Microsoft offers Windows Vista discount this holiday
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft said Tuesday it will help holiday-season computer buyers upgrade to its forthcoming Windows Vista operating system, in some cases paying 100 percent of the upgrade cost.
The upgrade-assist program, which begins Thursday, is meant to bolster PC sales during the critical holiday period despite the discouraging absence of the long-delayed Vista.
Windows director Kevin Kutz said major computer makers such as Dell, Gateway and Sony are free to set the discounts themselves, while Microsoft will manage the discount program for the smaller computer makers known as system builders.