Comments on: How Dixons is (under)selling Windows 7

By: ben

ben — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:31:48 +0000

oh jay very clever lets pick on a simple type error. I’m sorry your life is so sad that this makes you fell like your better than other people. BTW i can tell you the chipset on any pc i sell that is simple info that we have on our system. you said yourself that DSGi was on your “banned list” so when was the last time you were in a store to enable you to make this comment.WTF is a “banned list” anyway and how sad do you have to be to have one?

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:40:07 +0000

re. 15. ben Says:
November 6th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
i am really fed up with people bashing the staff who work in currys/pc world. I Have worked in currys for 4 years and like a lot of the staff i work with am very clued up when it comes to the thinks we sell.

sorry Bin, i’d rather buy thinks from poeple who can spill.
on your next shift please try to find out what chipset is on the motherboard of the pc you’re about to sell. last time i checked PCW don’t have that information, even after they’ve called head office.

i’m with #5 Kurt, DSGi is on my ‘banned’ list and i can’t see it ever being removed!

By: Nicomo

Nicomo — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:14:52 +0000

If Windoze 7 can run on a minimum spec XP machine then I would say it has potential – if not, all those users who refused to upgrade to Vista – want bother going any further. However all those that upgraded to Vista will slide comfortably over to Wee7 without peeing their pants.

By: Johnno

Johnno — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:46:28 +0000

I think the answer is simple (meaning in fact it isn’t lol) and it’s that if you’re at a store and can be bothered, take the time out and ask what the shop staff/store manager’s view is of this campaign – whether they encourage/want customers to buy new PCs despite XP or Vista installed-machines being good enough to run Win 7 or are they happy w/out any trouble to point someone in the direction of the boxed packages they ought to be selling at the same time, whether it’s the upgrade or full version?
As has been said previously, if a person walks in looking for a new computer from the word go it’s a really moot point.

By: ben

ben — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:12:09 +0000

Pawel you must lead a sorry life mate i have lost count how much bad advice i have been given but i don’t blane or distrust everyone in the world for it

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:25:41 +0000

I bought Windows 7 Pro standalone edition from PC World and it was 3p less than the Upgrade Edition
Odd but saves a load of hassle when I come to reformat in a years time.

By: Pawel

Pawel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:37:26 +0000

Ben, you don’t work in any PC World / Currys I’ve ever been in… Frankly, from bitter and expensive experience, I wouldn’t trust your ‘clued up’ workmates to tell me whether it was raining outside.

By: ben

ben — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:03:04 +0000

i am really fed up with people bashing the staff who work in currys/pc world. I Have worked in currys for 4 years and like a lot of the staff i work with am very clued up when it comes to the thinks we sell. I build/upgrade and repair computers outside of work so not only can i read labels but i know what they mean. Don’t tar everyone with the same brush it just makes you look like an idiot.

By: Dom

Dom — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:06:36 +0000

I can imagine the support overhead to Microsoft if everyone just upgraded, and called up when there was an issue. Whatever, I have learnt not to ask PC world/Dixons staff questions since they can barely read the label on the box.

By: GW

GW — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:44:25 +0000

Darien, while I totally agree with your sentiments on a “disgruntlement” basis one can see that this fairly odious tactic may still be a winner for Microsoft/Dixons on a “£/$” basis. I don’t think anyone is going to be sufficiently disgruntled with this sales pitch to reject Windows 7 altogether. But some of those who were thinking of just buying the upgrade may walk in and look at this ad, which gets their juices flowing thinking about a new PC and cause them to stray into the laptops section for a browse, and some of those might well take the plunge. And because windows 7 is good they will probably be satisfied with their purchase, remaining in blissful ignorance about the ability of their 2006 laptop sitting at home to run windows 7 perfectly well thank you very much.

So overall it may actually be an effective campaign, unhappy as we may all be with its misleading nature.