Microsoft evades promise of Vista Ultimate Extras
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversThe Microsoft Corp. in January released Vista Ultimate, the priciest version of the company's new operating system, with the promise of additional downloadable "Extras," available only for the top-of-the-line product.
Months later, buyers of Vista Ultimate have seen no new Extras since the mere handful that were offered around the initial Vista rollout.
Extras were to enhance expensive Vista edition
When Windows Vista was released to consumers on Jan. 30, the operating system debuted in a number of different "editions" — versions with different features and price ranges for different customers.
The so-called Ultimate edition combines the features of Vista Home Premium and Vista Enterprise. Vista Ultimate includes Media Center, DVD Maker, and Movie Maker — multimedia features of Home Premium that aren't in Vista Enterprise. Also, Ultimate offers BitLocker drive encryption, support for Unix-based apps, and Virtual PC Express, which Home Premium does not.
But third-party multimedia and encryption features can easily be added to Vista Home Premium and Vista Enterprise via downloads. The real allure of Vista Ultimate was something that none of the other editions would ever have: Ultimate Extras. Some of Microsoft's promises for these Extras are shown in a Help screen in Vista's Windows Update control panel (see Figure 1).
Summarizing this feature, the marketing site for Windows Vista Ultimate states, "These cutting-edge programs, innovative services, and unique publications provide a richer computing experience for Windows Vista Ultimate users."
As indicated on the Vista Ultimate site, three Extras were released in connection with the launch of the product itself in January of this year. These were:
• Language packs for the Multilingual User Interface (MUI).
• Enhancements for Vista Enterprise's BitLocker and its Encrypting File System (EFS). Some sources, including the Microsoft marketing site for Ultimate, count these as two separate Extras.
• A poker game in which you play "Hold 'Em" against the computer.
Since January, no completed Extras have been released. A pre-release version of Windows DreamScene — which lets you display videos as screen savers on your desktop, something that was possible with previous Windows versions using HTML — has been available for download since March, but no finished version has yet been offered.
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Comments(6)
...did ever microsoft corp. commented on this allegations....?
microsoft s*cks....!!!
guy 1: hey, did you hear ms released a new ultimate extra?
guy 2: holy crap!
guy 1: yeah, i was pretty surprised too.
guy 2: no...look! a flying
pig!
i hope someone sues their ass! don't count on the departartment of justice nor the
european union, their full of sh** as well!
look at this...:
to date, we have released four sets of extras –
windows hold’em, 16 language packs for the windows multi-language user interface, secure
online key backup, and windows bitlocker drive preparation tool. we want to let our
windows vista ultimate customers know that we are actively working to deliver the
remaining extras that we identified in january.
full story here: "microsoft answers
vista ultimate extras critics"
does it have bill gates' signature on it too? :d huhuu
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By Rudi on 02.07.2007 - 10:07