic, hegemonic marketing. Their marketing is so good that people truly believe that they have to have Vista.
All I have to say is NO! I will NOT pay for this!
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