How much do you think Windows 8 will cost?

Probably about the same as Windows 7. But you never know maybe Microsoft will follow Apple's lead and lower the price. Similar to how they added the Windows Store to Windows 8. But even a $100 price is fine in my opinion but less than $50 would be much better.

Most people upgrade windows when they buy a new PC... So price is in fact irrelevant for most people... Windows users are not like Mac users. Mac users tend to keep up with the latest and greatest that Cuppertino delivers, however windows users don't tend to do that (geeks aside)... They will wait until they change their PC...

Look at how long it has taken for Windows 7 to overtake XP in marketshare... Win7 has now only overtaken it in terms of userbase...

I'll say around the same price as Windows 7 but maybe, just maybe, they'll make it cheaper if you do an automatic upgrade from 7 to 8.

The OEM version will probably be 100 bucks like every other version has been.

I imagine it will be the same price as Windows 7, so $199-$300 which is a bit on the high side, Windows is worth it sense it is the only system that can do everything I want without a single issue. I will just stick with Windows 7 for now because it works fine and it is too soon to buy another operating system even if it is next year.

""""""""too many viruses""""""""""

They are out there yet I never have any issues with viruses on any Windows system.

If Microsoft makes it $99, they'll make a lot of people happier, because honestly, I wouldn't pay more than $30 on it anyway (too many viruses and bugs). $200 is way too much money for that kind of operating system.

You have to take in to account that Windows works very well with many devices. If they cut the cost down they would make it less compatible. If you have Windows 7 already just keep what you have and wait like what a lot of people do. If you have a problem with that then go buy a Mac.

It better not be that much. Microsoft needs to learn that people don't always want to spend $200 on a "shinier" version of Windows... Especially during these tough times.

Not upgrading right away, but as for price? probably outside my budget right about now.

I don't believe there'll be a reason to buy it right away, but for me personally I won't be getting it right away. I enjoy having a dev pre-beta copy to test out and get a feel for some of what it is, but for me my Windows 7 has seemingly been working fine except for a few hiccups here or there. So far, Windows 8 just hasn't impressed me that much yet, but we'll see within the next year how it turns out. As for the pricing, I'd say to assume like any other Microsoft software... around $300, and probably a few different versions of it w/ varying prices as with Windows 7.