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Microsoft raised a few eyebrows late last week with an announcement that it is planning significant price cuts for some versions of the Vista operating system. So far we only have details of the US changes, which apply to the upgrade versions of Ultimate (down from $299 to $219) and Home Premium (drops from $159 down to $129), but according to a CNET News report the company also has plans to reduce prices in other ‘developed’ markets which presumably means Europe and Japan. There will also be changes too for emerging markets, where the distinction between full and upgrade versions will be eliminated. Read the rest of this entry »

System builder Dell plans on introducing some more low-cost offerings on the Asian market during this year. The announcement was made by a company executive during yesterday’s meeting.

“We’ve been pretty much a leader in the mid- and high-end price bands. We haven’t played as strongly in the lower price bands,” said Steve Felice, president of Dell Asia-Pacific. The new policy will bring some new models of low-cost notebooks for both average users and small businesses on the Asian markets.

The company has previously hinted at a low-cost notebook PC to compete with Asustek’s Eee PC, but Felice refused to elaborate on this issue and only said that Dell is currently working on a new notebook offering that will hit the retailers’ shelves with various price tags. Read the rest of this entry »