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Tuesday, November 11, 2003

Microsoft sets low price for Virtual PC 2004 -

Microsoft has priced its Virtual PC 2004 at $129, and developers will get the virtualisation product as part of their Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscription.

Can somebody from Microsoft confirm this good news ?

6 Comments

I can't wait to download it from MSDN. I am watching daily for new content at MSDN subscriber downloads...

Stefan Koell - Tuesday, November 11, 2003 7:22:00 PM
So who will be the first to claim that Microsoft is trying to put VMWare out of business by undercutting their price? I give it a day, maybe less, before The Register or /. make some claim like that. :-)

G. Andrew Duthie - Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:10:00 PM
Yes but it's definitly the right direction to take !

Paschal - Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:33:00 PM
Anyone any idea when it will be available?

Paul Edwards - Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:25:00 PM
I believe it's a matter of days maybe a week, not more because it was released officialy yesterday !

Surely with the next CDs release as a Christmas gift ;-)

Paschal - Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:29:00 PM
Before MS can put VMWare out of business, they have to make something capable of doing it. As of today, Virtual PC not only is inferior, it has major hurdles in its rep to overcome too.

Oh, and MS would have to integrate it into the OS and put a nearly-impossible-to-remove icon on their OS desktop too.

I'd give it 2+ years before that happens. Or 3+ if Longhorn isn't released until 2006! :P

Dave - Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:29:00 AM

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