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Windows Vista Ultimate Extras – Are you disappointed

One of the selling points of Windows Vista Ultimate was the dangled carrot of exclusive content called Windows Vista Ultimate Extras.

After nearly a year without anything new from Microsoft they have launched UltimatePc.com a website for Windows Vista Ultimate users.

They have trotted out the existing paltry extras.

Dreamscene, Lanuage Packs, Bitlocker and Hold Em Poker (Game)

There is a rumour that more exclusive content is coming (heard that one before).

In other Windows Vista News the retail cost has recently been reduced.

However my tip is don’t upgrade your existing PC to Vista, if you want Windows Vista  get it pre-installed on a new PC. It will be cheaper to buy and be running on more modern hardware.

I would imagine the new website has been announced for the renewed marketing push post Windows Vista SP1.

The wait for Windows Vista SP1 continues.

Link: http://www.ultimatepc.com/

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 6th, 2008 at 8:41 am and is filed under Blog Entries, Tech Tips, Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “Windows Vista Ultimate Extras – Are you disappointed”

  1. Gary F Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 10:56 am

    It’s strange to think that Microsoft didn’t have the resources to throw even 1 member of staff at providing Ultimate extras. They could have got someone to create exclusive desktop wallpaper, icons, mouse pointers, Windows sounds, etc, very easily for a negligible cost. Or some neat widgets. They don’t need to take valuable programmers away from the SP1 team to come up with something, *anything*, to make Ultimate customers think they haven’t been totally neglected.

    I’m sure 1000’s of talented people in the world would have loved the job, all for a very modest salary. So after SP1 is released we should expect some worthwhile Ultimate-only appps to appear, right?

    How about a disk defragmenter that’s as informative as the one that came with Windows 98? It actually showed you what was going on, unlike Vista’s that doesn’t even tell you how far it’s got! Or how about a Sound Recorder that lets you save in the WAV format and lets you boost the volume? It’s amazing how they’ve removed basic functionality from Vista tools that Win98 and XP had as standard.

  2. Colin DiPonio Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 11:36 am

    Well the rumour is yes, at least another 4 things. All throw away mind you, but as you say it would be nice to get something that was promised and Texas Hold up aint it.

    Colin