Microsoft.com Canada has released pricing for Windows Vista. Windows Vista Ultimate is listed at $499 Canadian which translates into $450.36 in USD. Home Premium is listed at $299 or $269.86 USD, Vista Ultimate Upgrade is priced at $299 or $269.86 USD, while Home Premium Upgrade is $199 or $179.60 USD.
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i hear that! at $499... screw that.. i can't afford that!
I'll probably end up using Vista simply because i'm entitled to use it through work for free (just need to pay for a CD to copy it onto!
And to think I was gob smacked when I saw that Prey cost £49.99 ($94.71) for the Xbox360 over here! Software is getting shockingly expensive these days.
Compared to $499, yeah.
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Last edited by TheGriffin on 28 Aug 2006 - 13:37
What's this? http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...=490162&hl=
What's this? http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...=490162&hl=
Touché, indeed. I did not even see that.
It's pretty sad when you can buy a PC WITH an OS for cheaper.
Maybe these prices are wrong, I guess we can all hope.
Perhaps a Mod can update my news submission with this helpful (and easier to read) chart:
Prices in U.S.D as of 8/28/06
Vista Ultimate
-Upgrade: $269.931
-Full Retail: $450.581
Vista Home Premium
-Upgrade: $179.691
-Full Retail: $269.931
Vista Home Basic
-Upgrade: $116.483
-Full Retail: $233.862
Vista Business
-Upgrade: $224.832
-Full Retail: $342.215
i might just get that version, i don't care about media center
xp pro = vista business
the reason i say this is that even with the exchange rate between the US & CAN is only a difference of roughly 10%, but the prices for most products seem to be marked much higher regardless of the exchange rate.
Here is an example. I have been looking to purchase a new digital camera, and have noticed that the US price differs greatly from the CAN price. The camera is a Kodak V570. The US msrp is $399. The CAN msrp is $499.
there are tonnes of examples like this on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca
EDIT:
Vista Price on amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Vi...9322203?ie=UTF8
i was right about it being $399 USD
Last edited by metalguy90 on 29 Aug 2006 - 16:49
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Last edited by Smigit on 28 Aug 2006 - 14:06
For that price they should allow people to install on 1-5 machines (like Apple does with their system).
Mac OS X Leopard, $129 with hundreds of new features
or
Windows Vista, $450 with 5 copied features, and a shiny UI
Mac OS X Leopard, $129 with hundreds of new features
or
Windows Vista, $450 with 5 copied features, and a shiny UI
What's really funny is the fact that you believe what you're saying.
Mac OS X Leopard, $129 for Tiger SP1
or
Windows Vista, $450 for a completely rebuilt OS from the ground up, TONS of new features, even some Apple copied!
Oh, and enjoy paying for a new version of OS X every year.
Release Prices..
Windows XP - $250 -> Vista Home Premium (I didn't put Ultimate because lets be honest 9/10 people won't need that) $270
Total over 6-7 years: $520
Mac OSX 10.0 $129 -> 10.1 $129 -> 10.2 $129 -> 10.3 $129 -> 10.4 $129 -> soon to be 10.5 $129
Total over 6-7 years: $774 ($645 excluding Leopard)
So I don't think the price is too unreasonable.
-Time Machine (Copied from Microosft)
-64 bit (not exactly something I'd call a feature. Micorosft has had this for nearly 2 years as well).
-Core animation
The rest are just small updates to existing applications and some new applications, which Microsoft would probably get sued by the EU if they tried to include.
Last edited by BigCheese on 28 Aug 2006 - 15:22
Oh, and enjoy paying for a new version of OS X every year.
Release Prices..
Windows XP - $250 -> Vista Home Premium (I didn't put Ultimate because lets be honest 9/10 people won't need that) $270
Total over 6-7 years: $520
Mac OSX 10.0 $129 -> 10.1 $129 -> 10.2 $129 -> 10.3 $129 -> 10.4 $129 -> soon to be 10.5 $129
Total over 6-7 years: $774 ($645 excluding Leopard)
So I don't think the price is too unreasonable.
The Mac pricing should be $645 ($516 excluding Leopard) since 10.1 was a free upgrade.
Also, you should be comparing it with Vista Ultimate+XP Pro since OSX comes in one version with all the features (discarding the server version which you're not comparing anyways).
and the both Steve/Bill copied the modern computers from XEROX when they failed to actually use the stuff they were showing off from the think tank a very long time ago.
Of course I love reading the Apple vs MS and laugh at both
Here's a pardox, I like Mac's and OSX and I happen to love Windows XP SP2 Pro.
Oh, and enjoy paying for a new version of OS X every year.
Release Prices..
Windows XP - $250 -> Vista Home Premium (I didn't put Ultimate because lets be honest 9/10 people won't need that) $270
Total over 6-7 years: $520
Mac OSX 10.0 $129 -> 10.1 $129 -> 10.2 $129 -> 10.3 $129 -> 10.4 $129 -> soon to be 10.5 $129
Total over 6-7 years: $774 ($645 excluding Leopard)
So I don't think the price is too unreasonable.
The Mac pricing should be $645 ($516 excluding Leopard) since 10.1 was a free upgrade.
Also, you should be comparing it with Vista Ultimate+XP Pro since OSX comes in one version with all the features (discarding the server version which you're not comparing anyways).
why should he be comparign with ultimate ?
does OSX come with OSX tablet edition and OSX Media Center edition ?
