>>> From Amazon the non-OEM non-upgrade 32-bit versions
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>> You'd be silly not to buy the OEM version though...
>
> I agree, except the point is these are the real prices Microsoft are 
> trying to sell their operating system for. You're essentially saying it's 
> silly to buy that suit from the actual store when you can get it cheaper 
> in their 'factory' store except what is the cheaper price based upon?

Actually I read an interesting article the other day about things like this, 
where you get certain groups of people to pay more for essentially the same 
product.  Like when cinemas charge kids and OAPs half-price, what they're 
actually doing is charging people who have a job and can afford it double. 
Seems the same with MS here, they're just charging people who aren't geeks a 
lot more.  Which kind of makes sense, as the geeks are the ones most likely 
to switch to another OS...

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