traiger@oxy.edu (Saul Traiger) (05/23/90)
In article <464@dg.dg.com> jorge@dg.dg.com (Jorge Lach) writes: >Has anyone received update notices yet? I am wandering when registered >users are going to get theirs. Is anyone aware of the update cost, and >whether it will include all documentation? What about users who bought >2.11 recently? > I received my upgrade notice and certificate on Monday, May 21. The update cost is $50, but recent buyers (I'm not sure of the dates here) get it for free. Egghead, a software retail chain, will also handle the upgrade if you bring them the cover of your old Windows manual. *=====* *========* // || \\ || Saul Traiger *=====* || Department of Philosophy/Cognitive Science Program \\ || Occidental College // || Los Angeles, CA 90041 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ *=====* || | Internet: traiger@oxy.edu | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ voice-mail: (213) 259-2901 | | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
freak@cbnewsc.att.com (c.e.malloy..iii) (05/25/90)
> Has anyone received update notices yet? I am wandering when registered > users are going to get theirs. Is anyone aware of the update cost, and > whether it will include all documentation? What about users who bought > 2.11 recently? I received the upgrade notices for the all five of the Windows /286 and Windows /386 licenses the I have on Monday May 21, 1990. I took four of them over to my local Egghead Discount Software store on Tuesday May 22, 1990 at 1400(CST) and got four Windows 3.0 upgrades. The fifth one will be sent to MicroSoft since I have one system that only has a single 360k drive and Egghead doesn't have those. The upgrades from MicroSoft are $50.00 plus $5.50 s/h plus any local taxes. Upgrades from Egghead are $49.95 plus any local taxes, you save a nickel and the s/h. And you get it NOW! The upgrade kit is identical to the retail version except for two things. The upgrade kit is in a plain box (no fancy cover art) and there is no registration card to send in. The upgrade kit includes: 1. MS Windows 3.0 Disks 3.5 720k or 5.25 1.2Mb 2. A 3.0 Manual Normally I only look at a manual to see how to install the software. But, I found this manual to be very good. I have actually read four different sections. Check it out! 3. A Run-Time Version of Toolbook Disks There is no manual for this, but there is a demonstration mode that will give a walking tour of what the complete package can do. There is a very useable calendar/scheduler/phone book. 4. License Card A plastic card in typical legaleze. 5. Hardware Compatibility Sheet This sheet lists all of the hardware the you can use with version 3.0 right out of the box. For other hardware, you might need drivers from the manufacture. 6. Software Compatibility Sheet This handy four page sheet is a good list of programs that are compatible with Windows 3.0. It lists each supplier with the name of the program, when it will be available and two phone numbers to call, one for information and the other to order. On a related topic. Now that version 3.0 is out and we all love it, when can we expect version 4.0? And what new features will it include? --- Clancy Malloy Oh, my own life AT&T Bell Labs Is all I can hope to control Large UNIX System Administration Oh, let my life Naperville, IL Be lived for the good (708) 979-3946 Good of my soul. att!ihlpa!cem -- Tom Paxton PostScript(tm): Wouldn't be great if ALL the software companies had the upgrades at a local retail level? MicroSoft did it with Windows 3.0. MicroPro did it with WordStar 6.0. Now if only Aldus, Adobe, Micrografx, Computer Support, Corel, Bitstream, Borland, Central Point, ... (well you get the idea) did it. Are you people listening??????????
jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris) (05/25/90)
In article <1990May24.185119.18770@bach.amd.com> phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: >In article <464@dg.dg.com> jorge@dg.dg.com (Jorge Lach) writes: >|Has anyone received update notices yet? I am wandering when registered >|users are going to get theirs. Is anyone aware of the update cost, and > >I hadn't gotten mine so I called and he said you should have them >by now. Their system seems to have some big holes in it so if you >care, you ought to call in. The update costs $50 plus shipping and >tax and they will want some kind of proof of ownership. My serial >number was not good, I don't know why, but I convinced him I deserved >it anyway. I'm also getting an Excel update for free, not even >shipping charges. At the office I saw another system's reorder form in the mail on Tuesday (announcement day!) and I got mine on Wednesday. On the other hand, I've not yet received any reorder form for my personal copies at home (both Win/286 and Win/386 plus Excel)... Since when has Windows had a serial number of interest to Microsoft? For a while there was a serial number associated with Word, but even that has disappeared in recent releases. In the few cases in which Microsoft apparently lost my registration (and so didn't send me an upgrade order form) all they asked for was a copy of the sales receipt. Nobody ever brought up the issue of a serial number. Joe
moran@drivax.UUCP (Mike Moran) (05/26/90)
jorge@dg.dg.com (Jorge Lach) writes: >Has anyone received update notices yet? I am wandering when registered >users are going to get theirs. Is anyone aware of the update cost, and >whether it will include all documentation? What about users who bought >2.11 recently? I received my update notice on Monday 5/21. Cost is $50.00 for anyone having purchased Windows[286/386] prior to 4/15/90. If you purchased after 4/15/90 the upgrade is free. -- Michael A. Moran Digital Research 70 Garden Court B15 Monterey, CA 93940
tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) (05/27/90)
Phil Ngai <phil@pepsi.amd.com> writes: > I'm also getting an Excel update for free, not even shipping charges. Interesting bit on the Excel upgrades: an upgrade from 2.0 to 2.1 was $50 or something, and 2.1 to 2.1c (Win3 version) is $15 in Canada. However, an upgrade from 2.0 to 2.1c is only $15 as well! Microsoft, thank you, I won't be buying WingZ quite yet now... [ \tom haapanen --- university of waterloo --- tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu ] [ "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ]
jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris) (05/29/90)
In a recent article jorge@dg.dg.com (Jorge Lach) writes: >Has anyone received update notices yet? I am wandering when registered >users are going to get theirs. Is anyone aware of the update cost, and >whether it will include all documentation? What about users who bought >2.11 recently? I recently posted a report that Egghead supposedly carries the upgrade. For a change, the press releases were correct: Egghead carries them (in both 5-1/4" and 3-1/2" versions), and even discounts the price of the upgrade...by one whole cent. $49.99 instead of $50.00. The release version seems to work just as well as the beta copy, although I'm still having problems with EMM386.