__/ [ Ericew ] on Monday 22 January 2007 14:15 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> More artificial limitations.
>>
>> I wonder if buyers will even be aware of what they get, having gazed at
>> some matrix. My guess is that many forced 'upgrades' (money-milking) will
>> be needed.
>
> Short of support services there is nothing off limits to my Linux
> installation and I don't have to pay to activate critical feature.
>
> Yep, every version of Vista is specifically limited in serious ways in
> order to encourage upgrades to ultimate. All those XP System / Retail
> sales that shipped with Vista coupons will be shocked to find out what
> features are disables and you have to pay AGAIN to get real features.
>
> For instance...
>
> Home is missing FAX and SCAN features! Those are features that have
> always been there for home users... why take them away? Probably to
> force small businesses into the otherwise crippled Vista Business
> category.
> Home is missing Time Machine er "Bit Locker". Why give them a feature
> when you are trying to upsell them on a new shiny WHS?
> Inability to open DRM'ed documents. This has always been a
> downloadable add-on which looks not to require an upgrade. Thanks MS>
>
> Business is missing all advanced media feature! They don't even
> include OS native DVD feature.
>
> Vista Ultimate is really the only version out there... Home and
> Business are basically "teasers" designed to force consumers to buy an
> upgrade.
>
> For you out there who think it will be easy to activate the additional
> features... I remind you of this beauty from MS. This was something I
> spotted this weekend while installing SyncToy for backups...
> unfortunately it has a 256 character limit in paths that may make it
> virtually useless.
>
> "In doing so, you must comply with any technical limitations in the
> software that only allow you to use it in certain ways. You may not
> * work around any technical limitations in the software;"
We haven't yet mentioned some more serious omissions...
Acer: Vista Home Basic is a lemon
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| Microsoft is effectively smuggling through a price hike for Windows
| Vista - by making the entry-level version so poor that no-one will
| want to use it. So says Jim Wong, senior veep at Acer, the world's
| number four PC maker, who told UK hack Jon Honeyball: "The new
| [Vista] experience you hear of, if you get Basic, you won't feel
| it at all. There's no [Aero] graphics, no Media Center, no
| remote control."
`----
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/acer_slams_vista_home_basic/
Also see:
Microsoft Screws Students With Academic Licensing Package
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| Now, to be honest, I am quite impressed with the options for Office
| 2007. What I'm focusing on, is the fact that Microsoft plan to
| distribute Vista "Home Premium" as Academic software instead of
| Vista "Ultimate" edition. Why is this? It's because even though
| it's an "Upgrade" version, it doesn't facilitate upgrades from the
| previous Academic release!
|
| Conspiracy? I think so!
`----
http://www.nigelj.com/blog/2007/01/microsoft-screws-students-with-academic-licensing-package/
http://tinyurl.com/yxy7jo
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