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Amazon.com backs down on XP pricing

Redmond throws a wobbly...

By Sonya Rabbitte

Published: 16 July 2001 11:05 GMT

Amazon.com has pulled pricing details of Windows XP from its site after Microsoft complained the e-tail giant was taking pre-orders for the unreleased product at unconfirmed prices.

Amazon removed pricing and product details from its site last week, but insisted it had been offering the product at Microsoft's recommended price.

Microsoft has not yet officially released an XP pricing list, although it is believed to have disclosed preliminary pricing in a private meeting with retail partners last month.

Amazon's pricing suggests that Microsoft has upped the cost of both consumer and corporate versions of XP. The retail version was offered at $200, or $100 for the upgrade version - about $10 more expensive than comparative versions of Windows ME, with the commercial version selling for about $20 more than the ME version.

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