August 29th, 2006
Vista Prices Leaked and Already on Amazon.com
By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
I had someone ask me if there was such a thing as privacy anymore, since so many companies and organizations seem to lose laptops, leak information on the web, etc. etc. I said … no. Seems like Microsoft is no different, as they accidentally leaked Vista prices on the web today.
Of course, these were Canadian prices, but they still give you an idea of what the actual prices in the U.S. will be. Current XP prices were included for comparison purposes. Thanks to Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report.
FULL versions (all prices Canadian)
–Windows Vista Ultimate $499
–Windows XP Professional w/SP2 $429
–Windows Vista Business $379
–Windows Vista Home Premium $299
–Windows Vista Home Basic $259
–Windows XP Home w/SP2 $259
UPGRADE versions (all prices Canadian)
–Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade $299
–Windows XP Professional w/SP2 Upgrade $259
–Windows Vista Business Upgrade $249
–Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade $199
–Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade $129
–Windows XP Home w/SP2 Upgrade $129
We Say: Vista Ultimate is $499 CDN? That’s $449 U.S. I can see I’ll only be getting it with a new PC.
Alice Adds: Thanks to RTN contributor Jimmy Daniels, you can find a hidden page on Amazon with the prices and a (whoops) release date of January 30, 2007. (And a $399 price tag.)
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Jimmy says:
Amazon has it’s pricing online as well, here
August 29th, 2006 at 6:07 am
Jimmy says:
Oh and it includes an expected ship date, January 30 2007.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:28 am
Jolok says:
There’s never been an OS released that was worth $400. Just another M$ product that I’ll never use [a legal version of].
August 29th, 2006 at 12:26 pm
El Rockwell says:
I agree with Jolok, how important are prices in a world of piracy? Companies like MS should have lower competitive prices if they want me to buy somthing I know I can get for free.
~El Rockwell
August 29th, 2006 at 12:29 pm
Dante Willis says:
Did the leak include all of the new unknown fatal errors? http:www.angelfire.com/theforce/indermsbut All to common best hope this roll out gets delayed another year.
August 29th, 2006 at 1:51 pm
It costs how much? says:
They want how much?! I think Microsoft is going to have to spend a bit more time explaining what makes them think their OS is worth that much.
August 29th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Jim McGough says:
Microsoft is poo poo http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/indermsbut
This is one of the greatest Polls about MS prods.
August 29th, 2006 at 1:53 pm
Bill Gates says:
Don’t like it? Don’t buy it.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:15 pm
jacksheet says:
YAY Ubuntu Linux!!
August 29th, 2006 at 6:56 pm
Lewie says:
MIcrosoft is doing everything it can, including annoying legitimate users, to stomp out piracy; yet they continue to raise their prices. Seems pretty stupid to me.
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