Microsoft discounts Windows license to compete with Android

Windows copyrighted reductions of up to 70%, to 15 dollars for the hardware manufacturing partners.

 

According to a Bloomberg news feed page, copyright Microsoft Windows 8.1 discount up to 70% for computer manufacturers. This reduction devices toward the retail price of 250 USD or less. This is believed to be a new policy to help its Windows tablet cheap can better compete with products running the Android segment, as well as Google's Chromebook laptops.

Previously PC manufacturers typically pay 50 dollars for one license of Windows 8.1. But according to Bloomberg, this amount will be reduced to only 15 USD if their device is priced at $ 250 USD or down.

 

According to previous rumors , Microsoft also released for free on Windows Phone and Windows RT for hardware manufacturing partners , and it seems to cut licensing fees for Windows 8.1 cheap equipment segment is the first step in planning large . Although the present volume license Windows 8.1 has reached its milestone of 200 million , but the growth rate is not as good as the operating system Windows 7 . The main reason is due to go down the PC market competition from rivals . Besides copyright discounts for OEM , Microsoft is about to roll out the first update for this OS , to add some features like boot straight to the desktop , show Modern UI apps in the taskbar ...

Microsoft Dynamics can say is a policy quite right this time . Currently, many manufacturers are beginning to search beyond the Windows operating system to seek new opportunities . We can say that Google Chrome OS to OS development . With this discount , the OEM can still choose Windows as they plan to produce cheap laptops . It is like when Microsoft discounts Windows XP copyright to prevent the rise of Linux computer , or Windows 7 " Starter Edition " cheap netbook for use on the growing market .