• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I know. It effectively means you pay $211 for Windows

    Which is is such a high dollar count that this simply cannot be USD, a theory further corroborated by the time being 24-hour format, which is uncommon in the US.

    I was simply curious to what type of dollar it is in the image. Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, something else?

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      Which is is such a high dollar count that this simply cannot be USD

      So I haven’t used Windows on my own machines in about 20 years, but back when I built my own PCs that seemed about right. So I looked up the price history, didn’t realize that Microsoft reduced the license prices around Windows 8.

      I remember 20 years ago, Windows XP Home was $199 and Professional was $299 for a new license on a new computer. Vista and 7 were similarly priced.

      Since Windows 8, though, I just don’t understand their pricing or licensing terms.