Windows Vista Product Editions Revealed

[Commodore Max]

Thank GOD for MSDN! :D

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Agreed ! :D

[riahc3]

WGA is a validation tool, not a subscription. I don't know of many Microsoft subscriptions, such as MSN Premium, being hacked.

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What does MSN Premium offer that I cant get from another product?

Maybe thats why it hasnt been looked at to get cracked.

[ANova]

Of course the real motivation behind all of these versions is so that they can increase pricing.

[Kr0z]

I'm going to want Ultimate Edition, but unless Microsoft bestowes beta testers with it I'm going to buy the "Windows Vista Home Premium Edition", $500 US for an operating system is totally and wholly insane.

[struct]

Windows Vista Ultimate Edition - $500

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If that's really the price they are going to charge for an edition that is to be party geared towards students, someone at MS needs to be fired.

[Hurmoth]

If that's really the price they are going to charge for an edition that is to be party geared towards students, someone at MS needs to be fired.

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I won't argue that $500 seems high, but it really wouldn't surprise me if they did have it that high though.

[darkmark327]

I think the breakdown will go more along these lines, but speculation at this point is idiotic, especially OMG WTF BBQ I WONT BUY IT FOR $500, well calm down they haven't announced pricing and it won't be out for another year

Windows Vista Starter Edition - only offered to countries where computers are still a novelty

Windows Vista Home Basic Edition - $100 (same as current home)

Windows Vista Home Premium Edition - $150 or $200 (between home and pro)-- i suspect the former since it's basically MCE

Windows Vista Professional Edition - $200 (same as current pro)

Windows Vista Small Business Edition - $250 --if you read the description it references a "Professional Premium" as well, but that version isn't mentioned

Windows Vista Enterprise Edition - <-- I suspect this will be only available through volume licensing, so we won't be buying it

Windows Vista Ultimate Edition - $300 (since it's like pro + home premium)

Add $100 for the full version as opposed to the upgrade versions

I would also surmise that Enterprise edition will be the ONLY version with Volume Licensing, and that VLKs will be handled much better than the current way. Consequently I think pirating it will not be as easy as with XP (raise your hand if you are running a pirated VLK edition)

[mujjuman]

the only versions taht seem good for me are pro and ultimate... but as with XP, the prices are too much.

for now, im sticking to my XP Pro. Vista seems too overly bloated... and i thought XP was bloated, lol.

[riahc3]

None of the prices in this thread are official/confirmed/true. Please stop posting prices to avoid confusion. These prices will problably be posted on some other sites as being the official prices...:no:

[Jeremy1]

What does MSN Premium offer that I cant get from another product?

Maybe thats why it hasnt been looked at to get cracked.

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It doesn't matter. The point is that it's a subscription web service. You can't "pirate" a web service. There is no way to fire up BitTorrent and download MSN Premium, for example, and there never will be.

What I was saying is that because a lot of the value-added stuff in Ultimate is going to be subscription-based, it means that people who pirate the OS will not have access to everything that makes Ultimate so good. y_notm got it.

[Lexcyn]

Bringing clarity in a world of confusion, eh?

Then why have 7 versions? :| Man, ultimate sounds good but what kind of DRM is going to be in that ... and how much is that going to cost?

[mujjuman]

for my needs, ultimate is the way to go. but seriously, 7 versions are too many. ok, i understand the starter kit, and the home edition, and the enterprise, and the professional.... but i think that they still should have stuck with the windows xp style of versions.

i guess the different editions of vista is for those who hardly use half of the stuff on windows and dont want to pay for the other half they dont use. why pay for things you dont want/need/know how to use?

Agreed?

Cry about 1 thing then ya get choices no people still cry

F'N pick one and shut up

[felixml]

Windows Vista Starter Edition - $50

Windows Vista Home Basic Edition - $150

Windows Vista Home Premium Edition - $200

Windows Vista Professional Edition - $250

Windows Vista Small Business Edition - $250

Windows Vista Enterprise Edition - $300

Windows Vista Ultimate Edition - $500

all of this is PURE SPECULATION!!!

[insanekiwi]

so many versions? that's crazy. at least there will be a cheap entry version.

