Hefei citizens spend 100 yuan to install Win7 "early taste"

On October 22, Microsoft held a global conference, officially announced the launch of the next-generation operating system Windows7. As of yesterday, Windows 7 has been on the market for two months. The reporter learned from a number of computer stores in the provincial capital that the current pirated Windows 7 is hot, and because of the price reason, genuine Windows 7 is "cold". Some citizens take the computer to the computer city to install Windows 7, the installation fee is generally between 80 yuan - 100 yuan.

"You can have Win7, all versions have, the price is 5 yuan." In the computer city of the provincial capital, the reporter walked into the booth, the vendors selling the discs "suck" stand up. "To tell you honestly, I am pirated, but you can rest assured that after you go home, you will ensure that you will not have a black screen, etc. There is no difference between using it and genuine." The vendor told reporters that despite the genuine Windows7 this year It was only listed on October 22nd, but since September, pirated Windows7 has been on the market, and the sales are very good. "I sold more than 40 disks a day."

Unlike pirated Windows 7 hot sale, province The sales of Win-dows7 in City Computer City are much colder. In a computer city on the Jinzhai Road in the provincial capital, a software store owner told reporters that the current price of genuine Windows7 is the national uniform price, the ordinary version of Windows7 is 399 yuan, and the OEM version of Windows7 is priced at 360 yuan. "Possibly because of the high price, there are not many individual users who really want to buy genuine Windows7."

In the interview, many merchants in the provincial capital told reporters that due to the current models of all brands on the market Netbooks are not equipped with optical drives, so by purchasing genuine Win7 CDs, it is impossible to install Win7 systems for netbooks. For this reason, some citizens who want to "early adopt" will choose to go to Computer City to upgrade the system to experience Win7.

The reporter learned from several computer cities in the provincial capital that the current merchants installed a Win7 ordinary home version for the netbook, and the charge ranged from 80 yuan to 100 yuan. A merchant selling HP notebooks told reporters that there are more people installing Windows 7 on weekends. Up to 20 netbooks have been installed in one day. According to the price of one 100 yuan, you can earn 2000 yuan by installing Win7 one day. And each netbook is installed for about half an hour. It is reported that the merchants pre-installed Win7 for the netbook are mostly cracked version of the ordinary family installed Win7.

A number of software store owners in the provincial city told reporters that there are many loopholes in pirated Win7, and black screens may appear during installation. Therefore, citizens should be cautious when installing pirated Win7.