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on: June 05, 2008, 09:46:04 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7435278.stm
So updates will be for it being a shipped product still to fix bugs etc so I am sticking with it till windows 7
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Reply #1 on: June 05, 2008, 11:30:25 AM
Agreed. With the latest move microsoft have just cut their market for vista by more than half Id imagine.

There is no point upgrading to vista right now unless you want DX10 and swishyness. :)
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Reply #2 on: June 05, 2008, 11:59:19 AM
basically if they hadnt done this they would have handed the low cost laptop market to the Open Source community on a silver platter

Microshaft are many things, but stupid isnt generally one of them.
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Reply #3 on: June 05, 2008, 12:12:08 PM
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Windows XP reaches its end of life on 30 June but Microsoft has now said it can continue being sold until June 2010 but only on cheap desktops


Microsoft Windows XP Home with SP2 - OEM - £54.05

Microsoft Vista Home Basic 32BIT Edition DVD - OEM  - £54.05

Cheap Desktops? So why is the software for both xp and vista the same price? Are they both designed for "Cheap" desktops.....  -)
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Reply #4 on: June 05, 2008, 20:13:11 PM
Its the hardware. They know it runs like crap on a £200 box.
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Reply #5 on: June 06, 2008, 02:26:50 AM
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Windows XP reaches its end of life on 30 June but Microsoft has now said it can continue being sold until June 2010 but only on cheap desktops


Microsoft Windows XP Home with SP2 - OEM - £54.05

Microsoft Vista Home Basic 32BIT Edition DVD - OEM  - £54.05

Cheap Desktops? So why is the software for both xp and vista the same price? Are they both designed for "Cheap" desktops.....  -)


In undeveloped countries the price is a lot lower than the UK, so there its cheap ;)
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Reply #6 on: June 06, 2008, 03:07:40 AM
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Windows XP reaches its end of life on 30 June but Microsoft has now said it can continue being sold until June 2010 but only on cheap desktops


Microsoft Windows XP Home with SP2 - OEM - £54.05

Microsoft Vista Home Basic 32BIT Edition DVD - OEM  - £54.05

Cheap Desktops? So why is the software for both xp and vista the same price? Are they both designed for "Cheap" desktops.....  -)


In undeveloped countries the price is a lot lower than the UK, so there its cheap ;)


I fail to see why the story is on UK news sites then tbh !   -)
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Reply #7 on: June 08, 2008, 17:29:41 PM
So whats the limit of a cheap desktop? £200, £300?

I cant still really see the fuss over Vista.  Either buy it or dont.
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Reply #8 on: June 08, 2008, 18:19:03 PM
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Windows XP reaches its end of life on 30 June but Microsoft has now said it can continue being sold until June 2010 but only on cheap desktops


Microsoft Windows XP Home with SP2 - OEM - £54.05

Microsoft Vista Home Basic 32BIT Edition DVD - OEM  - £54.05

Cheap Desktops? So why is the software for both xp and vista the same price? Are they both designed for "Cheap" desktops.....  -)


MS have a low spec system discount for for XP for Systems such as the Eee and OLPC
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Reply #9 on: June 08, 2008, 18:39:59 PM
OEMs pay an absolute pittance for XP OEM

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Reply #10 on: June 08, 2008, 23:46:49 PM
My brother bought a cheap laptop from Currys today, under 300 squid with Vista premium installed on it.

If you take into account the hardware they cant be paying that much for Vista either.
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Reply #11 on: June 10, 2008, 14:22:26 PM
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basically if they hadnt done this they would have handed the low cost laptop market to the Open Source community on a silver platter

Microshaft are many things, but stupid isnt generally one of them.
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/151
For the first time, Microsoft are scared. Throwing chairs wont save them. Theres a penguin in Ballmers nightmares. :P
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Reply #12 on: June 10, 2008, 14:27:27 PM
Home XP SP2 RET - £89.99
Home XP SP2 OEM - £54.05
Home Vista Basic RET - £129.99
Home Vista Baisc OEM - £54.05

This is my point, they both cost around the same price for single license to a system builder.

/wonders if they will release a Home XP-EEEE Edition Lite OEM to system builders :P to counter the fact all these EEE EEE EEE pcs use linux
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