Lawsuit Seeking Class Action Status Filed Against Microsoft on Vista
A lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against Microsoft Corp. by an end-user of its Windows Vista operating system for its labeling PCs “Windows Vista Capable” even when the operating system in use was Vista Home Basic.
The suit alleged that the company misrepresented the capacity of computers to run all the features of Vista. It quotes a senior vice president of Acer Jim Wong as commenting “Premium is the real Vista.”
It said pursuant to Microsoft’s Express Upgrade program, consumers purchasing ‘Windows Vista Capable’ computers were made to believe they would receive upgrades to Vista for little or no cost. However, the upgrade for many of these customers had been to Home Basic, which offers few advantages and few of the features that the company had marketed as Vista, like the Aero desktop and Flip 3D navigation.
Filed under Class Action, General Law
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