Update: Blogger eat my HREFs! Please copy and paste URLs in brackets. Thanks Sergey for pointing this out.

Take a look at Sergey Chernyshev (http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/maps.html#44.439998,26.1|5|2)page. At this zoom level we already lost Yahoo!.

Play a litle with zoom and see what Google maps can handle. Search for your home

May be you can see may car?

And think about it: those are freely available images. Wonder what military can see…

US$233 for a basic home edition? Auch! I wonder how much for the corporate edition.

I have to think seriously to replace some of my desktop operating systems.

Probably not for the power users, but I should really check some of the task stations.

Update: Found some more price points on Neowin.net blog:

Windows Vista Ultimate is listed at $499 Canadian which translates into
$450.36 in USD.

Home Premium is listed at $299 or $269.86 USD, Vista Ultimate Upgrade is
priced at $299 or $269.86 USD, while Home Premium Upgrade is $199 or $179.60
USD.

Some more info from ZDnet:

On the business side, Microsoft listed Windows Vista Business at a price
that equates to $341 in U.S. currency, 7 percent less than what Microsoft
charges in Canada for Windows XP Professional.

Ok, now back to Romania. Using the same method as Ed Bott (i.e. comparing Romanian and US prices on XP and appling the same precentage to Ed’s prices on Vista) I expect Romanian list prices for Vista to be (in US dollars):

• Windows Vista Ultimate $379/$219
• Windows Vista Business $292/$197
• Windows Vista Home Premium $263/$159
• Windows Vista Home Basic $219/$113

Happy shopping!