New Ultimate Extras Released

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re: New Ultimate Extras Released

monsterisland — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:19:22 GMT

everyone that feels like you have been ripped off buy buing vista ultimate please rember one thing if it walks like a duck,and talks like a duck then its has to be a duck! for those that are not smart enough to get what im saying then for the love of god dont buy the proudct.the only way to get your money out of vista is to do as this simple post says.

im am not responsible for anyones action other then mine.

this post complies with my rights and responsiblitys of the little guy.oh spell check not on because vista does not do it automaticaly.lol

cant wait to beta test yet another windows,but from what ive seen they may want to keep testing this one.

New Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Released

beqiraj.net — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:44:16 GMT

New Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Released

re: New Ultimate Extras Released

Matt101 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:27:56 GMT

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!

re: New Ultimate Extras Released

stephenlpursley — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:35:46 GMT

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

re: New Ultimate Extras Released

ethan36 — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:40:39 GMT

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.

re: New Ultimate Extras Released

newscientist2000 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:16:05 GMT

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.

re: New Ultimate Extras Released

StephenReynolds — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:16:54 GMT

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.

New Vista Ultimate Extras!

UFies.org — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:01:29 GMT

Paul Thurrott pointed out that there were New Ultimate Extras Released. Wow. A new sound theme and three new dreamscene...

re: New Ultimate Extras Released

BugraKeskin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:10:35 GMT

Thank you a lot for post.

re: New Ultimate Extras Released

Gokhan Dogan — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:59:32 GMT

Thank Cris very helpful article.I will try it

re: New Ultimate Extras Released

newscientist2000 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:51:16 GMT

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.

Two New Ultimate Extras

Sarah In Tampa — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:08:55 GMT

For those running Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, you'll be happy to know that there are two more Ultimate Extras now available. The first is a new

re: New Ultimate Extras Released

jdhall1010 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:30:47 GMT

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.

re: New Ultimate Extras Released

Ceinach — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:24:43 GMT

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."