Windows Vista Prices Leaked |
08-29-2006, 03:31 AM
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#11 | | Please, call me Steve. Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 22,696 Location: Colorado (Spanish for "prettier than your state") Collection Count: Less than 5 | "But it's great for video editing!"
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08-29-2006, 03:53 AM
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#12 | | President of Calendars Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 5,585 Location: So. California | F*ck that!! 350-450 for Ultimate??! Thats f*cking robbery. I wonder if I will be able to get a student discount on it or something. I still wants my DX10 games. 
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08-29-2006, 04:05 AM
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#13 | | LOVES TO EDIT POSTS!! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,257 Location: East of Misery, South of Hell Collection Count: Almost all gone... | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Streck By all means.
OS X, released 2001:
$129 for v10.0
$0 for v10.1, because v10.0 couldn't even play DVDs
$129 for v10.2
$129 for v10.3
$129 for v10.4
Total so far = $516
Windows XP, released 2001:
$299 for Professional (screw Home)
$0 for all service packs, hotfixes, and other updates
Total so far = $299
I wouldn't say that Apple is the best way to go if price is your main consideration. | I mainly said that as a joke, because unless they've changed it, once you install Vista and "register" it with your computer, that's it. You can't just buy another registration code unless you get one of the packages, or even legitimately put it on another machine. Once it's on, it's on that machine. It locks it down to the hardware level.
If they've changed that, please let me know. | |
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08-29-2006, 04:40 AM
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#14 | | 4 8 15 16 23 42 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,897 Location: Bay Area | Jesus fucking christ! $450 for an OS??? I don't care if it IS "Ultimate Vista," at that price, the damn thing had also play some XBOX360 games or something. Like wash my car or do my laundry.
In all seriousness, does anyone know what the Ultimate version does that Microsoft feels they can get away with that price point?
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08-29-2006, 05:19 AM
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#15 | | LOVES TO EDIT POSTS!! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,257 Location: East of Misery, South of Hell Collection Count: Almost all gone... | Quote: |
Originally Posted by thefrozenred Jesus fucking christ! $450 for an OS??? I don't care if it IS "Ultimate Vista," at that price, the damn thing had also play some XBOX360 games or something. Like wash my car or do my laundry.
In all seriousness, does anyone know what the Ultimate version does that Microsoft feels they can get away with that price point? | I think it comes with an attachment to wipe your *** after a crap...
It sure better for THAT price. | |
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08-29-2006, 05:23 AM
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#16 | | 4 8 15 16 23 42 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,897 Location: Bay Area | Well, a brief Google revealed that it took the best features of the Business and Home versions and combined them into a single OS. But, still...
I don't know, I was sort of hoping that they would ALREADY be doing that with each additional version. I mean, why buy the Business version(s) when it won't be able to perform in ways that the cheaper (Home) version would?
(Still happy the updates are free, though)
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08-29-2006, 05:51 AM
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#17 | | PAC-MAN HAT!!!!!!!!!! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,186 Location: Texa$ Collection Count: 355+ | I'll wait for the first service pack, buy the cheapest version, and force it to do whatever I want regardless of what features it's supposed to have or whether it's supposedly locked to my hardware etc. That's exactly what I did with XP, and I have no reason to expect it to be any different this time.  | |
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08-29-2006, 08:43 AM
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#18 | | is a CHAR Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,038 Location: England Collection Count: Lots | Buy the version that does what you need folks, thats why there are so many of them. I hardly think that most of the folks crying about the price of Ultimate are going to need business-critical encryption levels or the ability to connect to a domain at home.   | |
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08-29-2006, 09:09 AM
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#19 | | Casual TF collector
aksmth gave me this title! Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,775 Location: NYC | I feel so confused.  So you want to see how good you are? Then you must be tired of living! 
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08-29-2006, 10:05 AM
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#20 | | old skool fool Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,652 Location: stuck in the 80's Collection Count: 812-yup, I've got a spreadsheet | this helps to reinforce my belief that I should wait for this to come out before getting a new computer, instead of getting the new computer now and then upgrading to vista.
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