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According to the Microsoft Website, they are currently discontinuing on the Plus! Pack at the moment, however, it looks as if Microsoft was going to add more functionality to Windows Home Basic because, millions of it's customer's have been asking for it, and were even asking for it in XP Home and regular Pro. For Example: Media Center; Apparently, there has always been away to add Media Center 2005 to non-Media Center versions of XP and 2003. It was just that, until a few years ago, only Microsoft Technical people knew this, and once it was leaked (Check out this information on The Green Button Community: http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/post/18937.aspx), it actually infuriated the public including and especially those that paid almost $400.00 to get the Media Center Edition OS from Microsoft (it only came in a full version and no-upgrade edition). It comes as no surprise to me that Microsoft would include that in a Plus! Pack (for only $40) before the secret of Media Center 2007 was leaked. And, that's just a small example. There was alot of other things that Microsoft did that pissed off the public with Windows XP and are still doing actually, so, this Plus! Pack (maybe even Service Pack 1) may actually be a way of Microsoft actually pre-emptively appeasing it's public audience before all their secrets are leaked.

Thank you,
Starflare5.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/ well another reason for this is because im using mac now.]]>Jan 16th 2008 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
Insightful.]]>Jan 16th 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/poll-are-you-spending-20-on-new-ipod-touch-apps/
]]>Jan 16th 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/I do believe that was the entire point of his post. Run to the store quick, they might have some sense of humour left in stock!]]>Jan 16th 2008 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
This claim can be supported by either one of two points: (1) you failed to see the irony in stephenbratz2's post, or (2) you completely failed to inject any irony into your statement in order to play along.

As a matter of fact, doing the latter would just make you a douche without a sense of humor, so I'm sticking with the first option.]]>Jan 16th 2008 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
why aren't microsoft working on those Vista Ultimate Extras? didn't we hear that the extras would be coming out soon? or should i be happy with a crappy poker game...]]>Jan 16th 2008 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
If there's one thing I love about Microsoft is their gift giving policy]]>Jan 16th 2008 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Windows 95. Too bad the rest of the plus packs seem pretty worthless.]]>Jan 16th 2008 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
Honestly Engadget! You need to get someone to read over these posts!]]>Jan 16th 2008 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
You're doing it wrong.]]>Jan 16th 2008 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
Notice how the letters in the blocks spell "OSX" backwards.]]>Jan 16th 2008 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/]]>Jan 16th 2008 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
cracked me up. ]]>Jan 16th 2008 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
You gotta wonder why Microsoft chose them over Grimace, the Hamburgler or Mayor McCheese for that matter...]]>Jan 16th 2008 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
You know, sort of like what they did with WinME.]]>Jan 16th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
One thing that is different this time around, is Vista was marketed towards corporations, while ME was targeted towards home users. With home users upgrading isn't so bad since it is just one or two maybe even 3 computers, but with corporations deploying hundreds and thousands of computers with new Vista upgrades...it makes the whole situation much worst.

Then again, which corporations would actually waste time and money upgrading to Vista anyways (I mean besides software developers who need to have a Vista skin in their screenshots)?]]>Jan 16th 2008 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
It's not as bad as you people make it out to be... Yes, it has quirks but it's not like XP doesn't. All in all, it's a very well put together operating system by none other than the same people who made XP usable via Service Pack 2. It's certainly better thought out than XP was when it was first released, and Service Pack 1 RC actually has fixed the bugs that annoyed me (particularly the ridiculous file I/O speeds with Explorer).

And besides, Vista doesn't look like crap (which is more than what can be said about XP and its' fugly primary colors look).]]>Jan 16th 2008 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
So, best possible scenario, and its still junk. SP1 won't fix anything. Upgrading a business is pointless. Any project that has started and finished under Ballmer is terrible.]]>Jan 16th 2008 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
I will say that Vista's RC1 Refresh is quite a step in the right direction. I picked up more than 200 points in 3D Mark06 and things are certainly "snappier" in response times.

As far as Ultimate Extras: what were we really expecting?]]>Jan 16th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080109/ultimate-extras-inactive-reminder/]]>Jan 16th 2008 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
And, yes, I agree with all the others who have said it - any pluses they offer better be provided to those who paid for the ultimate extras]]>Jan 16th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/
]]>Jan 16th 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Please, I say, is a casuallity that the boylover (child predators) symbol is in this logo?
Pedophiles, pederast and child porn in web use this symbol: compare please!
http://i16.tinypic.com/6kr1mwh.jpg
members search by INTERPOL and FBI...
If you need more information then go:

http://groups.msn.com/GuatemalaRecompensa10milDolaresAntipaidos/

Thanks. joshua Org. Antipedophile against the child porn = boylovers revolting!

http://boylovernet.mforos.com/
]]>Jan 16th 2008 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Jan 16th 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/16/microsoft-vista-plus-pack-in-the-works/Congrats for it.

Joshua]]>Jan 17th 2008 11:13AM