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Vista Ultimate R2

No, not the infamous "BillGates" version - I saw that there is going to be a special limited edition version of Vista Ultimate Upgrade, which has Bill Gates's signature on the front (presumably reproduced - I can't imagine Bill personally signing 20,000 of the things!) and is limited to 20,000 copies. As far as I can tell the actual software is identical to the normal version, it's just a special box. Destined to be a sought-after collectors' item in years to come?

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___ · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:21 pm

wouldn't mind a copy

, but why upgrade? these will get snapped up fast

pr0gram the pr0grammer · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:06 pm

Hmm, I could afford one .. I'd get one but as soon as I open it, I'll think "damnit, I shouldn't have opened this, I should keep it for 10 years and sell it on eBay"

___ · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:30 pm

buy 2

ddrmaxromance · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:14 am

"Yet another reason to get Windows Vista over Mac OS X Leopard: You get Bill Gates's signature! You can't get that from Steve Jobs! Best of all, it's real, original, and not reproduced by a computer of any sort!!!"

hot:

empireum · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:40 pm

troyoda1990 wrote:

"Yet another reason to get Windows Vista over Mac OS X Leopard: You get Bill Gates's signature! You can't get that from Steve Jobs! Best of all, it's real, original, and not reproduced by a computer of any sort!!!"

hot:

Yeah, and Bill's almighty signature guarantes you that these editions of Vista will never crash or get infected by a virus or something like that, because Bill's almighty and magical signature will protect them! :lol:

___ · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:16 pm

going by the number on that box, wouldn't there be 20,001 copies? or does it stop at 19,999? :lol:

empireum · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:12 am

I think the image shown is just a "prepared" copy for the press and such, nothing actually produced. The produced boxes will start at 00001.

Frozenport · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:29 pm

Empireum:
It is a commonly known fact that integers start at zero in programing. :lol:

..

0-0-0-0-0
It maybe not very difficult to sign 20,000 copies if done over a long period of time... Lets say as a wrist exersice
-0-0-0-0-0-

I think it maybe become a collectors item but its value although not becoming the 1 USD, commonly found in compies of MS-DOS, will doubtably levitate over the initial release price.

empireum · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:11 pm

Quote:

Empireum:
It is a commonly known fact that integers start at zero in programing. Laughing..

I know, but we're not talking about programming, are we? :roll:

___ · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:44 pm

Frozenport wrote:

Empireum:
It is a commonly known fact that integers start at zero in programing. :lol:

..

0-0-0-0-0
It maybe not very difficult to sign 20,000 copies if done over a long period of time... Lets say as a wrist exersice
-0-0-0-0-0-

I think it maybe become a collectors item but its value although not becoming the 1 USD, commonly found in compies of MS-DOS, will doubtably levitate over the initial release price.

im sure after something like 20years it would be, i bit like how windows 1.00 would be very expensive

ThunderKiller · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:24 am

who wants to have this?

___ · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:39 am

Stevey · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:26 am

Cool! I suppose you could buy it and keep it and in like 10 years sell it for thousands of pounds to a nerd of the future

empireum · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:04 pm

This idea has already been brought up...

CE0311 · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:43 am

Hey cool, where I can get these editions of ultimate?

empireum · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:06 am

There's a link in the 1st post.

Evan · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:16 pm

I'd safely say no windows copies are ever going to become rare. Even these copies aren't going to be worth much in the far future, i bet.

Vista Ultimate R2 · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:27 am

Windows 1.0x is rare now - it very rarely comes up on eBay and I have seen boxed copies in good condition sell for a lot. None of the others seem to be worth anything though.

empireum · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:16 am

I've got an OEM copy of Windows 1.03 in German and I had to bid more than $80 to get it...

Vista Ultimate R2 · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:26 am

empireum wrote:

I've got an OEM copy of Windows 1.03 in German and I had to bid more than $80 to get it...

You must have been seriously keen to have a copy of 1.0! And that's only OEM, which is surely less collectable than a retail copy - how much would a retail copy go for, I wonder...

empireum · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:46 am

Vista Ultimate R2 wrote:

empireum wrote:

I've got an OEM copy of Windows 1.03 in German and I had to bid more than $80 to get it...

You must have been seriously keen to have a copy of 1.0! And that's only OEM, which is surely less collectable than a retail copy - how much would a retail copy go for, I wonder...

Yes, I was really keen to have a copy of 1.0x then, that's why the price didn't stop me. That excluded shipping, BTW, but I don't think it mattered much to me then. :wink:

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