Install vista on Multiple PCs

I went to the licenseing page and and the price was 139 dollars for each
additional lic. I can buy the DVD for 20 dallars more how is that a special.
and to get the 64 bit version I have to pay for that. I have 3 desktops mine
my wifes and my daughters plus my laptop. that would cost me over 400 for the
three additional license.and microsoft claims to be family company

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:03:21 -0700, Dave
<> wrote:

>I went to the licenseing page and and the price was 139 dollars for each
>additional lic. I can buy the DVD for 20 dallars more how is that a special.
>and to get the 64 bit version I have to pay for that. I have 3 desktops mine
>my wifes and my daughters plus my laptop. that would cost me over 400 for the
>three additional license.and microsoft claims to be family company
DO NOT upgrade pc's with XP to Vista. If you something prior to XP,
but a new pc with Vista already on it. Some newer pc's can be upgraded
but lots and lots have driver issues.

Yes, it's been like that since the beginning. Even MS-DOS has the same
limitations. So does Hasbro and other kid game companies. That's the way of
the business. It may be a hard decision to make, and you don't HAVE to
upgrade to Vista.

--

Dustin Harper

http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page


"Dave" <> wrote in message
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>I went to the licenseing page and and the price was 139 dollars for each
> additional lic. I can buy the DVD for 20 dallars more how is that a
> special.
> and to get the 64 bit version I have to pay for that. I have 3 desktops
> mine
> my wifes and my daughters plus my laptop. that would cost me over 400 for
> the
> three additional license.and microsoft claims to be family company

I dont WANT IT FOR FREE SMART ASS I uderstand but the price when they say
they have family upgrade specials is not a special. I dont have a problem
paying for the lic. but dont claim to have family specials when you dont.

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

> Yes, it's been like that since the beginning. Even MS-DOS has the same
> limitations. So does Hasbro and other kid game companies. That's the way of
> the business. It may be a hard decision to make, and you don't HAVE to
> upgrade to Vista.
>
> --
>
> Dustin Harper
>
> http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page
>
>
> "Dave" <> wrote in message
> news:819D9731-6FD3-4E27-96A8-...
> >I went to the licenseing page and and the price was 139 dollars for each
> > additional lic. I can buy the DVD for 20 dallars more how is that a
> > special.
> > and to get the 64 bit version I have to pay for that. I have 3 desktops
> > mine
> > my wifes and my daughters plus my laptop. that would cost me over 400 for
> > the
> > three additional license.and microsoft claims to be family company
>

These are new computers that I built to take advantage of Vista and Direct V 10

"f/fgeorge" wrote:


> DO NOT upgrade pc's with XP to Vista. If you something prior to XP,
> but a new pc with Vista already on it. Some newer pc's can be upgraded
> but lots and lots have driver issues.
>

"Dave" <> wrote in message
news:819D9731-6FD3-4E27-96A8-...
>I went to the licenseing page and and the price was 139 dollars for each
> additional lic. I can buy the DVD for 20 dallars more how is that a
> special.
> and to get the 64 bit version I have to pay for that. I have 3 desktops
> mine
> my wifes and my daughters plus my laptop. that would cost me over 400 for
> the
> three additional license.and microsoft claims to be family company

Dave you buy additional licenses from many online and retail stores just
search for Windows Vista Additional License Pack
This is discounted below the cost of the full or upgrade product in full
packaging with media.
So it is not advertised as a "special" just a reduced cost additional
license.
see
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...e/default.mspx

I have a family all of whom have cars - I did not expect Ford to provide mw
with additional models for a reduced price, so I fail to see why you expect
software to be provided as significantly reduced price - at least you get
some discount unlike my ford dealer.
Software is just product which if you want it you pay for it, it is not a
right or a requirement, so surely any discount should be gratefully
received?

