Microsoft Windows 8 Versions and U.S. Prices Version Price Full from Microsoft 249.99 Upgrade from Microsoft 199.99 Full from Amazon 162.99 OEM 148.95 Student from Microsoft 69.99 Microsoft sold 180 million Windows 8 licences at different prices in different national markets.

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 Microsoft Windows 8 to Go on Sale in October. Microsoft announced that its Windows 8 operating system will be released in October 2012, three years after Windows 7 went public. Windows 8 will be available in 109 languages across 231 markets worldwide

 

 

a. Is Microsoft a natural monopoly or a legal monopoly? 

b. Does Microsoft price discriminate or do the different prices of Windows reflect cost differences?

c. Sketch a demand curve for Windows, Microsoft’s marginal cost curve, and the distribution of the total surplus between consumers and Microsoft. 

 

 

Microsoft Windows 8 Versions and U.S. Prices
Version
Price
Full from Microsoft
249.99
Upgrade from Microsoft
199.99
Full from Amazon
162.99
OEM
148.95
Student from Microsoft
69.99
Microsoft sold 180 million Windows 8 licences at different prices in
different national markets.
Transcribed Image Text:Microsoft Windows 8 Versions and U.S. Prices Version Price Full from Microsoft 249.99 Upgrade from Microsoft 199.99 Full from Amazon 162.99 OEM 148.95 Student from Microsoft 69.99 Microsoft sold 180 million Windows 8 licences at different prices in different national markets.
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