Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 5th Dec 2008 21:13 UTC, submitted by shaneco
Is Windows 7 leaning too much towards the Mac side of life? Many Microsoft bloggers are saying that it does, that Windows 7 is too much "form over function", something they accuse Apple of. While superficially they may have a point, the differences between Windows and Mac OS X are still glaringly obvious. Are a few changes to the taskbar enough to make Windows OS X-like? Bloggers like Mary-Jo Foley, Paul Thurrot, and others seem to think so.
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A little addition to your retail pricing according to the Microsoft Website.
Vista Home Basic - $199.95 Full, $99.95 Upgrade
Vista Home Premium - $259.95 Full, $129.95 Upgrade
Vista Home Business - $299.95 Full, $199.95 Upgrade
Vista Home Ultimate - $319.95 Full, $219.95 Upgrade
From the Apple Website
Mac OS X Leopard- $129.00 Only Version, Full Install or Upgrade
Windows upgrades requires a previous license of XP
Windows XP OEM - $0 Pre-Installed (okay, not really $0 as there is the Windows Tax).
Windows XP Home - $199.95 Full, $99.95 Upgrade
Windows XP Pro - $299.95 Full, $199.95 Upgrade
So... The cost for Mac OS X Leopard is $129, and the cost for Windows Vista Home Premium can range anywhere from $129.95 (XP OEM --> Vista Home Premium Upgrade) to $429.90 (XP Pro Full --> Vista Home Premium Upgrade).
Add $90 to go to Vista Ultimate. Putting the most expensive combination at $519.90.
I own a 20" G5 iMac with 1GB RAM running OS X Leopard and an AMD64 x2 6000+ Media Center PC with 3 GB RAM, 512 MB NVIDIA 8500GT video card running Vista Home Premium. The iMac boots faster, runs smoother and loads and runs programs faster than the Vista machine. Both are equally functional for work and projects, but the clunkiness of Vista on the PC has me spending most of my time on the iMac, which I got for $900 on Gainsaver two years ago. Tack on $129 for Leopard.