Microsoft officially announces the price of Windows Vista

Finally the price of Windows Vista was officially announced from the US headquarters Microsoft. It seems that the price will be announced soon for Japanese version as well. It is the same price as the previous announcement by Amazon as contents. However, some of the features of Windows Vista, which Amazon does not deal with, are also characterized by this time.

The price list is from the following.
Industry Testing of Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 Begins: Microsoft will broaden popular Customer Preview Program to allow for new participants; U.S. estimated retail pricing details now available.

Windows Vista: Editions

The price looks like the following.

Windows Vista Business: $ 299 (about 34,000 yen), update version $ 199 (about 23,000 yen)

Windows Vista Enterprise: Since it is completely for enterprises, there is no retail price

Windows Vista Home Premium: $ 239 (about 27,000 yen), update version $ 159 (about 18,000 yen)

Windows Vista Home Basic: $ 199 (about 23,000 yen), update version $ 99.95 (about 1.1 million yen)

Windows Vista Ultimate: 399 dollars (about 46,000 yen), update version 259 dollars (about 30,000 yen)

For each edition of Windows Vista, volunteers are summarizing here.

Vista editions - Windows Vista Wiki