__/ [ casioculture@xxxxxxxxx ] on Wednesday 06 September 2006 06:59 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Windows Vista pricing favors PC upgrades
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>> | While Microsoft's entry-level and upgrade prices might appear reasonable
>> | on paper to some, and little changed to the five-year-old Windows XP,
>> | there are a few clouds to this sliver lining. The first is the ability
>> | for machines running Windows XP to actually be able to run Windows
>> | Vista, as Microsoft's hardware guidance for new versions of Windows has
>> | tended historically towards the, ah, optimistic shall we say.
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | For consumers, Vista Home Basic does exactly what it says on the box -
>> | you get the an OS, browser, search and parental controls but no sexy
>> | Aero interface and no Windows Media Center (for watching and recording
>> | all those episodes of CSI: Miami, hooking up the Xbox 360, and
>> | viewing photos). Those little gems are reserved for users of Vista
>> | Home Premium, while Ultimate gives you all this plus additional power
>> | features from the business products like BitLocker encryption, support
>> | for domain group policy, and advanced and simplified networking.
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>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/06/windows_vita_prices/
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> How ludicrous!
>
> I guess I'm running Ubuntu super-duper-ultimate-premium.
Definitely. Eye candy in Linux is not only better, but it's free and it
doesn't devour much in terms of resources.
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