OS X Lion Is More Than 7 Times Cheaper Than Windows 7 Ultimate Edition

TUAW published the above image that illustrates the price disparity between Lion and Windows 7.

Windows 7 Home Premium will set you back $119.99, Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade will set you back $149.99, Windows 7 Professional costs $199.99, and Ultimate will set you back $219.99.

OS X Lion costs $29.99.

Included in that $29.99 is an option to install OS X Lion on up to 10 machines that you own. With Windows 7 you pay for their operating system on a per machine basis.

So if you have the misfortune of owning 10 PCs and you want to put Windows 7 Home Edition on each of them, it would cost you a total of $1,199.90. To put OS X Lion on 10 of your Macs, it will cost you a total of $29.99.

I think that’s called great value for money.

 
Cormac Moylan

Based in Cork, Ireland, his first foray into the Apple world was way back in 2006 when he purchased an iMac followed by a Macbook around 4 weeks later. He currently owns a Macbook Pro, iMac, Mac Mini, iPhone 4, iPod Touch, and Apple TV. But he prefers to buy watches. Go figure!

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