Microsoft Vista: $450
p2pnet.net News:- Is Microsoft.com Canada in trouble?
It’s apparently released pricing for Windows Vista before it was supposed to.
“Windows Vista Ultimate is listed at $499 Canadian which translates into $450.36 in USD,” says neowin.net. “Home Premium is listed at $299 or $269.86 USD, Vista Ultimate Upgrade is priced at $299 or $269.86 USD, while Home Premium Upgrade is $199 or $179.60 USD.”
The dollar amounts will vary a little depending on what you use for the conversion (neowin used Bank of Canada). But who’s quibbling?
Meanwhile, we wonder if this really was an accident, or was it a way for Bill and the Boyz to test the water before making an ‘official’ price disclosure?
Be that as it may, the Microsoft Canada site no longer has the information online.
Also See:
neowin.net – Vista Ultimate Priced at $450 on Microsoft.com Canada, August 28, 2006
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August 29th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
Test the waters?
Microsoft should already know that a good portion of the computer world believes that XP is overpriced, especially considering the registration/verification crap that goes with it.
If they are “testing the waters” with a price of C$499 – that merely proves that the company is now so far removed from the user that they are no longer relevant.
August 29th, 2006 at 11:52 pm
I’m not interested in Vista, at all. It does nothing for me that xp cant do, and comes with crap i dont want and will never need.
I think Vista is going to be the least pirated OS that MS ever releases. Not because of mandatory activation, not because it’s gonna try and phone home every day to make sure it’s legit, but for one simple reason.
Who the hell wants or needs it?
Not this little black duck.
August 30th, 2006 at 1:12 am
I agree, I don’t want want Vista. I have no reason to upgrade the complete computer system just to install an OS. Nor do I wish the DRM overload laced through the OS that determines I can’t use my old soundcard, video card, nor monitor, all of which still functions adequately for everything I need to do.
On top of this to add insult to injury they are speaking of unrealistic prices when it comes to the OS software itself, which in my book is no bargain at any price. Not much chance I will be looking at a new computer with an additional price tag stuck to it just for the OS. M$ can keep their newest products and when it comes time to get a new computer, I won’t be buying it whole from any chain store. I can assemble one for about the same costs the majors charge for theirs and for about the same money come out with better quality components by not having to pay them for hidden price charges of assembly, corporation overhead, and software licensing.
PS: Jon how do we tell the difference between a O and a 0 in the string? They are both so similar as to be almost no difference between them. Ctrl+C is becoming a regular necessity prior to posting to ensure it isn’t lost.
August 30th, 2006 at 3:02 am
“PS: Jon how do we tell the difference between a O and a 0 in the string? They are both so similar as to be almost no difference between them. Ctrl+C is becoming a regular necessity prior to posting to ensure it isn’t lost.”
It isn’t just that, also see 1lI, 9g, 8B, and 5S. Perhaps there are more but those are the ones I can thing of off-hand right now. It really is getting annoying too, even though CTRL-C and CTRL-V have always been a matter of course for me when posting anywhere online for a few years now, just in case. I have noticed a marked drop in the number of replies to recent news posts here at P2P.net as well, obviously related to people losing everything they worked so hard to type up, folks whom are not willing to retype it all up again. I know I wouldn’t, especially since mine tend to be long replies more often than not. It also feels almost like the kinds of things we all rail against here on this site as well. For example, things that are meant to stop the so-called “bad guys” from doing their thing, but which only ends up hurting genuine users instead more often than not. Even with the verification in place, I’ve still seen spam make it’s way into the comments sections. If you haven’t seen spam recently, that doesn’t mean the verification is working, it simply means that Jon manually deleted the offending post(s) in all likelyhood before you could see it. I’ve been patient since the string verification was implemented, but my patience only lasts for so long. And if I’m right and this problem IS chasing good people away, then there won’t be much point in coming here for much longer. Leaving a annonymous comment is nice to be able to do, but I much prefer an active debate, and holding a good conversation is getting harder and harder to do around here. Lets not forget that there are other good pro-p2p sites out there as well. Hopefully Jon will get this sorted out soon.
August 30th, 2006 at 3:47 am
I meant to add my agreement with the first two posters, about there being no truly good reason to upgrade to Vista. I don’t care for the activation in XP at all mind you, especially since I format every few months and reinstall the OS (what with being a hardware enthusiast and all), but I’m sure it’s not nearly as bad as Vista is going to be, which is going to be chock full of DRM, activation, and user spying schemes. I’ve considered Linux, and have even tried the various flavors of Ubuntu here and there occasionally (which are all pretty sweet), but Linux is just not user friendly enough to make the switch permanently. Even if I did, there is still the issue of games, most of which are DirectX these days. I’m a hardcore PC gamer and have been since my Apple II+ days. The possibility of switching to Linux at some point in the near future is why I’m starting to look more closely at console gaming lately. Sadly, the Microsot Xbox360 I just picked up a few days ago, though a fairly nice improvement over all past consoles, looks way too jaggy, even on my Dell 2405FPW LCD monitor at 1080i (actually 540p-upconvert-to-1080i trick, and why the sold separately VGA cable doesn’t allow 1080i). It’s going back for a refund soon, and hopefully the Sony PS3 and/or Nintendo Wii will be better. The ultimate OS would include virtualization, if I understand that term correctly. Being able to run all my Windows applications (including all PC games) on Linux would definitely make me try a lot harder to switch to it. But another problem I have, besides it being not so friendly, is drivers, and this is a big issue for me what with owning four completely different PC’s. As soon as I install Linux, I run into problems regarding non-existant drivers, and especially with getting what drivers there are available installed at all. For example, the Nvidia Forceware ones, which are always the first I try to get installed and working correctly after installing Linux, are a huge pain in the butt, especically since I’m a Linux noob. But, nevertheless, they are a nessesity due to my large widescreen LCD monitor. This is exactly the kind of thing that will keep the masses away I think, and why Windows is remains so popular with the average folk (ease of use being the primary reason it’s not secure of course, and why linux is secure but a PITA). So, I’ll probably stick with XP Pro for as long as I can, and I have no doubt a lot of other Windows users will try to as well. That is until XP is no longer supported, and Microsoft does all those things they always do to force everyone to move to their newest OS. It is very likely that this will be the breaking point at which I finally move to Linux for good despite the issues I have with it. I do so very hope it’s matured enough by then, or I very well may end up with Vista simply because I have no other choice left to me.