Microsoft Vista lowest in the world price of China
Yesterday morning, Microsoft released in Beijing its business-oriented users of the three flagship products, including next-generation operating system WindowsVista, office software and e-mail OfficeSystem2007 platform ExchangeServer2007. Microsoft said that, WindowsVista China in the areas of pricing will be the world's lowest price system.
Although the Vista did not disclose pricing, but Microsoft has revealed that China region Global WindowsVista pricing will be the lowest price system. Due to higher prices, in China prior to the sale of many of the computer does not pre-installed Win-dows systems. Earlier reports had said that according to all the different versions, Vista on the U.S. market price of 100 dollars to 299 U.S. dollars.
Microsoft's 10 years as the most important product launch, Microsoft's choice of the world in the same release date, but due to time difference, China has become the first release of the three core products, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner also made a special trip to Beijing rushed to the rally ; And 12 hours after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in New York will be the start of the three major product release.
It is reported that after the release of this product, Microsoft has signed agreements with commercial customers, the network will be able to download or to order bulk of the way Microsoft's new operating system, including PC makers such as Lenovo; by January 30 next year, Vista Will be through the retail market access to consumers.
"It can be said that this is a historic moment, as we showed in the face of the IT industry is the largest in the history of software engineering." Microsoft senior vice president of Microsoft China R & D group, said Ya-Qin Zhang, president of Microsoft into three products into the United States and more than 20,000,000,000 Million.
The order to launch the three products, Microsoft spent 5 years of research and development time, for technical reasons, WindowsVista next-generation operating system has on several occasions to postpone the introduction of time.
However, the market is still high hopes for Vista. The authority of the IDC research institutions are expected to be made Wednesday, said Vista sales next year of up to 90,000,000 units. In the next year to sell the new PC machines, 90% of the personal PC operating system Vista will be installed, and PC companies to install Vista will be the ratio of only 35%.
Market research firm Ovum said, Vista will quickly attract users around the world, within one year will be 15% of the computer to replace the old system has become the fastest growing popularity of Microsoft's operating system, and before that, WindowsXP results for the same period of 12 to 14%. As early as before the sale of Microsoft, long the industry rumors, Vista will be the Chinese version of a substantial downward adjustment in prices, the price of 300-500 yuan. It is said that vista in the introduction of the Enterprise Edition of Microsoft Personal Edition will be added to the second activation mechanism.