--
Mike Brannigan

Dave the "family special" is long discontinued as a promotion (ended June
2007).
The only options now are the Windows Vista Additional License Pack in
whatever version you qualify for, or volume licensing for 5 or more
licenses.
--
Mike Brannigan

"Dave" <> wrote in message
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>I dont WANT IT FOR FREE SMART ASS I uderstand but the price when they say
> they have family upgrade specials is not a special. I dont have a problem
> paying for the lic. but dont claim to have family specials when you dont.
>
> "Dustin Harper" wrote:
>
>> Yes, it's been like that since the beginning. Even MS-DOS has the same
>> limitations. So does Hasbro and other kid game companies. That's the way
>> of
>> the business. It may be a hard decision to make, and you don't HAVE to
>> upgrade to Vista.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Dustin Harper
>>
>> http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page
>>
>>
>> "Dave" <> wrote in message
>> news:819D9731-6FD3-4E27-96A8-...
>> >I went to the licenseing page and and the price was 139 dollars for each
>> > additional lic. I can buy the DVD for 20 dallars more how is that a
>> > special.
>> > and to get the 64 bit version I have to pay for that. I have 3 desktops
>> > mine
>> > my wifes and my daughters plus my laptop. that would cost me over 400
>> > for
>> > the
>> > three additional license.and microsoft claims to be family company
>>

"> Dave you buy additional licenses from many online and retail stores just
> search for Windows Vista Additional License Pack
> This is discounted below the cost of the full or upgrade product in full
> packaging with media.
> So it is not advertised as a "special" just a reduced cost additional
> license.
> see
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...e/default.mspx
>
> I have a family all of whom have cars - I did not expect Ford to provide mw
> with additional models for a reduced price, so I fail to see why you expect
> software to be provided as significantly reduced price - at least you get
> some discount unlike my ford dealer.
> Software is just product which if you want it you pay for it, it is not a
> right or a requirement, so surely any discount should be gratefully
> received?
>
> --
> Mike Brannigan

And everyone wonders why microsoft keeps getting sued. Why is it other
software makers are giving up to 3 lic. for there software. And Mike there is
a big difference here between cars and software.

"Dave" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> "> Dave you buy additional licenses from many online and retail stores
> just
>> search for Windows Vista Additional License Pack
>> This is discounted below the cost of the full or upgrade product in full
>> packaging with media.
>> So it is not advertised as a "special" just a reduced cost additional
>> license.
>> see
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...e/default.mspx
>>
>> I have a family all of whom have cars - I did not expect Ford to provide
>> mw
>> with additional models for a reduced price, so I fail to see why you
>> expect
>> software to be provided as significantly reduced price - at least you get
>> some discount unlike my ford dealer.
>> Software is just product which if you want it you pay for it, it is not
>> a
>> right or a requirement, so surely any discount should be gratefully
>> received?
>>
>> --
>> Mike Brannigan
>
> And everyone wonders why microsoft keeps getting sued. Why is it other
> software makers are giving up to 3 lic. for there software. And Mike there
> is
> a big difference here between cars and software.

Dave you can't sue someone for selling a product under clear licensing terms
(one license per machine).
As I posted on my other response the additional family special licensing
offer ended June 2007
Which required that you buy Vista Ultimate and then were entitled to a
couple of Home Premium at a reduced cost.

Now you can buy the additional license packs for les then full retail so
there are still savings to be made for households with multiple machines
that wish to use Windows Vista.

OK so maybe you think there is a difference between cars and software, why?
They are both products that you buy and use. You have a car driven by one
person at a time and you have an OS that is licensed to be installed on one
PC at a time. forget about it looking like a DVD or CD that is just the
media the software is installed to a device and remains there and is
licensed to be used on that device (so not like a DVD or CD you may move
around your home or play in multiple players - that would be analogous to
uninstalling Vista and reinstalling to each machine as you want to use it.
Of course some would say that if you have a couple of DVD players in your
home and you both want to watch the same movie then you can copy the DVD -
well actually that is not true you would actually have to buy a second DVD
to allow legal play simultaneously.)
So personally if you just view an operating system like any other product
you buy what you need to use, you have multiple PCs then you buy multiple
licenses.
That is the way Microsoft choose to sell this particular product. Apple
offer a family pack of up to 5 licenses for their Mac OS X but that does
cost more then a single license. You cannot compare the Linux community as
for home users their OS is effectively free at pint of acquisition so cannot
really be included in this discussion - the corporate model is very
different and has licensing and support costs etc.

