Right. To the basic only.
Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -----Original Message----- From: "Greg Sevart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:01:29 To:"The Hardware List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [H] MS gets serious about activation Vista Home Basic has a retail upgrade price of $99...looks like all editions have a retail upgrade available. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/default.mspx Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [H] MS gets serious about activation > Correct. My understanding is ms will not offer a cheap 'upgrade' retail > box, people will have to pay full... Unless they go through an oem. > > > Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Greg Sevart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:40:30 > To:"The Hardware List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [H] MS gets serious about activation > >>> love that, wait for Vista @ $400 >>> >> >> That will finish me as an OEM. Microsoft and Intel are widening the gap >> of >> the expense to Dell to build a computer and the rest of us. Asus is >> already building lots cheaper motherboards to try to help us compete, all >> to no avail. Seldom seen are the Asus true flagship large footprint >> motherboards. Most have been replaced by the baby boards. Replacing >> $100.00 motherboards with $50.00 motherboards is not going to get the job >> done when our price on Windows goes up to double what it is now and Dell >> still gets Windows at a token. >> >> I have no plans to purchase Vista and continue building computers. >> > > $399 is the retail full MSRP for Windows Vista Ultimate...the biggest, > baddest version of all Vistas. My guess is that you wouldn't be deploying > Ultimate, nor will you be deploying retail, nor will you be paying MSRP. > $299 is the retail full MSRP for Windows XP Professional. I'm guessing you > don't pay $300 for XP. > > > >
