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1. Ceinach

   
   Posted on: April 24, 2008 at 1:24PM  

   Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDNet summarized this new Extras announcement perfectly:

   "Yesterday I got word that Microsoft was releasing some more Ultimate Extras for Windows Ultimate users. Even without opening the email I just knew that these new extras would fall into one of two categories:

   Disappointing

   Mega-disappointing

   I wasn’t wrong. They fall squarely into the latter category."
2. jdhall1010

   
   Posted on: April 24, 2008 at 7:30PM  

   At the one year anniversary of Ultimate disappointments perhaps Microsoft should consider announcing that they -- despite the best of intentions -- are simply not able to deliver on their promises of exciting new Ultimate features.

   A reasonable recompense might be a heavily discounted future upgrade path for Ultimate suckers (such as myself) or a coupon for other Microsoft products. Such a move might take some of the pressure off AND deliver a better consumer perception of Microsoft marketing.

   At this point, barring some form of meaningful restitution, I will be VERY reluctant to EVER jump on the Microsoft vapor-ware bandwagon again.

   --Other than that, congrats! Vista appears to be following the long-established Microsoft pattern of Chump (post-beta-post-RTM) improvements and is making deliberate strides toward the next Windows release.
3. newscientist2000

   
   Posted on: April 27, 2008 at 10:51PM  

   I agree with jdhall1010 that a discounted upgrade path to Windows Seven when it ships would be nice.

   But then again I've always thought that allowing a second install of Vista even if it was Vista Basic was a good idea to, just to slow Linux adoption on older networked machines... and show some trust to the end user, as Ultimate has a pretty hefty price tag.  Even if this offer was a limited time offer for registered users of Windows Ultimate only that would be good idea.

   However the Sound Schemes is a really nice idea and is hopefully the start of adding more value to Ultimate!

   Good Job.
4. Gokhan Dogan

   
   Posted on: April 28, 2008 at 6:59PM  

   Thank Cris very helpful article.I will try it
5. BugraKeskin

   
   Posted on: April 29, 2008 at 10:10AM  

   Thank you a lot for post.
6. StephenReynolds

   
   Posted on: April 29, 2008 at 3:16PM  

   Two sound schemes? Dreamscene...again? Comeon Microsoft. This is lame, lame, lame. High School students could easily do better than this effort. I paid $150 extra for this? What a joke.
7. newscientist2000

   
   Posted on: April 29, 2008 at 10:16PM  

   Is it just me or would anyone like an extra that would make Vista run in an XP like mode, Windows Classic just doesnt cut it, as it looks like Windows 95!  Sometimes I just long for a more cutomizable desktop... I mean what if I miss the Start button or have a fear of Circles!

   Having said that even in Windows XP I was always kinda nostalgic, for example my "Control Panel" view in XP is always in the "Classic View" not the newer "Category View".

   What Ultimate needs is basically something like some of the basic  features of WindowBlinds combined with TweakUI... so that a desktop can be really customised.
8. ethan36

   
   Posted on: May 08, 2008 at 8:40AM  

   Hey you guys should come out with a version of vista that is "IT person friendly".

   Something that doesn't show all the random alerts and is not as secure as the "average person" version. I think you guys would sell alot more copies to computer people that way.

   My personal experience is that most computer people don't like to mess with it because of those different security things.
9. stephenlpursley

   
   Posted on: May 08, 2008 at 11:35AM  

   The new extra's did not show up in my update.  Where can I go to download them manually?
10. Matt101

    
    Posted on: July 10, 2008 at 8:27AM  

    Considering the price and lack of real 'extras', I think it would only be fair of MS to provide Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) to Ultimate users as part of the Ultimate updates. After all, Office isn't cheap nor is Vista Ultimate, and with the lack of extras and cost of the operating system, having something others have buy is an 'Ultimate Extra'.

    I consider the current process/direction MS is going, to be 'Unfair Business Practice' to the end user. Ultimate is offered and advertised as giving Ultimate users more for their money. Where is this 'more' at? Looks to me like MS took more and gave less!