Have more than one PC that is ready to run Vista? Once you're running Windows Vista on one computer, you will probably want to run it on other computers you own. Now it's easy to get the additional licenses you need to put Windows Vista on your additional computers. (You will need one license for each computer running Windows Vista.)
So if you have brought one copy of Vista you can then buy more copies at a reduced price which seems to be what the author wants...
Yet embedding new functionality like this into Windows is exactly what got Microsoft into hot water with the last batch of EU anti-trust litigation.
How are they supposed to add this kind of functionality that is already provided by other applications without getting accused of abusing their market position to force these other apps out?
Vista has exactly what you are describing, easy backups of anything to external or internal drives: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/backup.aspx
You select to either backup certain files or entire drives (even your boot drive) simply by clicking backup then selecting any drive with enough space (or external drive) to save the backup and you can continue working while Vista is doing its thing.
Restoring is just as easy.
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A quick google search comes up with: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/licensing.aspx
Have more than one PC that is ready to run Vista? Once you're running Windows Vista on one computer, you will probably want to run it on other computers you own. Now it's easy to get the additional licenses you need to put Windows Vista on your additional computers. (You will need one license for each computer running Windows Vista.)
So if you have brought one copy of Vista you can then buy more copies at a reduced price which seems to be what the author wants...
Yet embedding new functionality like this into Windows is exactly what got Microsoft into hot water with the last batch of EU anti-trust litigation. How are they supposed to add this kind of functionality that is already provided by other applications without getting accused of abusing their market position to force these other apps out?
Vista has exactly what you are describing, easy backups of anything to external or internal drives: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/backup.aspx You select to either backup certain files or entire drives (even your boot drive) simply by clicking backup then selecting any drive with enough space (or external drive) to save the backup and you can continue working while Vista is doing its thing. Restoring is just as easy.
If nothing else, the Heimlich manoeuvre could become a common technique for stopping heart attacks.