Comments on: Windows Ultimate Extras is a sham – where’s the responsibility?

By: Me

Me — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:36:05 +0000

More than 4 years after this was put out… I got one game, a bunch of language packs which I’ve no use for (but sure as heck wouldn’t be regarded as “extras” to people from those countries), and enhancements to BitLocker, which is only useful for home users with paranoia – or dumb enough to write passwords in a notepad document. Thankfully, I didn’t pay full price for Ultimate. But I still wish I’d just bought some damn beer instead.

By: Bill Gates

Bill Gates — Wed, 11 May 2011 02:28:17 +0000

I’ve been really pleased with all the ultimate extras I have recieved over the years. They have exceeded my wildest dreams and I feel I have got excellent value for my money. What amazing extras are these you may ask. Well… Ah yes, I see what you mean. Maybe ultimate isn’t quite the word. Perhaps they should have been called Windows half baked and not really worth having extras. It was all in the anticipation, the actual extras were a total letdown.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:12:20 +0000

Total sham. For this former user, I’ve moved well away from buying Microsoft products again. This was just an appallingly self-serving move aimed at increasing revenue, rather than a two-way arrangement.
Indeed, installing Ultimate cost me the use of my Vaio webcam and bluetooth stack (between Sony and Microsoft, they both disavowed responsibility for incompatible drivers), despite advertising the product in the retail box.
I don’t think these business practices will hold out much longer. There’s at least a few people here who’ve moved well away.

By: Dan Palmer

Dan Palmer — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:51:53 +0000

It is now 2009 and Windows 7 RC is being released tomorrow to the public.

I have currently counted only a few extras: Some extra sounds, 2 new games (only small windows games), Dreamscene (which anyone can now get on any edition) and the language packs.

I feel ripped off. I think that all people with Vista Ultimate should receive a free upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate. This would make me feel a little better about it, but I still feel that Microsoft has let all its best customers down.

I bought Vista Ultimate 2 weeks after it was released. 6 months later I made the permanent switch to Mac and got a job at Apple. Unfortunately, my programming requires Windows so I will be needing Windows 7. Needless to say, I will not be paying for a copy.

By: IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: April 29th, 2009 - Part 3 | Boycott Novell

IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: April 29th, 2009 - Part 3 | Boycott Novell — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:16:20 +0000

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By: Windows 7 Discontinues Ultimate Extras — The NeoSmart Files

Windows 7 Discontinues Ultimate Extras — The NeoSmart Files — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:03:57 +0000

[...] Extras was something of a hoax for the first couple of years, bringing nothing more than animated wallpaper and extra cards game [...]

By: All about Microsoft mobile edition

All about Microsoft mobile edition — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:42:28 +0000

[...] Vista Capable) users their money back? What about users who bought Vista Ultimate but felt they never got their money’s worth from the few Ultimate Extras that Microsoft ended up launching? * Microsoft officials started apologizing (sort of) for some of [...]

By: alupkaman

alupkaman — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:22:33 +0000

I like Vista in general. But this is blatant false advertising from MS. Count me in for the petition/class action suit!

Over the next couple years???!! Are you kidding me?? I’ll buy a new computer by then! And I already bought the retail version of this OS like 10 months ago!

@smellywinsock: I understand you’re point of view, but you’re missing the point. Please refer back to the screen capture at the top of this post. There is no way anyone at microsoft could possibly defend this as legitimate advertising. And this advertising is the reason I upgraded to Vista at all! If I wanted Vista home, I would have just stuck with XP. So I would have saved a lot more than 80 bucks. More than that, if MS would have said this is all there is to Ultimate, I never would have paid for this version. My Mac friends are laughing at me for being duped once again. I really want to defend microsoft, but they’re making it virtually impossible. I have no idea what they’re doing anymore, or what their planning for the future of microsoft, and my confidence in MS is severely diminishing. I’m going to read through the Apple site for the first time in my life just to see what my options are. If MS delivered what they promised, that wouldn’t be necessary.

I expected tools to really customize and tweak vista. So much for that.

By: Name

Name — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:16:48 +0000

I paid extra for their ultimate empty promise.

Why there are so many troublesome versions anyway.

Keep it simple HOME -> PRO -> SERVER 3 versions are good enough.

AND everyone gets extra toys when it comes to updates. Because everyone of us has paid money for it!

By: Bagger

Bagger — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:42:21 +0000

The way I see it when I purchased Vista Ultimate I got the ultimate shaft… come christmas I plan to purchase a new mac. I’ve spent my last dime on an MS product.