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Microsoft to offer free Vista upgrade coupons?
Friday, August 11th, 2006
When Microsoft announced that the consumer release of Windows Vista would miss the crucial 
2006 Christmas shopping season, many PC retailers and OEMs saw visions of sugarplums dancing merrily away from their wallets. It was rumored that Microsoft might help lessen the pain slightly by offering free Vista upgrade coupons for people who buy PCs at the end of the year, and now these rumors have been confirmed, thanks to leaks from certain Taiwanese PC manufacturers.
The coupon offer will begin in October, and is a result of a joint effort between Microsoft and a group of leading PC vendors worldwide. According to the anonymous sources, Microsoft actually reached an agreement with these PC companies back in July, but decided not to reveal their plans so as to protect PC sales in the third quarter.
Now that the information has leaked out, it will be interesting to see if PC sales dip noticeably between now and October. Traditionally, PC sales have been strongest in the fourth quarter, then dipped down in Q1 and Q2 of the following calendar year, before rising up again in Q3 for the back-to-school season and reaching new heights in the following Q4. Microsoft to offer free Vista upgrade coupons?
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