According to Chinaview.cn, the next version of Windoze, Vista, will cost between $199 and $399 and $99.95 for an upgrade for owners of XP.
Windows never worked well, it keeps crashing, gets infected by malware: viruses and worms, and becomes so slow that it has to be reinstalled after a couple of months. According to some reports, it also spies on people. Besides the costs of purchasing windows plus a new computer, since it’s usually too power hungry for older computers; users have to buy anti-virus programs and other utilities to keep it working for a while.
There are alternative systems. There is Apple of course. There are also free systems that almost never crash, don’t get infected by viruses, don’t require expensive utilities to keep running, and come packaged with thousands of free applications, and are totally free of charge!
Here are a few of them:
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BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) — Microsoft Corp. announced on Tuesday the U.S. retail prices for Windows Vista, its long-awaited new version of the operating system: Windows Vista Home Basic at 199 dollars, or 99.95 dollars for customers upgrading from Windows XP.
The software maker also confirmed Windows Vista remains on track to be delivered to businesses in November and to consumers in January.
Windows Vista Premium, which will come with entertainment features like the ability to record live television, will cost 239 U.S. dollars.
Windows Vista Business will cost 299 dollars, and 199 for upgrades.
Another version, Windows Vista Ultimate, will be geared toward people who want to do both personal and office work on their home computers. It will cost 399 dollars, or 259 for an upgrade.
Microsoft released on Friday a test version of Windows, dubbed Release Candidate 1, and made it available to more than 5 million customers worldwide.
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