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I've a doubt: the editions of Windows Vista, are, maybe, TOO Expansive!!! What do you think?

You are right, in Italy the Ultimate version of Windows Vista costs 599€! It is possible to buy a new desktop computer spending much less! If you are interested, you can read a discussion about this argument on my blog: http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/marcom/archive/2007/01/27/68911.aspx.

Many people can say Vista is the result of years of work and experience, but I don't understand this choice. In USA the price for the Ultimate ed. is $499, we can get it with €599, like you've said, it's not correct . Not many people upgrade their version to Vista, if the price will be the same.

Here you can find the prizes of all versions of Windows Vista: http://www.tomshw.it/news.php?newsid=8833.

 

I saw on a blog somewhere that the $499 price for Vista ultimate was Canadian Dollars...not sure what the US $ price would be...

 

Hi Guys,

Yes in Europe it is and no offence to Ms but I can't really understand the policy...... 
According to BBC

But Microsoft could face a backlash from consumers over its pricing plans - with the cost of Vista versions in the US roughly half the price of equivalent versions in the UK.
Prices for the OS in the UK range from about £100 for an upgrade version of the Basic package to £249 for a copy of the upgrade to the Ultimate version of Vista.
In the US prices start from $100 (£52) for an upgrade of Vista Home basic to $249 (£127) for the equivalent Ultimate version.

You can get the rest here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6309651.stm?ls

Cheers

This is the official pricing of Vista in Italy: http://www.microsoft.com/italy/annunci/windows/generale/windowsvista.mspx

I can't find the US one

For what it's worth - at least in my experience with the UK, pricing always seemed to be like this:

1) take something with a US $ price tag

2) Change the $ to £ (British Pounds - I was there in the early 1990's)

3) Sell to British consumers

I remember seeing stuff like a pair of jeans that cost $20 in the USA cost £20.00 in England...and with the exchange rate as it was, that was waaayy more than $20

 

It's like the change from the italian Lira to Euro € : now everything costs much more (x2).

heh heh - I remember when I was a child in Italy and my dad gave me a 100 Lira coin...I thought I was rich! :) Of course...I was only 6 years old at the time so 100 of any kind of money seemed like a lot

Lou,

Yeah but try that with a 6 years old (current ones) who has been to market sometimes and imagine what will happen?

 

Rizwan,

True True! - I have a 6 year old and I know she wouldn't fall for it the way I did