Windows Vista Pricing Leaked

[MacinDoc]

dumbest

argument

ever

you guys are arguing over nickels and dimes when it really comes down to preference. people who like os x buy it. people who like windows buy it. they dont sit and think about the cost difference between the two for the most part.

i thought die hard mac os freaks loved it for its functionality and stability, not its price advantage? and windows haters just hate windows no matter what. good for them. im a big whore and ill get the benefits of both.

I hate Windows because I fight with it at work every day. Windows is why I have a Mac.

But the point of this thread is the debate over whether Vista will be reasonably priced at $399 for a full install set, vs. $129 for OS X 10.5.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Cost aside for the moment, it's Microsoft's decision to sell such a bewildering number of versions that I find so remarkable. I think it says a lot about Microsoft that they can't seem to settle on one implementation of Windows that would suit all users equally well. Apple has seen to it that the Mac is a Mac. Windows is now like a half-dozen vaguely different things, depending. Another level of confusion, introduced deliberately.

 

[balamw]

Cost aside for the moment, it's Microsoft's decision to sell such a bewildering number of versions that I find so remarkable.

I agree, though this (if true) makes that less of a real issue.

The three retail editions (Home Basic, Home Premium, and Ultimate) of Windows Vista will ship on the same DVD. The features of the Home Premium and Ultimate editions may be "unlocked" at any time by purchasing a one-time upgrade license through a Control Panel tool called Windows Anytime Upgrade. The Business edition will also be upgradable to Ultimate. Such licenses will be sold by Microsoft's partners and OEMs, but not directly by Microsoft.

This is a change from XP where there was no good way to go "pro" if you already had "Home" installed, even though they had promised such a path during the beta.

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[BWhaler]

"Download" Price: Free

Cracking Windows Authentication: Free

Running Vista as a ghetto OS in Parallels: Priceless

 

[a456]

Vista Versions Table Please

It is strange that MS don't seem to have given us a common table of comparison, I wonder why?

I have no intention of switching to Vista from Mac OS X, but just for my own amusement I would love to see a table of comparison for the five different versions of Vista, because aside from the Data Encryption all that the *ULTIMATE* version seems to have is a Photo Programme, a Movie Maker, and a Media Interface, and the upgrade version costs twice the amount of OS X, which has superior photo and movie apps. And for people without XP the price is phenomenal.

The basic doesn't even have the much flaunted "aero" interface, what does it look like then without it, and why miss off such a defining feature of your new OS from one of its versions?

I'm glad that I don't have to make the choice between the different versions and that I made the simple choice years ago to choose Mac over PC.

(BTW, do they need permission to use this name from Cadbury, in the UK aero is a type of chocolate bar with loads of air bubbles in)

 

[kerpow]

Interesting article on Vista. I expect MS will copy Apple and build the next OS around a Linux or FreeBSD kernel.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1868642,00.html

 

[SBT]

Yeh, Vista....whats good about it? lol.
Another year to wait and even then it will probably be delayed. Meanwhile Leopard comes out and Vista will copy

 

[ortuno2k]

As an ex-employee of a computer retail store, I always used to get the questions.."What's the different between XP home & Pro?" "Does XP Pro come with Word, that's why it costs more?" Etc..

Microsoft continues to ship buggy software and confuse the hell out of people.
And for those complaining that OS X was more expensive than Windows Vista over time, think again...The updates aren't as needed from one version to the next, so you may choose to skip one or two, for example from 10.3 to 10.4, and skip to 10.5. It will cost you $129.99 (or whatever the price for 10.5 is), while Windows Vista costs a lot more, and it's just another bugged version of Windows XP.

I went Mac a year ago and will NEVER buy/build another PC.