Vista and Office packaging and pricing

[iMav]

According to the Windows Vista Team Blog, the compact packaging is made out of plastic and is designed for long-term protection and storage of the software. Microsoft's Nick White also indicates that the new packaging will be carried over to future Microsoft software releases.

http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/2843_WindowsVistaUltimate_print.jpghttp://images.dailytech.com/nimage/2844_Pro07EN_3DS.JPG

Windows Vista Home Basic, $199/$99.95
Windows Vista Home Premium, $239/$159
Windows Vista Business, $299/$199
Windows Vista Ultimate, $399/$259

And here's pricing for Office 2007:
Microsoft Office Professional 2007 ($499/$329)
Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 ($449/$279)
Microsoft Office Standard 2007 ($399/$239)
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 ($149/NA)

Source (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4764)

[nishant_nms]

nice cover

[hemant_mathur]

Ya nice covers.

[eddie]

These guys really know how to market their products. Really attractive packaging. BTW is there any comparison grid/table available comparing all the versions of Vista and MS Office 2007? Also, whats up with dual prices?

[mehulved]

Lower ones I guess are upgrade prices.

[Chirag]

Windows Vista Ultimate, $399/$259
Microsoft Office Professional 2007 ($499/$329)

What the hell. Soooo costly. Piracy Rulessssss.

[eddie]

So you give them back your old CDs or you show them your serial number? How does it work for a person who goes out to buy these OS from market...say Nehru Place?

[Chirag]

^^
ppl who will buy pc with pre-installed Windows Xp would be able to upgrade to Vista.

[gxsaurav]

it's old news, was posted a long time ago on neowin (internet hours :D )

[iMav]

^^ didnt find it here ....

[gxsaurav]

thats what i was saying mav3, it took long to get here:D

[Dreamer]

Another look at the packaging - how it will open, looks cool (its all about MS money ;) )

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/31/packageopenyn2.th.jpg (http://img443.imageshack.us/my.php?image=packageopenyn2.jpg)

Vista Ultimate Packaging:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4358/vistaultimatexk5.th.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vistaultimatexk5.jpg)

Vista Business Packaging:

http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/4274/vistabusinessht4.th.jpg (http://img422.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vistabusinessht4.jpg)

Windows Vista Home Premium:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3034/vistahomepremiumgj1.th.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vistahomepremiumgj1.jpg)

Windows Vista Home Basic:

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1806/vistahomebasicbq1.th.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vistahomebasicbq1.jpg)

Microsoft Office Professional 2007:

http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/2373/officeprofessional2007iu2.th.jpg (http://img422.imageshack.us/my.php?image=officeprofessional2007iu2.jpg)

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007:

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7979/officehomeandstudent200lh1.th.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=officehomeandstudent200lh1.jpg)

And here's some game boxes with the "Games for Windows" logo:

http://img424.imageshack.us/img424/1064/gamesforwindowsyx4.th.jpg (http://img424.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gamesforwindowsyx4.jpg)

[caleb]

Regardless of what windows "haters" say MS is the only developer of OS that knows how to sell a product...elegent n classy looking package...hats off to their marketing guys....thanks for posting the pics.

[aku]

kewllll... man!

[Third Eye]

The packaging is cool !

[jack// ani]

Windows Vista Ultimate, $399/$259
Microsoft Office Professional 2007 ($499/$329)

What the hell. Soooo costly. Piracy Rulessssss.

ya...really very costly!! it is 3-4 time more costly than winxp....

[iMav]

winxp pro is still for 12k .... wtf ... i thought of buying the original vista but now i dont even hav second thoughts

[anispace]

u hav to shell out money if u want the pro or premium software...so theres no point in cursing microsoft. For a home user Home or student versions are more than enough and r also not that expensive. n these will be anywayz comparatively cheaper in India.

$149 for the Office home edition sounds as a good deal to me. It should have word, excel, ppt. thats enough for most of us at home or college.

[gxsaurav]

mav3, where r u from. Windows XP Home edition original here in Lucknow costs Rs 3,800 & XP Pro costs Rs 8,000

Even when it comes to original operating system, Windows XP Home or Vista Home premium is enough for 90% of the users, but just cos it's possible to pirate, people buy the best ones (XP Pro or Vista ultimate)

[busyanuj]

gx, xp pro costs a little over 6k infact. lucknow mein 2k extra kahe ka?

[gxsaurav]

just checked, office 2007 student edition includes Word, powerpoint, Excel & onenote, but not outlook

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060216-6196.html

Well, not for me then, however for most users it should be enough, as Vista includes Windows Mail & Windows calender, which is good enough for home usage. The contact list in Windows Mail (Vista RC1) can use some updates though