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Article: Amazon lists Windows Vista for $239 on its Web site
- Article from:
- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- August 30, 2006
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SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will charge $239 for the version
of the Windows Vista operating system it hopes most consumers will
buy, according to prices listed on Internet retailer Amazon.com's Web
site.
Amazon.com, which has begun taking pre-orders for Vista, also
reveals list prices for two other versions. Those prices will be
similar to what Microsoft currently charges for comparable versions
of Windows XP, the current system.
According to Amazon.com's Web site, the version of Vista geared
toward work use, Windows Vista Business, will cost $299, similar to
the price for Windows XP Professional. The consumer version, Windows