Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Microsoft has released Australian pricing for Windows Vista, revealing that its high-end version of the new operating system will actually cost more than a well-configured desktop or as much as a low-end notebook computer.
The price for a copy of the top of the range
Windows Vista Ultimate is a whopping AUD$751 to buy off the shelf,
which effectivey doubles the price of a fully configured desktop
computer.
According to a hardware reseller and systems integrator, who wishes to
remain anonymous, they can expect to get about a 20% discount on Vista,
which in most instances they would pass on to the consumer. Thus, the
Vista Ultimate component of a new brand name PC will be about AUD$600.
While Microsoft Office 2007 pricing has not been announced, prices of
about AUD$500 to AUD$800 (leaving aside much cheaper student editions)
have been postulated. Thus, Australia has reached a point where the
hardware component of a new Windows PC loaded with Office 2007 will be
somewhere between 30% to 40%.
The full Vista price range for Australia as released by Microsoft is thus:
David Bass
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