Finally : Vista release on 29th Jan !

Microsoft will officially launch Windows Vista and Office 2007 for consumers at a special event in Times Square in New York City on January 29 called "Wow Starts Now." At the event, Microsoft and its partners will promote Vista, Office 2007, and related products...

*www.windowsitpro.com/windowspaulthurrott/Article/ArticleID/94712/windowspaulthurrott_94712.html

Vista arrived a WHOLE DAY earlier !!! *i144.photobucket.com/albums/r168/happyandy/go.gif

hey guys ne idea wen will vista be released in india?

Thanks for the info....

prices in India :

vista home basic - 8450/-
vista home premium - 10050/-
vista business - 12500/-
vista ultimate - 16700/-

ms is xpctd to cease support to winxp/sp2 by around 2010.

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I was expecting it to be around Rs. 25000! So, kinda low priced to my expectation. But, I won't wish to upgrade now as, most of the programs/ games won't work on it and, the price shoudl fall considerably by the time I get most compatibility!

Thanks for the Price info @anandk

IS There Any Difference In The Beta Version , The Rc1 Version And , The Home Version

prashantban said:
IS There Any Difference In The Beta Version , The Rc1 Version And , The Home Version

ya LODS of bug-fixes... thats for betas n RCs are for...

prashantban said:
IS There Any Difference In The Beta Version , The Rc1 Version And , The Home Version

Beta means a testing version, under development, where new features are being added and not all the features are completely coded.

RC means Release Candidate. It means that the product is feature complete, but needs to be tested for bugs and garbage code. Optimizations take place based on feedback.

Home versions is just one of the versions of the RTM product i.e Final Version.

Do not even consider using the beta or RC versions as they are going to be heavily bugged.

thanks a lot info for newbie like me.. thanks a ton

Dude I already have VISTA genuine.

@anandk: Thanks for telling the price.
@tanush_89: How is this possible ?

ha no thatz pirated of course

Thx anandk for info.

@tech_mastermind ms gave many beta testers free RTM licence. May be he was one of them

yeh, Anand whole day earlier. First time for Vista. We were sed to hear te word delayed with Vista.
Thanks for pricing info anand

Welcome Info anand! Thanks.

I heard Vista is containing lot of limitations for end users,like DRM(digital restrictions management) so will I be able to play my MP3's(if ever i buy a Vista License)

Lines of code embedded in new the OS will allow Microsoft to peer into each and every computer so that machines with pirated versions of WV and other licensed software can be blitzed automatically. In other words all data inside a computer with WV installed is liable to be dissected for examination by techno-snoops in the US and other sites where Microsoft has its servers.

While the impact of WV technology on the privacy of the ordinary computer user is still being debated, the portents are more ominous for government establishments.
At present nearly all computers in Central government offices including those in the Defence and Home ministries have Windows installed in them. Not all of them are licensed either! Should these be upgraded to Windows Vista, every single byte of data flitting through wires of the Indian establishment would be rendered vulnerable.

*bombaywatcher.blogspot.com/2006/10/will-windows-vista-compromise-indias.html
*www.bloggernews.net/1307

Thanx a lot for the prices...
Maybe home premium for me in 6 months time

casanova said:
yeh, Vishal whole day earlier. First time for Vista. We were sed to hear te word delayed with Vista.
Thanks for pricing info anand

vishal

i wont download vista till the sp1 is out
by the time the pirateers will make lots of craks i will be confused which one is a virus and which ones trojan
I hav to upgrade my pc( i need 85% in the 10th boards)

anandk said:
prices in India :

vista home basic - 8450/-
vista home premium - 10050/-
vista business - 12500/-
vista ultimate - 16700/-

ms is xpctd to cease support to winxp/sp2 by around 2010.

Very steep prices. I thought Windows XP home @ Rs. 3500 itself was too steep for an OS.

I will wait atleast for an year and by the time microsoft would have released ServicePack1 for Vista and the OS would be ready for use....

In one year there will be more DX 10 cards.....more 3rd Party Softwares and many issues related to the OS might be fixed...and many more problems related to the OS will be addressed with Patches and Fixes.

Its safe to wait and watch and then go for the transformation.

anandk said:
vishal

Errrrrrrrr!
Anand, was reading different threads at the same time.

Ok its Anand

thx for the info...

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hmmm... i don't know why the Home Basic costs 6k?? . Thats too high for an entry level OS.

Windows XP Home costs around 3k. These guys are ripping us off.

@ borg

XP home or pro is still good enough for 2 years to come, by that time Vista SP1 will be out. So if u r paranoid about upgrading etc, wait for it

thanks for the info

B

@ GX, thats right, I wouldn't think of upgrading to Vista if it weren't for Direct X 10. DX 10 won't run on XP. So a lot of Dx 10 games will run at their full glory only on Vista. Not to mention Vista exclusives like Halo 2.

will buy it

just some trivia...
Windows 95 had 11.2 million code lines,
Vista reportedly has 50 million !

anandk said:
just some trivia...
Windows 95 had 11.2 million code lines,
Vista reportedly has 50 million !

50 million :shock: