Vista Ultimate Ed.

ej159 · 29 Mar 2006 at 19:42

Hello all

Anyone hazard a guess at the price of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition? Is it true you'll be only able to upgrade to it from xp pro x64 because it's 64 bit?

Thanks

NathanE · 29 Mar 2006 at 19:48

It's 32 and 64-bit. So that rumour is false just like pretty much all of them are :~/

I'd guess the price will be around £110-130 for an OEM copy.

ej159 · 29 Mar 2006 at 19:57

Simultaneously? I heard that there are going to be seven different "flavours" and that Windows Vista Ultimate Edition with be 64 bit and, quite obviously, the best version but I could be wrong.

garyh · 29 Mar 2006 at 20:04

The consumer versions of Vista will effectively be slapped on a giant DVD.

This will include both 32bit and 64bit variations of all the consumer versions of Vista including the Ultimate edition.

You will be able to purchase the Home version for example, and then upgrade to Ultimate with the same CD once you have an activation code from Microsoft (obviously paying extra to do so).

stoofa · 30 Mar 2006 at 10:42

"Ultimate Edition" is unlikely to appear in OEM form.
If it does it will be very much "Recovery CD" version - shipped with machines and no use if sold seperately.

Sp00n · 30 Mar 2006 at 10:44

garyh said:
You will be able to purchase the Home version for example, and then upgrade to Ultimate with the same CD once you have an activation code from Microsoft (obviously paying extra to do so).

I sense a flaw in microsoft's ways.

NathanE · 30 Mar 2006 at 11:57

stoofa said:
"Ultimate Edition" is unlikely to appear in OEM form.

Oh it will. OEMs are definately going to want that edition for their higher end PCs.