Microsoft Cuts Price for Boxed Vista, Face Class Action Lawsuits

SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. will cut the price of some versions of Windows Vista, the software maker said late Thursday. The move came a day after court filings revealed internal dissent over which Windows XP computers would be considered capable of running the new operating system -- and a feeling on at least one executive's part that the company had "botched" the marketing of computers as "Vista Capable." A federal judge recently said consumers could pursue a class action suit against Microsoft for labeling PCs as "Vista Capable," even though many were not powerful enough to run all of Vista's features, including the Aero interface. Read more...

Posted by Editor at February 29, 2008 09:48 AM