Class action against Windows Vista Capable
In the United States, a judge has just given the green light to a lawsuit brought by the collective consumers against Microsoft and its Windows Vista Capable label.
Feb 26, 2008 04:16 PM
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In 2006, in preparation for the arrival of Windows Vista and encourage migration to this operating system, Microsoft put in place the name Vista Capable. Computers that were affixed this label were therefore able to rotate correctly Vista despite their relatively modest configuration, namely, a processor running at 800 MHz or higher, 512 megabytes of RAM and a graphics card that supports DirectX 9.
A group of consumers in the United States felt that designation abusive and had just been allowed to bring the case before the courts as part of a collective action, called class action across the Atlantic.
Misleading marketing campaign?
This case was initiated by a complaint last year by two consumers who felt cheated by simply Vista Capable logo. According to them, computers running OS XP sold with the logo were able to run only a basic version of Vista, without taking care of all the graphic features of the latter and its user interface Aero. Microsoft would thus not been sufficiently explicit on this subject, even though the company has always advocated for having put in place a more suitable label called Vista Premium Ready, configurations dedicated to higher-end, namely a processor d at least 1 GHz, 1 GB of RAM and a hard drive with 15 GB 40 GB free.
What interests Justice also is not so much to rule on the disappointment caused by the label Vista Capable among consumers, but rather whether Vista Capable, Microsoft has caused artificial demand for computers during the holiday period end of 2006 and inflation of prices for computers unable to run a "full" of Vista, said Judge Marsha Pechman to the Associated Press.
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