Vista price reduction

[vishalrao]

See Vista prices officially go down, but will consumer interest go up? - Engadget

and Windows Vista to cost less in some markets

 

[montylee]

i won't go for it even if it's free. I won't upgrade from Xp until i am forced to

 

[Aniruddh]

But its a good news that price have been lowered now,and for those who were planning to upgrade from XP,after all Vista is the future,may be not now but 3-4 months from now?

 

[Checksum]

I will probably move to vista in two year's time. I don't see any reason for me to kick xp, when its been serving me well, and with sp3 coming, it should get better.

 

[vishalrao]

note that in the budget the tax/duty on "prepackaged" software raised from 8 to 12 %

im also on xp now, but my next new PC coming march/april i most likely will go with 4GB RAM and i dont want xp x64, would rather go for vista ultimate sp1 retail box which includes both the 32 and 64bit versions, i believe.

also, if you know a MS employee who is visiting from the US, you can get vista ultimate for just $80 (this before any price cut) thru the company store for employees, if im not mistaken

and i know that employees are allowed to buy certain amount of software per year even if its for friends, just as long as they dont profit from it...