Windows Vista Prices and Release Date Leaked

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."

Comments

Re:from the article, price list

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

As the GP said:

How many of the tiger updates were changes to desktop artwork

I know. You've made the decision to buy a mac, not realising that you'd be paying out $750 over 5 years to keep your system up to date. You've got to make it look like you've done the right thing.

But face it you've been ripped off!

Re:from the article, price list

[ozmanjusri]

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?"

Microsoft really IS going all out to appeal to Mac users...