Dan Wallach

Of course, the rest of us get Windows 7 Ultimate @ $50 each. :-) - Piaw Na

I'm amused at all the different Win7 variants. You'd think Microsoft would want to simplify their product line into exactly one in-store box (keep it simple, stupid), and then sell utility software, like backups, from an app-store of some kind. (Or just bundle it all together like Apple.) - Dan Wallach from email

It's all about separating the corporate buyers (who aren't very price sensitive) from the home buyers. Since Apple has no corporate market penetration to speak of (other than Google, and if you listen to our IT department, Apple is extremely unresponsive to corporate market type requests), they can do what they do. If they ever get a corporate presence, watch them do the same thing. - Piaw Na

Maybe Apple would change, maybe not. Assuming Apple treats the OS as not a big deal and the hardware sales as their source of income, then they may not feel a need to pursue differentiation between the current client vs. server OS products. - Dan Wallach from email

I've never seen Apple give up a chance to price gouge its fanboys, uh... , customers. :-) - Piaw Na

Piaw, can I get a copy of Windows 7 ultimate @ $50? I want to upgrade my XP vmware image on my mac :) - Peng-Toh

Sure. Come by 1950 Charleston some time. :-) - Piaw Na

That'll make my windows 7 costs orders of magnitude more :) - Peng-Toh