Microsoft Cutting Vista Prices
If you’ve been waiting on a price drop to get your hands on Vista, now is your chance, provided you want a higher-end version of Vista.
For those in the U.S., Microsoft is cutting prices only on the higher-end versions of Vista, and only for the upgrade version used to move from XP or another copy of Vista. The suggested price for Vista Ultimate drops to $219 from $299, while Home Premium falls to $129, from $159.
Other developed markets will also see price cuts, while in emerging markets, Microsoft is eliminating the distinction between full and upgrade versions of Home Basic and Home Premium as it attempts to convince more users there to use genuine software.
Vista is not the piece of crap people want to make it out to be, though I have to hand it to the Apple side of things with the “one size fits all” approach. I don’t see the need for different versions of an OS when we have enough problems with different versions of the software we run in operating systems, like the whole .docx thing with Office 2007. I actually find it hard to say I’m purchasing an OS when I’d rather get a new one with a new PC and not deal with any upgrade problems.
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