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1. James__

   
   Posted on: January 25, 2007 at 7:41AM  

   Bas, I can understand fully.

   Amazon.com     £197 GBP at todays exchange

   Amazon.co.uk  £345 GBP

   Now is there any reason I can't just order it from Amazon US site? Will the updates block a UK IP address when doing updates? I can't stand being ripped off and there is no reason for such a large price difference.

   Also why does no one from Microsoft give a toss?
2. mrmckeb

   
   Posted on: January 25, 2007 at 8:30AM  

   @ James. Buy it from the US. There is no issue there.

   And WHERE IS MY AUSTRALIAN LAUNCH PARTY?
3. ballroomwest

   
   Posted on: January 25, 2007 at 8:30AM  

   Bas is right.  What about the rest of the world outside of the all-important-US of A??

   It so sucks to be English.  Where's our parties Brits??? Where's the atmosphere? Where's the anticipation and buzz that those Americans are so great at creating and revelling in??

   I gotta move to the States I don't wanna miss out on the party atmosphere of the next future Windows OS beyond Vista. I almost feel like flying over just to join in the buzz.

   Only in America would you get a massive Nationwide Bus Tour like that! lol. Gotta love 'em, always pulling out stops.

   Who knows maybe there'll be something goin down in London party wise??

   I agree Vista seems very expensive in Europe, but I figure it's gotta be worth it after such a drawn out developement cycle. And its not everyday a new Windows is released. This is the biggest launch since 95 and I didnt even have a PC then.

   (I'm just praying that the new file/search in Vista is not gonna be as irritating and flaky as the one in XP *spit*.)

   Anyway........ONLY FOUR DAYS TO GO WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
4. ballroomwest

   
   Posted on: January 25, 2007 at 8:34AM  

   Yeh...........would there be any problem in ordering it from the USA and using it in Europe/Britain???

   Would it detect where it was bought from and where its being installed and take appropriate action???

   To be honest I rather just shell out this once and have the satisfaction of buying it in Store with all the buzz (what buzz!).  Theres always that horrible feeling of will it-wont it, when you order internationally.   Will it come on time etc, will it get lost. will customs slap extra tax on it!? etc. etc.
5. nim

   
   Posted on: January 25, 2007 at 11:13AM  

   good to hear you care about the community.

   but do you really care? nah. this is purely promotional... i wouldn't even bother, but this is another case in which you ppl of redmond,wa display your ignorance of the rest of the world.

   it's good that you're doing something for the testers and enthusiasts in the u.s., but it just plain sucks, that the rest of the world is being ignored again (...and again, and again and again...).

   of the 30k+ testers you had worldwide, most may live in the u.s., but there's people overseas you guys are just ignorant about. ok, the uk gets some love, but all that's happening there community-concerned has it's origin in the efforts of ms.co.uk, cause otherwise there wouldn't be anything happening at all.

   here in germany there's only gonna be a press event for some high heeled celebrities. that's it. so we don't count? microsoft germany is telling us, they can't do anything, because redmond is not letting them... well great! thanks for not caring about the rest of the world.

   ok, i guess i was being over-enthusiastic seeing what effort you us-guys put into the bloggers... ok it was only marketing, but that's at least SOMETHING. microsoft germany doesn't even know about windows home server... how can that be?

   here's what i want from you (well i actually don't count on this posting being published): get yourself together and start doing something for the rest of your oh-so-great community. and get yourself together and start working with your worldwide subsidiaries.

   that's it. i'm done. thanks for reading this long post. ms should be wondering why everybody in my country thinks it really is the big bad company from the us. ps: one thing left: there are even community websites that are not in english language. must be a shocking fact.

   i'm being sarcastic, but what else is to be expected...
6. James__

   
   Posted on: January 25, 2007 at 12:56PM  

   As always no reply.

   Can I have a definate answer? Will buying it in the US and shipping it to the UK have any problems i.e will updates work OK will anything detect my UK IP and cause problems?

   I think it rather extraordinary that a potential customer to some software costing £345 can't have an answer to a simple question.

   I give up. )-:
7. Bas

   
   Posted on: January 26, 2007 at 4:17AM  

   In the "Multiple Announcements Today" post, Nick assured us that he's looking into it and will get back to us when he gets the full story from the Program Manager: "Please bear with me as I will post them as soon as I'm able."

   That was last week. I'm sure he'll be able to get back to us soon. Meanwhile, my local Microsoft office has been less than responsive to my contacting them. They -really- don't seem to care.

   Anyway, I'd also like a definite answer to the questions posted above. Will we be able to simply buy the US version (and possibly download a localised MUI)?
8. bham4ever

   
   Posted on: January 26, 2007 at 9:59AM  

   Got my invitation e-mail, yesterday and it has a link to all the stores and addresses in the city's that have the Vista party in the stores.
9. JimAll

   
   Posted on: January 26, 2007 at 8:00PM  

   Thanks for sticking with, me, Bas -- you may have read that I've been on the road for the last 10 days ;).  I've circled back with the Product Manager responsible and prodded him for a quicker response to the questions resulting from thread, and do expect to have that for you soon.
10. Bas

    
    Posted on: January 27, 2007 at 7:43AM  

    Excellent news. Meanwhile, my local Microsoft office -also- contacted me. They apologised for the delay and will provide me with a response 'soon'. Good to hear you guys are taking us seriously. :)