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Posted by Arneh on Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 12:12 am - 7 comments

Microsoft seems to be preparing to release an unusual "Vista Plus Pack" on February 15th. Based on the provided box art, the Plus Pack appears to be a collection of four casual games that are "Enhanced for Windows Vista". The listing for the software was found on Future Shop's online catalog by MadDoggyca in our forums. Details below:

Releases 15 Feb/08. User-friendly software combines the features of Vista Home Basic with even more impressive and user-friendly capabilities. Features Windows Aero, an efficient and visually stunning interface that makes it easier to accomplish multiple tasks at once by providing a three-dimensional, real-time, animated view of all of your open applications and documents.

FEATURES:

By integrating search throughout the operating system, helps you quickly find and organize large collections of documents, pictures, movies, videos, and music.
Includes Windows Tablet and Touch Technology that enables you to interact with your Tablet PC-compatible computer with a digital pen or your fingertip instead of having to use a keyboard.

Includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment centre enjoy music, photos, and DVD movies.

Note that the price of $39.99 is in Canadian dollars since Future Shop is a Canadian home electronics store.

As some of our readers noted, whatever happened to the Ultimate Extras?

View: Windows Vista Plus Pack (Future Shop)

News Source: In-House

There are 7 additional comments

#1 Posted by Squuiid at Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 1:16 am - (1 Reply)

WTF about Vista Ultimate Extras?! This is like a slap in the face!

Is Microsoft serious?!

	*#1.1 Posted by Yakumo* at Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 2:24 am**
	That's exactly what I clicked on the comments to post!

#2 Posted by winbeta at Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 1:39 am

Unfortunately it seems they are.

#3 Posted by Yakumo at Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 5:03 am - (1 Reply)

the 'features list' is just a list from vista ultimate capabilities though. hoax?

	*#3.1 Posted by winbeta* at Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 5:06 am**
	Nah, the release is real as that UPC number can be found elsewhere too but as you probably know online stores don't know what they're writing half the time for the description.

#4 Posted by tuxplorer at Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 5:34 pm

seems to me like the smallest plus pack. (cough) windows Me's plus pack was also small whereas XP got 2 big Plus packs later combined into a Plus! superpack.

#5 Posted by Squuiid at Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 6:06 pm

What a joke..