Millions of others will now rush out and buy a new machine, retailers, in order to cash in, will bump up the prices and people will blame Micro$oft.
If you knew the slightest thing about the IT industry, you would know that is utter nonsense !
At the level of anything you as an average Joe home user buys, the competition is fierce, and price point has been overused as a competitive tool that margins have been eroded.
Seriously. We're talking generally about a 5% margin, maybe 8% if you're lucky. Dealing with average Joe home users, its all a bit box-shifting volume game.