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Title: Windows Vista pricing
Post by: Ustauk on August 29, 2006, 10:15:00 AM
A preliminary list of Canandian Windows Vista version prices can be found here (http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=124).
Title: Re: Windows Vista pricing
Post by: Mr. Analog on August 29, 2006, 10:20:21 AM
How many people here ever actually bought a version of Windows, stand alone?

>:D
Title: Re: Windows Vista pricing
Post by: Melbosa on August 29, 2006, 10:31:54 AM
[raises hand] Every version of Windows since 98 SE.  Gotta love Academic Pricing for Staff of an Educational Institute.  Windows Vista Ultimate for $15CDN, can't go wrong.
Title: Re: Windows Vista pricing
Post by: Shayne on August 29, 2006, 11:08:18 AM
$299 to upgrade eh?  Can I upgrade if I have a win98 original disc i wonder?
Title: Re: Windows Vista pricing
Post by: cyberbob on August 29, 2006, 12:50:39 PM
Quote from: Melbosa on August 29, 2006, 10:31:54 AM
[raises hand] Every version of Windows since 98 SE.  Gotta love Academic Pricing for Staff of an Educational Institute.  Windows Vista Ultimate for $15CDN, can't go wrong.

Proud member of that club as well :)
Title: Re: Windows Vista pricing
Post by: Lazybones on August 29, 2006, 02:32:01 PM
Pricing seems very consistent.. OEM editions are probably cheaper.. Go purchase a new hard drive and grab a OEM edition.
Title: Re: Windows Vista pricing
Post by: Melbosa on September 05, 2006, 02:30:08 PM
So an update to the Vista trend, looks like a release of RC1 here in the next week, and then final corporate release Nov 2006, Retail Jan 2007.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9003007 (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9003007)
Title: Re: Windows Vista pricing
Post by: Shayne on September 05, 2006, 02:36:10 PM
RC1 isnt bad, still no SLI support
Title: Re: Windows Vista pricing
Post by: Melbosa on September 05, 2006, 02:40:52 PM
Quote from: Shayne on September 05, 2006, 02:36:10 PM
RC1 isnt bad, still no SLI support

Isn't SLI support provided by nVidia, not M$?  Just asking, as I haven't read much about the whole driver/support for SLI.
Title: Re: Windows Vista pricing
Post by: Shayne on September 05, 2006, 03:06:02 PM
When Im installing it it gets to the point where it would have a GUI to show you the status of the install then shows a black screen and my LCD says no signal.  Before drivers or anything are loaded.  Its microsoft I believe.

At least intiailly