Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Nov 2007 21:43 UTC
Microsoft has released a preview release candidate for Windows Vista SP1 to a large group of beta testers. The RC preview beta [ed. note: release candidate preview beta?], which was released late Nov. 14 and includes changes to the setup and installation experience made as a result of tester feedback, was made available to 15000 pre-selected beta testers, just 3000 more than the first beta. Additionally, Microsoft has released a new build of Windows Server 2008.
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The problem is that OSX has no restrictions, Vista upgrade does. AFAIK, you have to have a previous version of windows already installed for it to even install, not to mention restrictions on what version you are upgrading from. If you want no restrictions, you are going for the 300$ package.
Not only that, but as Steve Jobs says, "Everyone gets the ultimate version". Vista Ultimate and Leopard come very close in feature parity. If you are comparing to Home Premium, Leopard comes out on top. This makes no sense to me. Fine, keep the limit on IIS and the authentication restrictions and whatnot, but why would you not include Shadow Copy in the home version? It really is a killer feature, even for home users. Why strip down the backup center?
In reality, 130$ for Leopard gives you what 600$ for Vista Ultimate gives you. Sure, every mac is an upgrade, but so is virtually every pc. Apple doesnt feel the need to place additional restrictions on its installer, why should MS? If you bring down the feature set, and deal with install restrictions you can get it for significantly less, OEM home premium coming out to 110$, which is very reasonable.