Windows Vista Price

The various versions of Vista have varying prices and that can also change at any time, and the list prices we shown, will definitely be visible online. While going for windows vista try to purchase the features which you know and will be surely useful for you. The main result for buying which version will depends on the price only so we have listed out U.S. list prices for different Vista versions and it will surely help you.

U.S. List Prices for Different Vista Versions
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Basic Full (additional license only, no disc) Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade (additional license only) Windows Vista Home Premium	$199.00 $179.00 $99.95 $89.95
Windows Vista Home Premium Full
Windows Vista Home Premium Full (additional license only) Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade (additional license only) Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade (additional license only)	$239.00 $215.00 $159.00 $143.00

Microsoft announced the hardware requirements of a computer to install and run Windows Vista after some days of Vista release announcement and mostly the Vista edition, Home Basic, the price is $239. The next edition, Home Premium, is twice more expensive, with a price tag of $511. For Vista Ultimate Edition, the price is $639, and Vista Business and Vista Enterprise will cost $650.

These are not exact prices as declared by Microsoft and prices are for the retail packages and not for the preinstalled versions on new computers. But on the other hand Microsoft have to think on price tag as well as the high price of windows vista may cause shifting of many windows users to other operating systems such as Mac OS X or Linux as well as there is possibility that some users may continue with Windows XP.

The Windows Vista's first beta version dose not added any considerable changes that would easily justify the accessibility of this OS, but may be the Beta 2 of it may change things. One of the inexpensive Vista very basic and the Starter version, is not sold in the US but sold at in electronically developing nations like Malaysia at reduced prices.

Also when one goes for Windows vista at least his Pc should have hardware availability such as 1GB of RAM is the minimum for PC to run Windows Vista, but 2 GB of RAM will be the ideal condition and same for the video card as well. So it may cause lowering in Windows XP prices as price scheme for Windows Vista will only be announced next year, which will be surely helpful for encourage the switching of user from Windows XP to Windows Vista OS.