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Release to the shelves jan 07... (so they say) You can count on having a service pack with this one..
And you should get a new machine to run it. The packages comes in about (gasping) 3 gigs on a DVD disk..
Press Release.. Microsoft has confirmed how much Windows Vista will cost when it hits the shops early next year.
The top-of-the-range Windows Vista Ultimate Edition will sell for $399 in the US, with upgrades available for $259.
Home Premium will retail for $239 for the full package and $159 for the upgrade. Home Basic, with less functionality, will cost $199 with upgrades available for $100.
Corporate editions will start at $299 for the full version of Business Edition, with upgrades costing $199. Enterprise edition will only be offered to Microsoft Volume Licence customers and will not be available for retail purchase.
The official Vista prices tally with those revealed last month on Amazon, which listed Ultimate Edition at $399 and Home Premium at $239. Upgrades for Ultimate and Home Premium were set at $259 and $159 respectively.
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most of us will be somehwere around the Vista Home Premium packaged at 239 full 159 ugrade.. and the Windows Vista Business at 299 full 199 upgrade....
also, be sure to know there will be some very upset people who will find their new machines with vista locking out your content.
Vista works with a chip on your motherboard to deny access to any copyrighted content shut off by your vendors. It is here. The means to control your legally purchased software from outside means. In other words subscription usage. Pay 100 a month and you get to use it,, forget to pay and its off.
For example. You purchase software, then do not choose to upgrade at the next cycle. They can/may/will turn off your older version.. This is a major concern for privacy groups..
IE: Too much control over your equipment and your legally purchased content..
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Not about to run out and buy upgrades, but without a doubt it will integrate into the shop over the next few years as I replace computers.
I resisted XP for a few years preferring to wipe the drives on new computers, and installing 2000 instead. But as XP matured I found little/no reason to do that, as a result about half the puters in the shop are on XP, and the rest are running 2000. I really don't even notice which machine is running what anymore, they're all stable and all run the apps I want and communicate properly with the devices I have.
I suspect my aquaintence with Vista will be similar, at some point I'll put it on a home computer, but unless, or should I say, until the softwares develop to the point where thay can truly exploit the 64bit OS I won't be in any hurry to change the shop over.
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ill stick with xp....not in the mood to be uploading HOTFIXES all the time...and with that price I think not
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