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Windows Vista available for pre-order from Amazon
by Jordan Running Aug 29th 2006 at 5:00PM
Earlier today we reported that Windows Vista's pricing and release date has been leaked. Now both seem to be confirmed by Amazon, which is now offering the OS for pre-order. The mega-retailer lists Vista Ultimate as shipping on January 30 with a price tag of $399. It comes on a DVD-ROM and its sales rank is currently number 79 in the software category and climbing. Oddly, Amazon says "Windows XP" for "Platform" and "Yes" for "Discontinued by manufacturer."[Via Engadget]
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Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Lee Jones said 5:20PM on 8-29-2006
You have *got* to be kidding me. That's *way* too much for a desktop OS! If I wanted to pay that much for a computer, I would buy a Mac!
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Chris said 8:16PM on 8-31-2006
Vista Ultimate - that's all the bells and whistles. The prices don't seem bad. It's that or I get nickeled and dime for the same features to be badly incorperated into XP using shareware. I buy a new system, I will buy a mac. I will still buy Windows for it as well. I will have two well produced OSes and one very solid system.
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Nicole Simon said 3:01PM on 8-30-2006
*cough* well. that unbuntu over there and my own old versions of windows get more and more attractive every day. because lets not forget the requirements in hardware to have fun with this new os ...
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