Windows Vista Prices and Release Date Leaked 378
Nieske writes "Prices and the release date for Windows Vista have leaked online. Ed Bott's Microsoft Report has information on pricing, and the release date is currently January 30th, 2007. Are they really going to make the deadline this time?" From the ZDNet article: "In Canada, at least, the rumors of a 'modest' price increase were true, based on this list. Will these same relative prices hold true in the U.S.? Who knows? But if they do, then it's mostly good news for Windows customers. There's no price increase for Home Basic. Home Premium, the Vista version that maps most closely to the OEM-only Windows XP Media Center Edition, will finally be available as a retail product for a slight bump over the Home Basic product, similar to the $39 premium typically charged by large OEMs for Media Center upgrades. And Vista Business buyers will get a break with a small discount relative to XP Professional."
Re:Not Quite (Score:5, Funny)
Re:from the article, price list (Score:5, Funny)
Re:from the article, price list (Score:5, Funny)
me too (Score:5, Funny)
Re:from the article, price list (Score:5, Funny)
Windows Vista Ultimate 22.9 g / gold
Windows Vista Business 18 g / gold
Windows Vista Home Premium 14.2 g / gold
Windows Vista Home Basic 12.3 g / gold
Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade 14.2 g/ gold
Windows Vista Business Upgrade 12.3 g / gold
Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade 9.4 g / gold
Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade 6.1 g / gold
That's a lot of gold arrrrrr.
Changed to Tuesday because.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No Vista for Christmas? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:from the article, price list (Score:3, Funny)
But his karma whoring allows my total laziness to even avoid clicking TFA, so I can just scroll down the thread!
I didn't need this... (Score:3, Funny)
i was just going to watch the Weather Channel and check for frost warnings for Hell and its surrounding counties...
Re:from the article, price list (Score:2, Funny)
While the Apple & MS fanboys laugh at them about how many weeks they take to set up WPA2 on a wireless connection (if they even can).
Questions and Answers (Score:3, Funny)
Are they really going to make a release that will resist to cracking more than 15 minutes?
You all know both answers, however.
Re:Yawn. Nothing to see here, please move along. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:from the article, price list (Score:5, Funny)
I can't wait to watch tech support with all of these versions floating around.
User: "I have Windows Vista, and I want to do x, can I? How do I?"
Tech: "Uhhhh...god. Ummmm, what version of Vista do you have?"
User: "Version, what version? It's Vista."
Tech: "Is it Home Basic, Home Premium, Homosexual, Gamer, Business, Business Gamer, I Think I'm Running A Business But Might Be Delusional, OpenVista, NetVista, Free...oh wait, Ultimate?"
User: "It's Home...I think."
Tech: "Which Home?"
User: "I just want to do some network stuff. sob-sob-sob"
Tech: "Is it 9:00am yet? I need a drink."
Re:from the article, price list (Score:5, Funny)
Windows Vista Ultimate 1 leg 1 arm
Windows Vista Business 1 leg 1 ear
Windows Vista Home Premium 1 arm 3 toes
Windows Vista Home Basic 1 eye 1 ear (you won't be getting Aero anyway)
Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade 1 arm 4 toes
Windows Vista Business Upgrade 1 arm
Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade 1 ear 3 toes 2 fingers
Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade 1 eye
All prices include your soul.
Re:me too (Score:3, Funny)
So you back to your ignorance, I'm gonna go play some Quake 4.
Re:from the article, price list (Score:5, Funny)
Compare to Mac OS X (Score:5, Funny)
Mac OS X: $599. To be fair, there is a Mac Mini bundled with.
Re:Refusal (Score:2, Funny)
Small correction (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not Quite (Score:5, Funny)
Is it going to come bundled with the first security patch or will I have to download it separately?
Re:from the article, price list (Score:3, Funny)
Well, don't just tease us... what's the address for Newegg.com?
Dude.. (Score:3, Funny)
You are not very well informed. If you had invested in a interstellar subspace communicator and listened to the cosmic news channels every once in a while you would know that January 29th 2007 is be the day the Windows Vista development servers, all the backups along with the Vista development team it self and Steve Ballmer's entire collection of hand made throwing chairs is scheduled to be abducted by they grey aliens.
Obligatory Bullwinkle quote (Score:3, Funny)
"But that trick never works!"
"This time for sure! Presto!"
OB bash.org (Score:5, Funny)
[Th3No0b] Im going to be the next hitler
[Th3No0b] Im going to burn all the MS-Windows servers and 1 BSD server
[RageAgainsttheAmish] why the BSD server
[Th3No0b] See? no one cares about Windows
[RageAgainsttheAmish] lmao
Re:Questions and Answers (Score:3, Funny)
You all know both answers, however.
I hear they're shooting for 20 minutes this time. One step at a time.
Re:Dude.. (Score:2, Funny)
In that case let me be the first to sign up for X-Com. I've always wanted to run around with a Blaster Launcher.
Re:Not Quite (Score:2, Funny)
Based on the way it's gone so far, they may want to use a generous expiration date.