Best Buy Didn’t Have My Windows Vista
Posted on January 31, 2007, under Development.
Yes, I went out to purchase Windows Vista today. Not really for myself, but more the company I work for. We are still small enough where getting a subscription to Microsoft isn’t really feasible. I have been using the betas up until now, so why not make it official? I went out to Best Buy to pick it up, easy enough right? Wrong! At this point I should tell you I am not Best Buy’s biggest fan. The employees at Best Buy treat every customer the same, like they couldn’t possibly be as intelligent as they are when it comes to technology.
It took me forever just to explain to them what version I wanted, they kept trying to convince me that Vista Business was what I wanted. When I finally explained to them that I was here for Vista Ultimate, I then had to get over the upgrade vs. full version fiasco. After 45 minutes, it turns out that this Best Buy didn’t even have Vista Ultimate but the Best Buy 45 minutes away had three. Furthermore they were not planning on getting it in.
I ended up going to Fry’s Electronics to pick up a copy, but seriously why on launch day does Best Buy not have the premium version of Vista? And why was no one on staff knowledgeable enough about the different versions to have a conversation with me?
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