Bob Hauck wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:32:13 -0800, Tim Smith
> <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> [vista pricing]
>
> > Home Basic $199, $99.95 upgrade
> > Home Premium $239, $159 upgrade
> > Business $299, $199 upgrade
> > Ultimate $399, $259 upgrade
> >
> > All prices are USD, suggested retail.
The OEM machine will probably have Home Premium.
So if I buy a retail machine, the OEM will have jacked his prices about
$240 to make some profit on his OEM license (that should be eroded by
price wars in about 3-4 months).
To upgrade to Ultimate I have to pay $259 (probably gets discounted to
$199).
Then I can wipe the drive clean, install SUSE or Linspire, and install
Windows Ultimate in a Xen VM, correct?
Any chance I can just call up Lennovo and order a machine with SUSE
Linux installed as the Base OS and Windows as a Xen VM Client?
How much extra will that SUSE/Ultimate Lenovo Lennovo T60p cost?
If it's less than $200 more, I think I'd buy it!
When can I order it?
> -| Have you had enough of George Bush yet?
George W Bush ain't no George H.W. Bush, that's for sure.
I respected the father. He used his CIA connections to end the cold
war as VP,
then as President.
The son - the best that money can buy.
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