Vista editions shipping on CDs rather than DVDs?

[VirtualLarry]

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I've never seen this before. I thought that all versions of Vista came on a DVD?

 

[MustISO]

News to me as well.

 

[lxskllr]

Looks like BS to me. No sticker visible either :^/

Edit:

Or I could just be wrong :^D

http://www.microsoft.com/windo...rdermedia/default.mspx

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Wow, so you can shell out several hundred for an OS but not $20 for a DVD drive.

 

[RebateMonger]

Microsoft has always had an "alternative media" offer for Retail versions of Vista. You can get either the x64 version or a CD version for $10. You need a Retail license Key to order the alternative media..

I remember when Microsoft offered 5 1/4-inch floppies as an alternative to the 3.5-inch floppies that Windows xx or Office xx were delivered on. I used to order them just on the principle of things. You'd get a box with thirty floppy disks inside.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger
Microsoft has always had an "alternative media" offer for Retail versions of Vista. You can get either the x64 version or a CD version for $10. You need a Retail license Key to order the alternative media..

I remember when Microsoft offered 5 1/4-inch floppies as an alternative to the 3.5-inch floppies that Windows xx or Office xx were delivered on. I used to order them just on the principle of things. You'd get a box with thirty floppy disks inside.

Ahh those were the days. MS Office 4.3 came on 30 3.5" floppy disks. And those were specially formatted disks to get more space out of them.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Ahh those were the days. MS Office 4.3 came on 30 3.5" floppy disks. And those were specially formatted disks to get more space out of them.

The bad old days. I never had to do nearly that many, but the floppy shuffle was a major drag. More than 2, I'd start to get irritated.

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To fix quote

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
The bad old days. I never had to do nearly that many, but the floppy shuffle was a major drag. More than 2, I'd start to get irritated.

Yeah, but the most fun thing was when you'd to take turns seeing how fast you could swap floppy disks while making a backup. You'd hold a floppy in one hand and wrestle the other floppy from the drive. Better than a video game for improving hand/eye coordination.

 

[sswingle]

I remember installs that would take hours just because you had to swap out so many floppies