Amazon revealed the price of Windows Vista

Microsoft plans to charge $ 239 for the upcoming Windows Vista operating system, comparable to the current price of Windows XP.

The price is posted in the price list on the website of retail giant Amazon.com. Also from today, Amazon officially took orders for Vista.

In addition, Vista for Office - Windows Vista Business - will cost $ 299, equivalent to Windows XP Professional. And the Vista version for users - Windows Vista Home Basic - will be only $ 199, on par with Windows XP Home.

Source: AP However, Microsoft's true hope is that consumers will warmly welcome Windows Vista Premium, a powerful version of entertainment features such as a live TV show. Premium price is 239 USD.

In addition, Microsoft has high expectations for Vista Ultimate, a version aimed at home users who need to work from home. The price of the Ultimate is $ 399 according to Amazon's price list.

However, Amazon's price list is only for users who purchase the operating system separately. In the meantime, most users buy Windows when it is already installed in a new computer.

In general, updating old computers to new operating systems is always cheaper than purchasing a new operating system. Amazon.com is "selling" the update service to Windows Vista Home Premium for $ 159, and upgrading to Home Basic is only 99.95 USD.

Microsoft declined to comment on the price list. Kevin Kutz, director of Microsoft's Windows customer division, said the company will officially announce the price of Vista when releasing the penultimate test version (Candidate 1) - scheduled for late September.

Meanwhile, Amazon spokesperson confirmed that the other price parameters were all taken from the latest price list that Microsoft provided. " The only thing we are sure is the price ." Only Vista's release was that Amazon did not dare to say it, especially when analysts were predicting that Microsoft could continue to postpone it again.

" Quality is the deciding factor ," Amazon spokesman assured.

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