engadget.com — A new complaint has been aimed at Microsoft, seeking class action lawsuit status, and claiming the software giant put a bit more "wow" into its ads than it squeezed onto "Windows Vista Capable" PCs. Microsoft was misleading buyers by placing Vista Capable stickers on PCs only capable of running Windows Vista Home Basic.
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brwrightApr 4, 2007
They did nothing wrong. Technically Vista Basic is Vista.
inquApr 4, 2007
Well, if you read the statement by Intel, it revolves around the memory table not being large enough. I don't know enough about their architecture to dispute Intel's claim, so I'll just take their word since they designed it.
swrightApr 4, 2007
by that I mean that simply by comparison shopping between machines these morons should be able to figure that out on their own. Or they could ask for help from any of the numerous surrounding employees before purchasing.
yournamehereApr 4, 2007
People have become nothing but a bunch of whiny bitches that sue when they don't get their way.
wangApr 4, 2007
I don't see how microsoft is to blame here (like many of the other people who have commented and have been dugg down *sigh*)
Closed AccountApr 4, 2007
There was an article that featured that ad back in jan or feb, people came to the conclusion that it was an Apple design.But it doesn't really matter because you really can't see much of the computer to make that kind of judgment. Also these days Macs can finally run windows.I wouldn't really look to deeply into it... it's just not that important either way, only mildly interesting.
godelApr 4, 2007
@pixActually that is exactly the test for deceptive marketing. If the average consumer would believe the product is something other than what it actually is then that is deception.