New Ways to Buy Windows Vista
Should I buy vista or leopard? This is the question most of my users ask? But here I will be talking about how to buy windows vista. Microsoft has released Windows Vista, world wide, on
January 30th 2007. Billions of customers might be waiting
for the copy of the product to arrive at the local market.
Three ways of buying Windows Vista
Now, Microsoft has announced three methods for their
customers who are looking to buy, upgrade and also to
hold license for multiple copies of Windows Vista. According
to Microsoft, these methods are called Windows any time
upgrade, Windows Vista family discount and Windows market
place will provide the user with flexibility in purchasing,
obtaining the new Windows Vista.
Windows any time upgrade
Windows Any time upgrade option lets customer to upgrade
any time, any where. Windows Anytime Upgrade is a offer
from Microsoft, enabling the upgrading of existing editions
of Windows vista to a higher grade edition by the way
of online transactions.
If a user has already got Windows Vista home premium
wants to enjoy the higher features by upgrading to Windows
Vista business or ultimate, later, then he can use this
option. This option simplifies the process of upgrading
to a greater version, which was earlier difficult. People
who want to upgrade need not wait for ordered DVD’s
or CD’s to arrive. Instead, they can perform upgrade
through internet.Here I want to make one thing clear. Whether it is Dell, Sony or Acer, Vista upgrade info is almost same. It is not dependent on any brand.
One can perform Windows Anytime upgrade by simply clicking
Windows Anytime Upgrade option which is available in
start menu, selects the desired upgrade edition, then
purchase the secured digital key online and then follow
the on-screen instructions to complete the upgrade.
In Windows Anytime upgrade option, customers will be
provided with the information about different upgrade
options, so that, they can decide which edition they
should buy now. Many XP users will be interested in upgrading to Vista.
The new integration of e-commerce with the desktop
allows customers to go from Windows desktop to an e-commerce
shopping cart which contains the upgrade path, which
is selected by the customer.
The business model developed in such a way that, the
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and retail partners
will be able to offer Windows Anytime upgrade as online
merchants by means of a new e-commerce infrastructure
developed by the Microsoft. This gives the ability for
the customers to upgrade their copy of Windows Vista
directly without too many problems, smoothly, after
the initial purchase of the product from the stores,
by using the internet.
The prices suggested by the manufacturers are, Home
basic to Home Premium is $ 79, Home basic to Ultimate
it is $199, Home Premium to Ultimate is $159 and Business
to Ultimate it is $139. More information on Windows
Anytime Upgrade can be found on www.windowsanytimeupgrade.com.
Windows market place
The Windows Marketplace allows direct download for
Windows Vista. It is the largest online destination
for purchasing softwares which runs on Windows operating
system environment. Windows Marketplace works with retail
partners and offer upgrades to various editions of Windows
Vista and MS-Office 2007. The offer for Windows Vista
is made available for only English 32 or 64 bit versions.
The Marketplace customers can find wide variety of
Windows Vista compatible hardware and software with
products carrying the certified for Windows Vista logo
which is tested to make sure that the product works
with high reliability and quality when running Windows
Vista.
Windows Market place enable faster and easier downloads
for large programs such as Windows Vista itself using
digital locker technology. The digital locker provides
high degree of security, using which, one can store
purchased softwares and license keys. Marketplace can
efficiently manage downloads, resume downloads if the
download is interrupted and can manage overall installation
process. For more details, visit www.windowsmarketplace.com.
Or Microsoft.com and type Windows Market Place in search
box.
Windows Vista family discount
The third method is through Family discount. This
offer is meant exclusively for household PC’s.
Through it, Microsoft has launched a limited time offer
for a customer who wants to purchase Windows Vista Ultimate.
Windows Vista Family Discount allows North American
customer to license two additional copies of Windows
Vista Home Premium for use on other PC’s in home
at the reduced price.
The customer should provide a valid full or upgrade
Windows Vista Ultimate key from his retailed boxed product
for completing online order. After the eligibility is
verified, the customer can purchase license to install
Windows Vista Home premium on one or two Windows based
computers. The Windows Vista Family discount is available
only in U.S and Canada. More information is available
at www.microsoft.com or at www.windowsvista.com/familyoffer.
The above said three methods offer great flexibility
and reliability to the customer. It is hoped to attract
more customer base, if the three methods are accessible
to other countries too. The prices should be attractive
to specific country, not to the US. Microsoft should
think in this regard, for attracting more customers,
specifically from China & India where PC market
is booming. |
