Windows 10 Versions announced
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@Aaron-Studer said:
Why can we just have 1 version of windows?
You could call it, Windows.
Simple.
I agree!
If they need to charge more for businesses, then create more CAL types and raise the prices there!
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller yep but not for windows 8/8.1
But they didn't OFFER Ultimate for Windows 8 or 8.1. So Ultimate always had Direct Access. Just Ultimate didn't always exist.
Well yeah. It was only for windows vista/7. I dobut they'd do it again. They want those volume licenses. Plus you have to buy two windows licenses that way since volume is upgrade only.
You didn't have to buy upgrades as long as you purchased Software Assurance withing 90 days of your PC purchase.
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I've rarely purchased it within 90days. I always paid yearly for the volume licenses /SA for every machine. I've just always bought computer with professional on them anyway.
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@Dashrender said:
@Aaron-Studer said:
Why can we just have 1 version of windows?
You could call it, Windows.
Simple.
I agree!
If they need to charge more for businesses, then create more CAL types and raise the prices there!
CALs aren't tied to the same things, it would change how much things costs to different people.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
I've rarely purchased it within 90days. I always paid yearly for the volume licenses /SA for every machine. I've just always bought computer with professional on them anyway.
Can't upgrade to pro, only from pro.
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@Dashrender said:
@Aaron-Studer said:
Why can we just have 1 version of windows?
You could call it, Windows.
Simple.
I agree!
If they need to charge more for businesses, then create more CAL types and raise the prices there!
Please don't add more/change CALs.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
I've rarely purchased it within 90days. I always paid yearly for the volume licenses /SA for every machine. I've just always bought computer with professional on them anyway.
Can't upgrade to pro, only from pro.
Huh? The computer would have professional oem and volume is enterprise. Though enterprise allows you to install pro as well if you'd like for some reason.
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@Dashrender said:
I agree!
If they need to charge more for businesses, then create more CAL types and raise the prices there!
Agreed!!!
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
I've rarely purchased it within 90days. I always paid yearly for the volume licenses /SA for every machine. I've just always bought computer with professional on them anyway.
Can't upgrade to pro, only from pro.
Huh? The computer would have professional and volume is enterprise. Though enterprise allows you to install pro as well if you'd like for some reason.
Exactly, to get Enterprise you have to have already bought Pro on the desktop (or full retail box.)
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@scottalanmiller yes. That's what I said.
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But buying Software Assurance isn't what gives you the right to run Pro, you already have that right from the OEM license.
If you buy SA for that machine and don't use Enterprise edition, then you're basically only gaining future upgrade rights (moving from 7 to 8 or 8.1 for example).
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Please don't add more/change CALs.
Agreed. Keep the CALS the same, just raise the price.
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@Dashrender buying the volume license does as well. Not just the OEM. Has nothing to do with SA. Downgrade rights are seperste from SA.
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The Education one is a bit interesting. I wonder if that's to allow them to give special pricing to educational institutions.
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@handsofqwerty said:
The Education one is a bit interesting. I wonder if that's to allow them to give special pricing to educational institutions.
Likely. The way that do with education and libraries anyway wouldn't be surprise if it was free or a couple of bucks.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@handsofqwerty said:
The Education one is a bit interesting. I wonder if that's to allow them to give special pricing to educational institutions.
Likely. The way that do with education and libraries anyway wouldn't be surprise if it was free or a couple of bucks.
That's kind of what I was thinking.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@handsofqwerty said:
The Education one is a bit interesting. I wonder if that's to allow them to give special pricing to educational institutions.
Likely. The way that do with education and libraries anyway wouldn't be surprise if it was free or a couple of bucks.
So schools can get the educational version which is basically the Enterprise version but at a discounted rate, you think?
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@Dashrender said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@handsofqwerty said:
The Education one is a bit interesting. I wonder if that's to allow them to give special pricing to educational institutions.
Likely. The way that do with education and libraries anyway wouldn't be surprise if it was free or a couple of bucks.
So schools can get the educational version which is basically the Enterprise version but at a discounted rate, you think?
That doesn't make sense to me. They could just discount for education like they always have to do that more easily if that was the goal.
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@scottalanmiller Since when does Microsoft do things that make sense?
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Most of the time, actually. I'm not sure why everyone thinks that they are going to do crazy, irrational things all the time. What licensing insanity is everyone thinking of that is prompting this? Sure, their products are expensive and sometimes difficult to license, but other than it taking work "for you" to track and it making them money none of it seems irrational.
