Microsoft Shipping Vista Add-ons
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For the first time in five months, Microsoft has released three new add-ons for Windows Vista Ultimate edition. Free downloadable add-ons were one of the big selling points of the most expensive edition of Windows Vista.
The new add-ons include “Tinkers”, a puzzle game; A Windows sound scheme based off of Tinkers; and new content for Dreamscape – a video-based screensaver.
So far the reactions from users have been flat — users of Microsoft’s Vista support forum have expressed disappointment. Quoting a user that goes by the name of ‘John Barnett’ – “They are a little disappointing.” While another user going by the name ‘BChat’ said – “I downloaded them, installed them, viewed them, and will be un-installing them.”
It appears that Microsoft has suffered criticism for over a year surrounding the Ultimate Extras. Back in June of 2007 bloggers such as Long Zheng, who writes iStartedSomething, and Josh Phillips, author of WindowsConnected, both pounded Microsoft for releasing only a small number of the add-ons since Vistas debut earlier that year.
Last September Microsoft shipped one extra in response to the increasing complaints. Microsoft also noted that it had no intentions of dropping the Extras feature.
Users of the elite edition of Windows continue to sound off with complaints today. Quoting a user going by the name ‘Roeland’ in a comment to a Microsoft Company Blog;
“Microsoft said Vista Ultimate Extras would contain cutting edge, innovative programs, can’t you do something better than sound schemes and a stupid game? I feel so betrayed, spending hundreds of Euros on what I thought o be a great OS with a lot of (coming) features.”
The extra cost one pays for Vista Ultimate covers more than just the ‘Extras’ feature – however it is disappointing to see that a serious lack of either attention or motivation is the drive behind the ‘Extras’. Maybe Microsoft has something else brewing? For now, the new updates can be download by Vista Ultimate users from the Windows Update screen.
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Tinker, the game also has a downloadable map editor witch is nice, when you want a different puzzle type game to play on a machine with limited power. Or when you don't feel like playing a big game. But as a Vista Extra... it's disappointing, and sounds and games doesn't really fill the description of Extras. The game should be an added bonus/value attach with other actual extras worth of the money paid.
Also, Dreamscape is NOT a video-based screen saver, it's a video-based wallpaper.
I highly doubt anything worthwhile will ever be released for the ultimate edition of Vista. If your going to buy the ultimate edition buy it for what it is now.
Agreed. Vista Ultimate should not be purchased for the Extras. Well at least I got my Vista Ultimate for extra cheap. And I do use Home Premium and Business edition features. And to say the truth I was expecting this, when Vista was out. In result I am not disappointed by Vista itself. It's a fine OS.
I don't know what they were expecting? The next version of Office to be released free as an 'extra'? Micro$oft isn't going to release anything of any real value for these extra's. That just isn't the way Micro$oft works.
Anybody that bought this probably got exactly what they paid for. The paid for an OS with some extras. They got an OS with some extras. If their expectation of the extras was higher than what they were promised, they have no legitimate reason to complain.
This is BS. I downloaded the game, and it seemed like a random attempt to burn 5 second of my time when bored. The sound scheme? I dont' even have sound enabled. Best of all, dreamscene. Yah I really don't understand why I got ultimate in the first place now. These ultimate extras are stupid, unnecessary, and they now seem like dire attempts to appease ultimate users. THINK MICROSOFT!!! GIVE US SOMETHING WORTH WHILE THAT TRULY MAKES ULTIMATE, well.. Ultimate!!
Like free windows 7 home premium for normal family user between age of 15 to 20. Since you probably will have 50 different version for 7 looking at how the trend is.
on the side note, I still love the windows operating system. Much better than the macs which confines people into their tiny world of single choice.
I love Ultimate, for it's Dreamscene, multilanguage support. Do not forget that home versions do not have fax (for example), and bussines do not have media and leisure support. All of this you can find in ultimate.