Vista prices are officially set

[SuperSparks]

Windows Vista Ultimate = $399
Windows Vista Business = $299
Windows Vista Home Premium = $239
Windows Vista Home Basic = $199

Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade = $259
Windows Vista Business Upgrade = $199
Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade = $159
Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade = $99


http://news.com.com/Microsoft+sets+V...ht&tag=nl.e433

[jmtjet]

It'll be a while before I spring for Vista.

[bistro]

I've got $2.39 stashed away in my savings for Vista....I'm well on my way.

[usil]

Any news on the price of OEM versions?

[fink]

It'll be a while before I spring for Vista.

Same here.

[Philgo]

That's a lot of wonga, might have to remortgage the house.

[SuperSparks]

Windows "Chicken" anyone?

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34236

[fink]

hehe.. like the little problem years ago when GM released the Chevy Nova to latin America. Nova translates to no go.... not a great sales pitch for a car.

[JMB3012]

It'll be a while before I spring for Vista.

Likewise, I'll be sticking with XP Home for the near future.

[ProfessorU]

hehe.. like the little problem years ago when GM released the Chevy Nova to latin America. Nova translates to no go.... not a great sales pitch for a car.

This is, unfortunately, not true:
http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

Similar to the "Bite the Wax Tadpole" phenomenon

Obviously Vista can be pricey because you're going to need a $1000+ machine to run it when Vista launches.

[lgbpop]

Obviously Vista can be pricey because you're going to need a $1000+ machine to run it when Vista launches.

I disagree here. Microsoft has never priced their product depending on the computer it was going into because one has nothing to do with the other. As with any other product, the price will drop over time as the market's saturated with the product. As for the need for an expensive computer, that's bunk. I raided my parts bins and threw together a system in five minutes that runs Vista Beta in all its flawed, glitchy glory; the sum of the parts (nothing latest-tech) is probably about $160--and the vidcard's $60 of it.

[ProfessorU]

Correction:
To properly run Aero Glass, the primary advantage of upgrading to Vista for many users, your hardware will need a relatively new dX 10 video card. Since you're probably not going to want to buy one AGP, you're going PCI-E. Which means a mobo upgrade as well. I'm not saying it's a bad investment, I'm just saying that most $1000+ PCs will ship with Vista, while most PCs under $500 will ship with XP, if anything at all.

[usil]

I can't agree that most people want to upgrade because of Aero.
A lot of people already have PCIE mobos, and besides, there will still be AGP cards that will support DX10.

[lgbpop]

This lab mule I threw together is a used Abit KV7 socket A mobo, an Athlon XP-M 2600+ OCed to 2.33GHz (166 X 14.0), 80GB UltraATA WD hard drive, EVGA GEForce 6600GT (bought used off eBay) and a used Samsung DVD/CD-RW combo drive. Power supplied from an FSP 350W PSU.

I haven't used the IE yet, just Opera so I don't know if the stacked-windows effect works or not, will have to check. I get the glass effects and a lot more. (I can post a pic if you want.) What would the DX10 allow that I may not have seen? I'm curious now.

[greengoose1]

I will wait and see. The finished product is not as robust as it was in the beginning as I recall. (Will this cause more glitches???) And MS is still patching XP. I just can't get to excited over Vista at this time. Look beneath all the hype and what have you got.

And then there is the fact that all the operating functions of any of these operating systems are not used by any one computer user.