MS Vista pricing confirmed
p2pnet.net News:- Bill and the Boyz have confirmed that Vista, slated for release next January, will go out at $200 for Home Basic, or $100 as an upgrade for people running XP.
But, “Microsoft is hoping most consumers will go for Windows Vista Premium at $240, or $160 as an upgrade, says The San Jose Mercury News.
Windows Vista Business will cost $300, or $200 for upgrades.
At $400 ($260 or an upgrade), “Windows Vista Ultimate will be geared toward people who want to do both personal and office work on their home computers,” says the story.
On August 28, Microsoft Canada “accidentally” suggested pricing would be Windows Vista Ultimate, $C500, Home Premium, $C300, Ultimate Upgrade, $C300 and Home Premium Upgrade, $C200.
Meanwhile, Microsoft’s Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) has been out there for a while, in the hands of a ’select few’ apparently numbering several million. Among them was The Inquirer’s John Sherwin, who in his first write-up says, “although not perfect, this release is a great improvement over earlier builds and for the first time ever, I can actually see them getting Vista finished in time for a January 2007 release”.
In his second, “One area that is still lacking support is CD/DVD burning,” he states.
“Yes, Vista comes with basic support for burning to disk, but it doesn`t have anything near the sophistication of Nero or Roxio,” he says in his second review, “so no encoding dvds for now – although I`m sure the guys are toiling night and day to get a new version out that works with the x64 build of Vista (you are, aren`t you guys?).”
Also See:
confirmed – Microsoft Vista pricing: II, August 30, 2006
The San Jose Mercury News – Microsoft unveils price list for Vista, September 6, 2006
out there – Microsoft Release Candidate 1, September 2, 2006
The Inquirer – Windows RC1 Vista is looking good to go, September 5, 2006
second review – How Microsoft Vista will cope with the real world, September 6, 2006
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September 7th, 2006 at 6:36 am
Like the saying about Windows 95 from so long ago says:
“32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can’t stand 1-bit of competition.”
More and more intentionally crippled software, and higher prices as well. Doesn’t make much sense. My fiancee met Bill Gates once–waited on him at her restaurant, in fact–and he really is a good person, but the people under him who run the company for him are starting to do some very stupid things, and the worst part is that Mr. Gates takes all the flak for it. It seems to me that Microsoft is growing on momentum at this point, not innovation. It would be nice to see a new version of Windows that doesn’t match bloat trends, for example…