The Problem With Five Versions of Windows Vista

Posted by gsh on Sep 11, 2006 2:01 PM EDT
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One of the great things about Amazon and other online shopping services is that they usually list items for pre-order months before they're actually released. This allows your anticipation for the product to build more and more until your wait is justified with the release of the item that you've been in expectation of.

[Let me get this straight. 5 versions of Windows Vista will confuse consumers because they're too lazy (your description here) to read the feature label, but they can choose from at least 20 different mainstream versions of GNU/Linux? It must be Microsoft's marketing prowess. Does this mean we're better at helping newcomers figure out which distro to choose? Anyway, I don't disagree about the price tag - along with other issues - driving folks to GNU/Linux. - dcparris]

I don't know if you've been anxious for Vista, but Amazon has given us a sneak peek at when we can expect to get our OS-lovin' hands on it.

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