"The Ultimate versions in, full and upgrade, will have both DVDs. For other
versions there is info in the box on how to send for the other DVD."

From Rock--MVP

What's the point of making people "send for" DVDs in any edition besides
Vista Ultimate?? What earthly reason could have invoked that?

CH

I think it is more that marketing was looking for ways to add value to the
Ultimate edition in order to further differentiate between the editions.
Also I suspect that MS views Ultimate as a technology enthusiast sku and
that TE's were far more likely to use x64 than other folks.

"Chad Harris" <getsomevistainfoout.net> wrote in message
news:ejaIOc8PHHA.4992@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> "The Ultimate versions in, full and upgrade, will have both DVDs. For
> other
> versions there is info in the box on how to send for the other DVD."
>
> From Rock--MVP
>
> What's the point of making people "send for" DVDs in any edition besides
> Vista Ultimate?? What earthly reason could have invoked that?
>
> CH
>[/color]

Bingo. I like that answer.

CH


"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
news:O5Sft88PHHA.1756@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>I think it is more that marketing was looking for ways to add value to the
>Ultimate edition in order to further differentiate between the editions.
>Also I suspect that MS views Ultimate as a technology enthusiast sku and
>that TE's were far more likely to use x64 than other folks.
>
> "Chad Harris" <getsomevistainfoout.net> wrote in message
> news:ejaIOc8PHHA.4992@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> "The Ultimate versions in, full and upgrade, will have both DVDs. For
>> other
>> versions there is info in the box on how to send for the other DVD."
>>
>> From Rock--MVP
>>
>> What's the point of making people "send for" DVDs in any edition besides
>> Vista Ultimate?? What earthly reason could have invoked that?
>>
>> CH
>>[/color]
>[/color]

In message <ejaIOc8PHHA.4992@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl> "Chad Harris"
<getsomevistainfoout.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
>"The Ultimate versions in, full and upgrade, will have both DVDs. For other
>versions there is info in the box on how to send for the other DVD."
>
>From Rock--MVP
>
>What's the point of making people "send for" DVDs in any edition besides
>Vista Ultimate?? What earthly reason could have invoked that?[/color]

Cost savings...

--
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem: they know how it's done, they've
seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.

Hello,
That was a good answer.
Adding a little more.
When we released the x64 edition of Windows XP, we saw a lot of posts were
people we requesting and getting copies x64 edtions of Windows XP and
didn't have machine capable of running the 64-bit version. So having
multiple copies of the DVD included in all versions would cause confusion
with a large set of customers who would not know which version to install
with or even it their machines were capable of using the 64-bit version.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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|>Bingo. I like that answer.
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|>"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
|>news:O5Sft88PHHA.1756@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
|>>I think it is more that marketing was looking for ways to add value to
the
|>>Ultimate edition in order to further differentiate between the editions.
|>>Also I suspect that MS views Ultimate as a technology enthusiast sku and
|>>that TE's were far more likely to use x64 than other folks.
|>>
|>> "Chad Harris" <getsomevistainfoout.net> wrote in message
|>> news:ejaIOc8PHHA.4992@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
|>>> "The Ultimate versions in, full and upgrade, will have both DVDs. For
|>>> other
|>>> versions there is info in the box on how to send for the other DVD."
|>>>
|>>> From Rock--MVP
|>>>
|>>> What's the point of making people "send for" DVDs in any edition
besides
|>>> Vista Ultimate?? What earthly reason could have invoked that?
|>>>
|>>> CH
|>>>
|>>
|>
|>
|>

"Chad Harris" <getsomevistainfoout.net> wrote
[color=blue]
> "The Ultimate versions in, full and upgrade, will have both DVDs. For
> other
> versions there is info in the box on how to send for the other DVD."
>
> From Rock--MVP
>
> What's the point of making people "send for" DVDs in any edition besides
> Vista Ultimate?? What earthly reason could have invoked that?[/color]

Chad, why are you asking me..lol? I don't work for MS marketing.

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]