Microsoft Canada leaks Vista pricing
Microsoft on Monday briefly posted pricing for Windows Vista on its Canadian Web site, giving an eye into what the company will charge for the new operating system.
The posting indicated that the Home Basic edition of Windows Vista will be priced the same as Windows XP Home, at $233 ($259 Canadian). The Home Premium version, which includes support for Media Center and tablet PC abilities will sell for 13 percent higher rate, a price that translates to about $269 in American dollars.
Microsoft quickly removed the price information, but blogger Ed Bott, who spotted the price list earlier Monday, included the price list in a ZDNet posting. Bott cautioned that those trying to figure out U.S. pricing would be better off comparing the Canadian Vista prices to their XP counterparts than to try and just convert to U.S. dollars.
A Microsoft representative said the company “inadvertently posted Windows Vista Canadian retail prices” on its Web site but said it has removed the posting and is not ready to share U.S. pricing information. The company said it would announce those prices when it ships the “Release Candidate 1” test version, due out by September.
Via: Cnet News
5 thoughts on “Microsoft Canada leaks Vista pricing”
RickH August 29, 2006 at 5:35 pm
No need for a leak, Amazon has it up for pre-order:
http://amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_i_2/104-4149596-1211948?ie=UTF8&keywords=Windows Vista&rh=i:aps,k:Windows Vista,i:software&page=1
and the plethora of choices highlights the thoughts I outlined here:
http://onemanshouting.com/tech/WindowsVistaConsumerConfusionEdition.aspx
RickH August 29, 2006 at 5:42 pm
Not sure why the link above got chopped, but if you search Amazon for “Windows Vista” and then select the “Software” category, it’ll narrow it down.
Here’s a second try on the link:
http://amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_i_2/104-4149596-1211948?ie=UTF8&keywords=Windows Vista&rh=i:aps,k:Windows Vista,i:software&page=1
RickH August 29, 2006 at 5:57 pm
Trying one more time to link to the search results on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_i_2/104-4149596-1211948?ie=UTF8&keywords=“Windows Vista”&rh=i:aps,k:”Windows Vista”,i:software&page=1
RickH August 29, 2006 at 6:00 pm
TinyUrl to the rescue: http://tinyurl.com/qd8cg (Redirects to Amazon Search Results)
Darren Straight August 30, 2006 at 9:42 am
Hey Rick,
Sorry about the problems you had trying to post the URL that’s wordpress fault in which it removes the percentage sign in URL’s thus breaking the URL up, I find that if the url contains a percentage sign then it’s best to use html code for the url, like so:
<a href=”http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_i_2/104-4149596-1211948?ie=UTF8&keywords=%22Windows%20Vista%22&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A%22Windows%20Vista%22%2Ci%3Asoftware&page=1>URL here!</a>
Thanks for trying though and thanks for the tinyurl! 😀