vista prices confirmed :(

porkrind · 6 Sep 2006 at 20:20

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/09/06/Vista_prices_made_official/

man that sucks gonna be around £250 for ultimate , bah

yhack · 6 Sep 2006 at 20:40

LoL

Anyone want to give me £250?

Energize · 6 Sep 2006 at 20:42

Microsoft seem to want their products to be pirated.

ash7jar · 6 Sep 2006 at 20:44

Energize said:
Microsoft seem to want their products to be pirated.

lol

nade · 6 Sep 2006 at 20:46

lol, I think it's Microsoft who are the pirates, holding us to ransom!

SiHH · 6 Sep 2006 at 20:51

nade said:
lol, I think it's Microsoft who are the pirates, holding us to ransom!

Not really - no-one is forcing you to buy the product !

Slam62 · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:01

hellooo

does anyone know if the upgrade disc works on oem copies of xp

aix0 · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:03

siloleth said:
Not really - no-one is forcing you to buy the product !

Not yet anyway!

porkrind · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:05

if u want DX10 u will have to buy it, thats for starters whats next HD-DVD vista only

Macro · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:13

I would imagine the vast majority of people would go for the Home Premium version which is $159 for an upgrade...

Hardly outrageous for an OS that will be a key part of your PC for the next 5+ years is it. I'm sure there will be an OEM version even cheaper...

How many other key componants of you PC do you use for 5 years + for £120?

Ascendancy · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:21

porkrind said:
if u want DX10 u will have to buy it, thats for starters whats next HD-DVD vista only

Hasn't it already been confirmed that non 64-bit vista wont play HD-DVD? I assume that includes XP too.

csmager · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:45

Ascendancy said:
Hasn't it already been confirmed that non 64-bit vista wont play HD-DVD? I assume that includes XP too.

HDCP protected HD-DVD's, yes. But no studio is using that kind of copy protection, and probably won't for a few years.

Messiah Khan · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:48

Nice to know that im covered by the site liscence at work then.

Richdog · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:48

siloleth said:
Not really - no-one is forcing you to buy the product !

Ack I hate it when people post that phrase. MS is effectively forcing us to buy it because it will be the new standard, and what techie is going to be left behind in gaming etc?

It's still forcing people, just in a different and far more subtle way.

porkrind · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:51

linux need to sort out the gamming side of things and/or more developers need to start pushing openGL/openAL more.

Deleted member 58846 · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:55

MS should drop the prices not rise them they just making people move to other systems or pirate them. I would pay 250 but many others wouldn't.

Energize · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:56

Ascendancy said:
Hasn't it already been confirmed that non 64-bit vista wont play HD-DVD? I assume that includes XP too.

That was renounced.

Even if the movies use hdcp non hdcp devices can still play them, though they will be at a lower resolution if the publisher decides to use ict. Only one movie publisher will be using ict before 2010.

porkrind · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:56

Aye, cheaper surely means more purchases and more sooner rather than later when they have too

aix0 · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:56

Richdog said:
Ack I hate it when people post that phrase. MS is effectively forcing us to buy it because it will be the new standard, and what techie is going to be left behind in gaming etc?

It's still forcing people, just in a different and far more subtle way.

Agreed! Exactly what I was thinking.

Daniel · 6 Sep 2006 at 21:59

It will come down in price like XP has...Wait a year and get it with service pack one with a million and one bug fixes

vista prices confirmed :(

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