Microsoft officially announced the price of Vista

Microsoft has officially announced the price of the next version of Windows Vista operating system.

Accordingly, the next version of Windows Vista operating system will be priced similar to the previous operating system version - Windows XP.

The version of Windows Vista Home Basic will cost $ 199. If users are using Windows XP and want to upgrade to Vista, they will only have 99.95USD.

However, Microsoft hopes that most users will choose Windows Vista Premium version with more entertainment features. The version of Windows Vista Premium will cost 239USD. Meanwhile, Windows Vista Business version will cost 299USSD, and if you upgrade it, users will only have to pay 199USD.

Another version - Windows Vista Ultimate version - is for those who want to do office and personal tasks on the same home computer. This version costs $ 399 or $ 259 if upgraded.

Also in the announcement of the price of Windows Vista, the world's largest software company also officially confirmed once again that the next version of the operating system will officially launch the worldwide user community in January next year. and the business community in November 2006.

Windows Vista is the latest operating system version of Microsoft in the last 5 years. This operating system version has a better user interface, more security features against spyware and more search engines .

Michael Cherry, a leading analyst in an independent Windows research group, said the price tag for the Windows Vista operating system is quite consistent with the current operating system market. But for most users, buying a system that is compatible with Windows Vista is still a problem.

The Windows Vista operating system version requires more memory and graphics card processing power than Windows XP. Those who own a computer purchased more than a year ago may not be able to run Windows Vista because their system is not powerful enough.

' Certainly Mcirrosoft will have a version of Windows Vista running on older systems, but it will certainly run very slowly and not have the full graphics capabilities of the official version ,' Cherry said. .

Also on September 5, Microsoft announced the release of Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 and, based on feedback from this beta version, Microsoft will decide if a new version of the beta is needed.

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