Long awaited Microsoft’s windows Vista’s price released in Amazon few hours ago. But big blue’s Vista won’t be available for shipping up until January, 2007. According to dealer Microsoft Windows Vista can be only preorder online, at this moment; shipping will have to wait until beginning of 2007. On Monday, Microsoft accidentally posted Canadian pricing for Vista on its Canadian Web site and then pulled the price list from the site, within few hours when the information was out in the ZDnet site. Converted to U.S. dollars, the prices for Vista in Canada were higher than the U.S. prices listed on Amazon.com’s Web site. But actual price list was posted in both ZDnet and Cnet first. So most probably Amamzon.com uses that accidental lick out pricelist as the basis of their price for Vista.

Microsoft has said it will make consumer versions of Vista available in January, but it has not given a specific date or announced officially prices for the various versions of the Vista. Big blue still holding its voice to confirm or deny the price list posted my Amazon. It does certainly raise a big question mark, why Microsoft is pretending to be secret while the whole world knows?

Amazon.com lists prices for the three consumer versions of Windows Vista–Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, and Windows Vista Ultimate–as well as for Windows Vista Business edition. Pricing for upgrades to each of the editions also is listed on the site.

According to Amazon.com, Windows Vista Home Basic will cost $199 for a new copy and $100 for an upgrade. Windows Vista Home Premium, a step above Home Basic in functionality, will sell for $239 for a new version and $159 for an upgrade. And Windows Vista Ultimate, the highest-end version of Vista for consumers, will cost $399 for a new copy and $259 for an upgrade, according to Amazon.com. Windows Vista Business will cost $299 for a new copy, while an upgrade will sell for $199.
Credit: Thanks Amazon for the Pricelist.