Well Windows Vista, that new operating system from Microsoft, finally arrived a couple of days ago. Business-types got their appropriately-named Business ($299 .. same price as XP Professional) and Enterprise versions a month ago, and the now the rest of us can officially buy one of Home Basic ($199), Home Premium ($239) and Ultimate ($399 .. ouch).
A quick visit to Best Buy & other retailers shows that prices of new Vista computers to be roughly comparable to the XP-based machines that they replaced, with Ultimate hard to find.
Reviews of Windows Vista are mixed, and range from an enthusiastic 9 out of 10 from Trusted Reviews, through 7.4/10 for Home Premium by CNet Reviews, and go south from there. A good summary of the OS’s feature can be found in a 21-page review by AnandTech – they conclude on a positive note by saying that while Vista is not better than Mac OS X, it’s not lagging behind it either.
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Overall, I think Vista was a highly successful product for Microsoft.
I assume the Ultimate version can do everything the Business version can do.