I cannot agree more. So many features are stripped, it don't see much more than a new userinterface. Common, it is just an OS where you hit the 'start' button to start your apps and games and occasionally use windows explorer to organize and search your files.
Who is the it?
If it don't see much more than a new GUI that might be because it mostly has watched the screenshots. Here is a list of things you can't see in a screenshot.
Who is the it?
If it don't see much more than a new GUI that might be because it mostly has watched the screenshots. Here is a list of things you can't see in a screenshot.
lol nice job microsoft employee
either get it via a new computer, OEM, or (shhhhhhhhhhhhh) WAREZ.......(yeah we know it will be cracked
no matter what MS says)
Is this the same company that is bashing Sony for selling PS3 for 499/599 ? MR. "We want to give customers value?"
I plan on getting tablet pc, so will wait until this comes out, other then that, I will find alternatives...
you can still get it, just don't pay for it
omfg in Aussie dollars the full retail of Ultimate is $593 !!! and they wonder why people have illegal versions!?
think i'll buy a Mac. sayonara MS
1. Unless you work in the IT industry, you don't need the Ultimate Edition. Even computer geeks don't need it and will get plenty out of the significantly cheaper Home Premium Edition.
2. Windows XP (which debuted at roughly the same price) has lasted for five years. That means that if you bought your copy of XP on or soon after the public release, and are still using it today, you most certainly got your money's worth. This is not to say Vista will be around for five years, it probably won't, but you're still probably going to get good value for money out of the OS, providing you use it for 3-4 years.
3. You all have computers you want to run Vista on now - buy the damn upgrade version. It is significantly cheaper than the full version and you can still do a fresh install or an upgrade.
If you are gonna upgrade i would advise buying a full version, backing up and formatting the HDD and the installing Vista from scratch.
Or... simply dual boot, but i still dont like that every windows has to take over the MBR when its installed (especially vista with that awful boot contraption, why couldn't they have stuck with the simple boot.ini?).
now they over charge more than they did for xp and we get spamed by microsoft employees like kl33per becuase we wont suport that price.
If you are gonna upgrade i would advise buying a full version, backing up and formatting the HDD and the installing Vista from scratch.
Or... simply dual boot, but i still dont like that every windows has to take over the MBR when its installed (especially vista with that awful boot contraption, why couldn't they have stuck with the simple boot.ini?).
Did you even read what I wrote or understand how Microsoft OS installation works. If you buy the upgrade edition, you can still do a clean install. What happened to people using their brains; knowing how to read and comprehend is a fairly important skill.
Furthermore, the upgrade system in the Vista installer has been completely revammped. When XP performed an upgrade, it manually replaced every file on the drive that was updated by Windows XP, leaving a lot of junk behind. In Vista's installer, the setup process scans your previous installation's documents, settings and programs. It then precedes to back these up and install a fresh copy of Vista. Finally, it adds back in all your documents, settings and applications, leaving any other junk behind.
1. Unless you work in the IT industry, you don't need the Ultimate Edition. Even computer geeks don't need it and will get plenty out of the significantly cheaper Home Premium Edition.
2. Windows XP (which debuted at roughly the same price) has lasted for five years. That means that if you bought your copy of XP on or soon after the public release, and are still using it today, you most certainly got your money's worth. This is not to say Vista will be around for five years, it probably won't, but you're still probably going to get good value for money out of the OS, providing you use it for 3-4 years.
3. You all have computers you want to run Vista on now - buy the damn upgrade version. It is significantly cheaper than the full version and you can still do a fresh install or an upgrade.
I disagree the Home Premium version does not include a lot of features that were included in Windows Xp Professional which could mess up your computers. I think people should just wait for a price drop and then buy Vista. Although I think the licensing in Windows Vista is disgraceful.
Vista Home is ~$230 (~$115 upgrade), and Vista Business is ~$340 (~$220 upgrade).
Is that *really* such a big jump?
Vista Home is ~$230 (~$115 upgrade), and Vista Business is ~$340 (~$220 upgrade).
Is that *really* such a big jump?
XP Home OEM is 84.99+tax
XP Pro OEM is 136.99+tax
So yes, it is a big jump.
Vista Home is ~$230 (~$115 upgrade), and Vista Business is ~$340 (~$220 upgrade).
Is that *really* such a big jump?
XP Home OEM is 84.99+tax
XP Pro OEM is 136.99+tax
So yes, it is a big jump.
alternative :
ubuntu $0
cd shipping costs $0
and it really can do the same things as vista ..... :p
However, I would like to reply:
WGF: you mean DirectX 10 and its features?
Well, I hope OpenGL allows for the same possibilities. They're probably about even.
And utilising Compiz and XGL/AIGLX, advanced graphical effects like those in Vista are possible.
However, I might be incorrect, feel free to say so.
WCF: I have no idea about anything equivalent to it. However, most of the information about WCF I find seems to be a bunch of buzzwords. So please: tell me more about it.
Some the MS demos of the technologies are pretty interesting. How the technology can be implimented into everything from education to emergency services.
lmao. Thats cheap. Isnt?
Yea, looks like XP is staying on my machine... I think the only reason they're asking so much is because of DX10... there's really no other reason for me to upgrade...
Last edited by SniperX on 28 Aug 2006 - 17:25