In the latest Microsoft press release, Microsoft has announced wider public participating in the Windows Vista beta testing program for Release Candidate 1 scheduled to be released this week. They also state Vista is on track for volume license release on November 2006 and general public release on January 2007.
But what is more exciting is that Microsoft has officially announced the retail price estimates for Windows Vista only a few days after the leak by Amazon.
The software assurance logo program for Windows Vista has also been announced. Partners are encouraged to to enroll in the program to take advantage of Microsoft’s marketing opportunity for Vista-ready applications. This should greatly improve the quantity and quality of applications that will be optimized for Windows Vista when launched.
Comments for "Microsoft officially announces Vista RC1 and retail pricing"
Oscar
Well, they’re not going to win “Most affordable OS”, that’s for sure…
Patrick Jakubowski
Hmmmm…your chart is deceiving. It makes it look like the full edition of Vista Ultimate is $650.
Michael
your chart does look kind of wrong. On the chart, the full edition price looks like $650, when the full edition really cost $399
Stephen Roberts
heres a ROUGH (it will be more than this, as us europeans get smegging TAX this and TAX that onto of it)
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Roger
That’s a truly terrible graph, it totally misrepresents the data.
Paul Woods
hehe… Stats 101 for you Long!
Long Zheng
Stupid Excel 2007. Fixed
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