The Chinese market of Microsoft Vista is selling at the lowest price in the world at only 499 RMB!

It was learned from reliable channels that the Vista operating system will be reduced from today (August 1), and the retail price of the ordinary Vista color box in the family will fall below 1000 yuan, a drop of up to 50%. Microsoft China will hold a press conference this afternoon to announce the latest market initiatives. It is reported that this price reduction is a pilot of Microsoft's global price system in China. "The price of less than 1000 yuan is a special price set by Microsoft for the Chinese market," sources said. "These products are not simple Vista, but fully functional color box Vista."

The color box version of Vista is one of the retail versions of Microsoft Vista. A retail version is a software product purchased from a software retailer. It is intended for general household users and is also the most common sales version. Windows Vista retail edition is divided into color box packaging and COEm Lite version, color box packaging is much more expensive than the COEm Lite version, because the color box packaging products are much better than the COEm simplified edition in terms of printing quality and product packaging, and the purchase of color box packaging can get Microsoft's technical support during the product cycle, the purchased COEm Lite version does not exist.

Microsoft Vista was officially released in January 30 this year. According to reports, Microsoft charges about-yuan for each pre-installation for OEM manufacturers in China, while the Vista color box version for retail in the store, according to the company's open price in, the price of the general edition of the color box package is 2060 yuan, 2560 yuan for the family pro edition, 2600 yuan for the Business Edition, And 3600 yuan for the flagship edition, at that time, the promotional prices for the company software were 1530 yuan, 1860 yuan, 2120 yuan, and 2760 yuan respectively. Because Vista has just been released, the market price is high. After Vista was launched nationwide, lianbang software once lowered the retail price of a vista family edition. The family general edition cost 1160 yuan, and the family advanced edition cost 1998 yuan. This price adjustment is mainly for channel activities.

On September 10, August 1, the price of the ordinary Chinese family color box of lianbang software online mall 8844vista was reduced from 1160 yuan to 499 yuan, and the family advanced edition color box was reduced from 1998 yuan to 899 yuan, the Chinese commercial version was reduced from 2600 yuan to 1880 yuan, and the flagship version was reduced from 3600 yuan to 2460 yuan, with a maximum decline of about 60%. This is mainly for the family edition, and the commercial and flagship editions have lower prices.

According to lianbang software, about four thousand sets of Vista are sold through the channel, which is not ideal. Insiders said that because the retail version of Vista is too expensive and piracy is rampant, it cannot sell a few sets. As for the price reduction reason, this person said it may be that "the price of OEM bundle sales is already very low", so the products sold through channels "do not need to be sold so expensive ".

According to official Microsoft Data, June copies of Vista had been sold by the end of 60 million, of which Middle May were sold after 20 million. However, due to market acceptance and compatibility, Microsoft lowered its sales expectations for fiscal year 2008, with Vista dropping from 85% to 78%, while XP increasing from 15% to 22%.

What is retail, vol, and OEM

A retail version is a software product purchased from a software retailer. It is intended for general household users and is also the most common sales version.

Windows Vista retail edition is divided into color box packaging and COEm Lite version, color box packaging is more expensive than the COEm Lite version, because color box packaging products are much better than the COEm Lite version in terms of printing quality and product packaging, in addition, you can obtain technical support from Microsoft during the product cycle by purchasing the color box packaging, but you cannot purchase the COEm Lite version.

For batch licensing of Vol (volume license), you need to purchase more than 5 sets for enterprises and organizations in batches, and only use them for Windows system upgrades. It is not for individual users, so individual users cannot purchase.

OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) can be understood as a brand computer manufacturer. The OEM version refers to the system pre-installed on the computer when the user buys a computer from the brand computer manufacturer. Generally, brand computer manufacturers will install some additional assistance on their pre-installed systems.ProgramIt is used to facilitate the use of computers. Unlike the retail edition, the after-sales technical support of the OEM edition is provided by the brand computer manufacturer.

the differences between retail, vol, and OEM editions are only the differences between authorization methods, there is no difference in the functions of the operating system itself (the OEM version may have more auxiliary programs installed by the vendor ).