So it really just comes back to pay for what you use.
--

Mike Brannigan

Mike
I am not going to get into a ^$#%$@ contest with you as I have said before I
am not looking for it for free but as far as I am concerned what they are
charging is not really a savings. People on here think that every one that
comes here to post must be idiots that is why you reply the way you do. There
is one thing to make money and there is another thing called price gouging.
It is not like I am saying that is what microsoft is doing. All I know is
they will stop support for XP probably when The new operating system is
released and force people to have to upgrade just like they have done with
previous systems I guess I can get a busness pack for less than what it would
cost me for the 3 license and have 10 license and you tell me this is fair
for the home user ok you win.

"Mike Brannigan" wrote:

> "Dave" <> wrote in message
> news:0407E330-406F-4B0B-B264-...
> >
> >
> > "> Dave you buy additional licenses from many online and retail stores
> > just
> >> search for Windows Vista Additional License Pack
> >> This is discounted below the cost of the full or upgrade product in full
> >> packaging with media.
> >> So it is not advertised as a "special" just a reduced cost additional
> >> license.
> >> see
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...e/default.mspx
> >>
> >> I have a family all of whom have cars - I did not expect Ford to provide
> >> mw
> >> with additional models for a reduced price, so I fail to see why you
> >> expect
> >> software to be provided as significantly reduced price - at least you get
> >> some discount unlike my ford dealer.
> >> Software is just product which if you want it you pay for it, it is not
> >> a
> >> right or a requirement, so surely any discount should be gratefully
> >> received?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mike Brannigan
> >
> > And everyone wonders why microsoft keeps getting sued. Why is it other
> > software makers are giving up to 3 lic. for there software. And Mike there
> > is
> > a big difference here between cars and software.
>
> Dave you can't sue someone for selling a product under clear licensing terms
> (one license per machine).
> As I posted on my other response the additional family special licensing
> offer ended June 2007
> Which required that you buy Vista Ultimate and then were entitled to a
> couple of Home Premium at a reduced cost.
>
> Now you can buy the additional license packs for les then full retail so
> there are still savings to be made for households with multiple machines
> that wish to use Windows Vista.
>
> OK so maybe you think there is a difference between cars and software, why?
> They are both products that you buy and use. You have a car driven by one
> person at a time and you have an OS that is licensed to be installed on one
> PC at a time. forget about it looking like a DVD or CD that is just the
> media the software is installed to a device and remains there and is
> licensed to be used on that device (so not like a DVD or CD you may move
> around your home or play in multiple players - that would be analogous to
> uninstalling Vista and reinstalling to each machine as you want to use it.
> Of course some would say that if you have a couple of DVD players in your
> home and you both want to watch the same movie then you can copy the DVD -
> well actually that is not true you would actually have to buy a second DVD
> to allow legal play simultaneously.)
> So personally if you just view an operating system like any other product
> you buy what you need to use, you have multiple PCs then you buy multiple
> licenses.
> That is the way Microsoft choose to sell this particular product. Apple
> offer a family pack of up to 5 licenses for their Mac OS X but that does
> cost more then a single license. You cannot compare the Linux community as
> for home users their OS is effectively free at pint of acquisition so cannot
> really be included in this discussion - the corporate model is very
> different and has licensing and support costs etc.
>
> So it really just comes back to pay for what you use.
> --
>
> Mike Brannigan
>