Probably will be over $ 200 . <| sep |> W 7 was a kickass OSI think many consider Windows 10 a mixed bag , and the fact that Windows 10 hasn ' t gained market share on the desktop at all for 2 months in a row , is very telling of consumers actively avoiding it . W 7 wasn ' t a kickass OS , it just didn ' t completely suck , and replaced XP that had been stale for many years , and Vista that had become unpopular for several reasons , but it ' s basically Vista with SP 2 and hardware that had improved enough to handle it . It remains bigger than 8 , 8 . 1 and 10 , although it is basically abandonware , where new technologies aren ' t released for it , for instance it can ' t run the new UI software , and it doesn ' t have DX 12 . I ' d say MS is past the days of animosity . Surface is pretty widely acknowledged now , for MS that is a huge step up , from the Windows 8 and Windows phone fiascoes . Xbox One also recovered from the launch presentation fiasco , with some pretty significant policy changes . Although most consider PS 4 the better option , Xbox One is at least considered decent now . They still have some work to become truly loved . With their current strategies , I don ' t see that happening . They are moving towards stronger lockin like IOS and Android combined , and they are moving towards licensing with continued payments , which probably only really works for business products . Unless they change their strategies towards something less consumer hostile , I don ' t think any amount of work will improve their image much . On the other hand , consumers on average are pretty ignorant , and may be convinced that the shenanigans are benefits to consumers .