Microsoft Vista builds in movie download service.

Filed under: Geek Alert
Posted: Feb 1st 2007 by Carol Ann

Nice try, Microsoft...

So big, bad Microsoft has rolled out the new Windows Vista operating system, with a cool twist… an on-demand movie partnership with Telstra's Bigpond Movies. Jeff Putt (Microsoft’s Australia dir. of Windows client) announced that this fabulous access to the internet movie service would cleverly be built right into the new operating system’s Media Centre.

Supposedly the downloads will not be metered for existing Bigpond customers, but those subscribing to other internet providers will be paying to use the service. What a great money-making scheme for Bigpond!

Microsoft is, of course, wheeling and dealing with lots of big names to make Vista the ‘be all - end all’ of operating systems such as a new partnership with Kodak (Vista users can order prints of digital photographs stored on their computers directly from Kodak via the Windows interface) and also trying to get all fancy... like the new Games Explorer, the Aero interface and the Flip-3D window manager. All fantastic ideas, and all devised to beat out the original cool operating system of the Mac. Good luck with that!

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it is truly amazing... microsoft got its *ss seriously kicked in Europe for its bundling policy (mediaplayer as an integral part of XP) and now they bundle even more in... hmmm... some just never learn. I'd say screw the hasta la vista and get a mac. why is that? check out the I am a MAC spot (surgery) on the Apple site and you get another reason (apart from the obvious: have the cool OS)

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