Vista - Microsoft: No Ultimate Extras for Windows 7

The Ultimate Extras embarrassment has been quite an issue since the launch of Vista, and while Microsoft did apologize and things started to get better in 2008, the fact remains that the company wasn't delivering as promised. Many users went as far as saying that Ultimate was useless because Ultimate Extras weren't plentiful, but of course those who bought Ultimate didn't buy them for the extras. And Microsoft is hoping those users will make the same decision for Windows 7 Ultimate, which won't be getting the feature when it's released. Here's the quote that shows Microsoft has given up (it almost slipped through our fingers after all this Windows 7 SKU news):

Our new approach to planning and building Windows doesn't have the capacity to continue to deliver features outside the regular release cycle. While our core development team is focused on building the next release, our sustained engineering team is focused on updates to existing features. As a result we don't plan to create Ultimate Extras.

Full Story: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/microsoft-no-ultimate-extras-for-windows-7.ars

all these versions. doh! and those prices being mentioned, way too high really.

what the design people give, the marketers take away.

while it is fun playing with win7, vista 64 is just fine for me. when I go back to an xp box its an ugh moment. win7 is not worth a $300 price ... for me.

Msongs

So I'm not going to be able to buy Windows 7 Ultimate unless I get hold of a copy in a promotional sale?

well that's annoying... i really like the extra little things that you get with Ultimate.