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Re: Vista compatibility?

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Originally Posted by whytheheckme View Post
You guys are right... I probably was a bit harsh.
But as far as price... I can understand I high price.. But 4 different prices for 4 different sets of features? We have all been waiting around for this operating system, and now that it's out, we need to pay more for these *extra* features... many of which competitors are bundling with the OS by default. It just seems like Microsoft is losing its competitive edge to companies like Google and Red Hat and Apple... These products hit the same features at a much lower price point.
Jacob
Honestly, I am kind of glad they made different versions. Look at the version comparisons here. I am running Vista Ultimate and Vista Home Basic on two partitions of my hard drive. Home Basic consumes significantly lower resources and I don't really miss any of the features of Ultimate. I'd rather not pay hundreds of extra dollars for many functions I am not going to use. But yes, Vista does require a lot of debugging and many experts agree Microsoft is trying to fade out Windows XP. Regarding losing its competitive edge to other operating systems, Vista's presence is even more out-there than predicted. I guess time will tell us if Microsoft is losing its competitive edge or not.
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