aFreak@catsrule.garfield.com" rel="external">DaFreak tipte mij richting dit artikel van News.com, die meldt dat systemen met Windows 2000 al drie week voor de officiële release van Windows 2000 op de markt zullen komen. Retail versies zullen echter pas na de introductie op 17 februari in de winkel liggen (niet dat het veel uit zal maken, de halve aardbevolking draait inmiddels 2000 
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Major PC makers will begin selling Windows 2000 systems on Jan. 24, nearly three weeks before Microsoft formally unveils the new operating system.Compaq Computer, Hewlett-Packard, Dell Computer and IBM are among the PC manufacturers that will be offering PCs, notebooks and servers before Feb. 17, the official launch date for Windows 2000.
[...] A Microsoft representative confirmed that some PC makers would be selling Windows 2000 systems before the operating system's official unveiling. "It's a way of filling the channel, so that things are ready for Feb. 17," the representative said.
[...] Microsoft is adopting a new pricing scheme for those that buy boxed copies or Windows 2000 licenses. The desktop version, Windows 2000 Professional, will sell for an estimated retail price of $319, the same as it is for Windows NT 4 Workstation. The upgrade price from Windows NT is $149 and $219 from Windows 95 or 98.
Nah dan maar NT4 erop die doet het wel 
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