Microsoft to Ship All Versions of Vista on a Single DVD
- September 22nd, 2006
- 4 Comments
Microsoft has confirmed that all versions of Vista will be included on one DVD. The feature, called Windows Anytime Upgrade, is intended to enable users to more readily upgrade to a “better” version of the OS. Users will be able to move up by simply purchasing a new product key.
This is probably a pretty good idea. Not only does it cutdown on the overhead of packaging, it will likely increase impulsive OS upgrades. I imagine people will be drastically more inclined to upgrade their OS on a whim if it’s already sitting on their desk.
Edit: Interesting thoughts in comments from webonics and Artega that I hadn’t even considered. They’ve suggested that perhaps MS is essentially encouraging hackers to pirate Vista as part of a diabolical scheme to increase market share and bury Apple once and for all. Yes, yes that must be it. What do the rest of you think? (conspiracy theories encouraged)
All vista versions to ship on single disk [CNET News.com]
webonics (Who am I?)
1 year ago
I totally agree that this is a good approach for ease-of-use for the enduser. But at the same time, there will be those individuals that will be drastically more inclined to attempt hacking the code.
Artega (Who am I?)
1 year ago
that’s a weird move by Microsoft
they know real well how good the hackers are
everything could be decoded….
are they relying everything on the “genuine window update” or are they just gonna boost market share by making it easy for ppl to get a bootleg copy of vista?