"Wallace" <spam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Our much beloved Microsoft have racked up the prices for us poor North
> Europeans compared to Americans by at least 50%. Do you know whether we
> can order Vista from the States or will it not work on European computers?
>>>>>Our much beloved Microsoft have racked up the prices for us poor North
Europeans compared to Americans by at least 50%.<<<<<
That's because the EU sued Microsoft and MS had to create a special version
for the EU plus pay a fine. The money has to come from somewhere. Costs go
up when government meddles in Private Enterprise.