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Judge Declines to Dismiss Vista Lawsuit

Posted Aug 8, 07 6:00 PM CDT in Business,  Technology,  US 

(Newser) – A federal judge has denied Microsoft's motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging its "Vista Capable" campaign misled consumers, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Although PCs bearing "Vista Capable" stickers run the new OS, many can handle only the bare-bones Vista Home Basic system, which lacks highly touted features included in premium versions.

A federal district judge in Seattle issued the ruling after hearing oral arguments today. The suit centers on the 2006 pre-holiday push to move PCs even though Vista wasn't released until January. "It runs Vista," a Microsoft lawyer says, but "doesn't run the version of Vista that they wish it did."

Source Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Lawyer for Microsoft, Stephen Rummage defends the miscommunication. "It runs Vista," he said. It just "doesn't run the version of Vista that they wish it did."   (Shutterstock.com)
Some machines, marked with "Vista Capable" stickers are only capable of running Windows Vista Home Basic, a stripped down version missing many of the features associated with the Vista brand.   (Getty Images)
Windows Vista Ultimate edition, off-limits to certain machines despite "Vista Capable" stickers, which the plaintiffs argue constitutes a violation of federal warranty law.   (Flickr; Creative Commons)
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