[BajiRav]

All I want is

Windows Vista $150(upgrade/oem) & $200 new.

no home, no pro, no basic, no ultimate. :pinch:

the marketing monkeys at Microsoft need a kick in their balls :angry:

[Renshaw]

Windows Vista Home Basic Edition ?90

Windows Vista Home Premium Edition ?10

Windows Vista Professional Edition ?1

Windows Vista Ultimate Edition/i>

from what i can see about this is it not going to be that nuch maybe ?200 max because its going to have extras like WMP subription and i bet its for a month or a set amount of downloads

Windows Vista Starter Edition

Windows Vista Small Business Edition

Windows Vista Enterprise Edition

Thess will be not avalibe to most people, and i think small business, and enterprice, Will be same as pro actualy, with diffrent support number to ring up if you have problems.

[madnuke]

You know this is going to confuse the **** out of people, and I know people who know nothing about computers but have money will want the Ultimate edition.

[Smithjoe1]

Personally it looks like ultimate edition is just going to be everything plus a whole bunch of online subscriptions...

Personally I'll just get a copy through work, say that I need it for testing purposes

[gillmacca]

Don't know if anyone has metioned this (to busy at the mo, to read all the posts), but maybe microsoft should add a page to their site, which asks you questions about your computer setup, and use, and with these answers, they can recommend which version to buy.

It would make it alot easier for people who don't know which version is best for them

[Jexel]

pfft...it doesn't really matter how many version there are...I'm pretty sure most will go for Ultimate just because of the name and assume its the best (probably is). Pirates will definately pirate the Ultimate version. Hmmm...wasn't Windows XP PRO cracked in the first 15 minutes of release? Who wants to put bets on Vista?

[Colin-uk Veteran]

7 Versions is just stupid, and its going to be damn hard to remember what you get with each one that you dont get with another

i think MS need to do away with the clarity idea if there gunna do this :s

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

holt cow, I can imagine how expensive the ultimate will be :(

[mad_onion]

Uh.... yeah. Even before this announcement and the announcement of hardware recommendations for Vista, analysts were predicting a rise in market share for Apple of 5% over the next two years.

In case you have been under a rock, Intel macs will support windows in a dual boot situation. The average Joe uses windows because they are not aware of other alternatives. A rise in prices, complicated/confusing tiers of OS editions and steep hardware reqs may cause these same average Joe users to look for alternatives.

A user can just as easily pirate Windows if they have a mac.

I don't think we should take someone with a Vista logo as an avatar too seriously.

:rolleyes:

Why did you ignore the part about MUI? Is it because you don't have a clue what it is or that you do not see the value of it?

I predict that Vista will have an even slower adoption rate than XP had in Corporations. I also predict that mad_onion will be waiting in line outside a store the night before Vista's release.

:laugh:

I use VS,VS.NET at work and we have IBM servers/workstations with Intel P4's in them but you don't see me with an avatar of any of those do you?

;)

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i never asked to be taken seriously and no i have no idea what mui is lol :) all i can say is lets wait and see. cause i will be waiting to quote your comment of 15-20% loss in market share so i can laugh when it doesnt happen. its way to extreme and just.... never going to happen.

but i know you know loads more about IT than i do and dont think i tried to disagree with that. just you dont need any IT knowledge to see that 15-20% is crazy. :wacko:

[Noveed]

wtf is up with M$..... 2 version of Xbox360..... 7 Versions of Windows Vista..... Talk about confusion... M$ will loose out big time if they dont clear it up...

[Groovedude]

Ohh man.  I can't wait for the Windows Vista 7-in-1 CD to come out.

Haha... JUUUUUUUSSTT kidding. ;)

7-in-1? whats that? :p

Back on topic...

I was thinkin about buying a new computer soon, but now that I read that, I think I'll wait until Windows Vista comes out.  My computer will be fine until then.  They'll have some nice computers set up for those different versions.

EDIT: I dont know why, but now that I read it again, it doesn't seem very believable.  Not that I'm saying the thread auther is lying, but... wherever he got it from.

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you mean dvd lol :unsure: