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Vista x7 versions
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This will suck when its released.
You will get the computer makers advertising "Includes Microsoft Windows Vista" and hiding the fact that its the Really Stinky Edition under a load of bumpf. You know like when the GeForce FX arrived you saw computers boasting "Includes Nvidia GeForce FX" and u find out its a 5200
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Even if these versions are not on shelves i can see it causing confusion for other reasons.
Maybe ive become a die-hard 'Macfan' overnight, but Vista looks to me so far to be Windows XP with Transparency and a SideBar (oh and a new wallpaper). I honestley thought that MS were going to dump the Start Menu thing in favour of something a little better. The fact that the feature list keeps changing is confusing enough too. I hear that WinFS is back on track now...
You will get the computer makers advertising "Includes Microsoft Windows Vista" and hiding the fact that its the Really Stinky Edition under a load of bumpf. You know like when the GeForce FX arrived you saw computers boasting "Includes Nvidia GeForce FX" and u find out its a 5200
..Even if these versions are not on shelves i can see it causing confusion for other reasons.
Maybe ive become a die-hard 'Macfan' overnight, but Vista looks to me so far to be Windows XP with Transparency and a SideBar (oh and a new wallpaper). I honestley thought that MS were going to dump the Start Menu thing in favour of something a little better. The fact that the feature list keeps changing is confusing enough too. I hear that WinFS is back on track now...
SummerBreeze said:
They're offering 2 versions with different features:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/18/XBOX.TMP&type=tech
They say it's to offer choice to the consumer. I think it's more about the appearance of a lower "starting at" price.
Wow, that sucks. Found this quote from the article:
"The main difference between the two versions of Xbox is the hard disk drive. The $399.99 version will include a removable 20-GB hard drive, while the $299.99 Xbox 360 Core System won't have any hard drive. Lack of a hard drive means consumers will have to plunk down $40 for a 64-MB memory card if they want to save their place in the middle of a game."
So pretty much, they leave out something that any gamer needs, then (when they realize they need to save their game) they upgrade, paying the same price they would have paid and not getting the wireless controler and other extras. Way to make people hate you more, Microsoft!
"The main difference between the two versions of Xbox is the hard disk drive. The $399.99 version will include a removable 20-GB hard drive, while the $299.99 Xbox 360 Core System won't have any hard drive. Lack of a hard drive means consumers will have to plunk down $40 for a 64-MB memory card if they want to save their place in the middle of a game."
So pretty much, they leave out something that any gamer needs, then (when they realize they need to save their game) they upgrade, paying the same price they would have paid and not getting the wireless controler and other extras. Way to make people hate you more, Microsoft!
SummerBreeze said:
Not to mention it will be a though dilemma for developers: Support hard drive and risk losing game sales to half of the 360s out there, or not support hard drive and give up cool features like map downloads and such. My guess is that most games won't bother taking advantage of the hard drive at all, a setback from the current XBox. I'll probably end up owning all 3 next gen consoles for the exclusives but the 360 will rank third on my list, a bummer since it will be the first to hit the market. But I'm getting off-topic ^_^.
wow, you guys are even worse than the slashdot crowd. first of all, how valid is the information from the link in the first post? for all we know, it's nothing. second, there are about the same number of windows xp versions right now, but most people use the home edition because that's what's on the computer. third, even if there are going to be 7 "official" versions of windows vista, most people won't go out of their way to buy a new version of windows when they get a new computer.