• So how much is Vista worth?

    Posted on June 9, 2008 at 19:53 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    I bumped into an interesting price comparison that might tickle your fancy.

    HP sells a new “Mini-Note PC” that competes with the Asus EEE. It’s small, easy to carry around, and surprisingly inexpensive.

    HP will sell you a version with Linux pre-installed, another version with Windows Vista Home Basic, and another with “Genuine Windows Vista Business downgrade to Genuine Windows XP Professional” – in other words, a version with Windows XP Pro installed, but a license to upgrade to Vista Business.

    So how much more do you have to spend to get Vista? Bzzzzzt.

    If I read this price comparison correctly, it appears as if the Windows XP Pro version (with Bluetooth) costs $130 more than the Vista Business version (without Bluetooth).

    Of course, the pundit pandits will note that the XP version includes a license for Vista, so if you buy the “downgrade” – and pay $130 more for it – you actually get two operating systems. Somebody must’ve stayed up late at night figuring out how to put a positive spin on that one.

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