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Microsoft rolled out on October twelve a partial checklist of third-party peripherals and software program that will be certified to interoperate with Windows Vista in time for your holiday time. However the corporation still has however to drop the significantly larger shoe, by announcing the Vista coupon deal that it'll give with its Computer partners to entice customers to buy Vista-ready machines, although Vista won't launch officially until January 2007. Microsoft is expected to unveil the technical-guarantee coupon deal later this month. But no one at the Digital Life show, at which Microsoft made the Vista compatibility announcement today, uttered a peep about the pending system. The lack of coupon specifics didn't stop analysts with the Gartner Group (whose track record on Vista predictions lately has been pretty dismal,Office Professional Plus 2010, I have to note) from pouring cold water on Microsoft's coupon plans. If Microsoft and its partners do end up charging shoppers who purchase XP Home Edition now the rumored $49 fee to upgrade to Vista Home Basic and $79 to Vista Home Premium,Office 2007 Download, "it is doubtful whether the Express Upgrade system is going to be able to drive consumer Pc sales this holiday season,Office 2007 Enterprise," said the Gartner analysts, via a blog entry. "But if the PCs bought with Windows Media Center will likely be entitled to a free upgrade coupon, then Microsoft could persuade some of the buyers to acquire Media Center PCs in the fourth quarter," Gartner added. Like many Microsoft watchers, Gartner is not expecting many businesses to upgrade to Vista in the near term,Office Professional 2010, negating the value of any kind of tech-guarantee coupon offer for even small-business buyers. At Digital Life, Michael Sievert, corporate vice president of Windows Client Marketing, took the wraps off a list of more than 250 hardware and software program products from over 50 vendors that already have received either the “Certified for Windows Vista” or “Works with Windows Vista” logo. Close to 100 percent of the PCs currently on retailers' shelves are at least Windows-Capable, said Justin Hutchinson, group product manager for Windows client, who participated in Sievert's keynote address. Sievert added that most hardware and software introduced over the past few years is going to be Vista-compatible; the new "certified for Windows Vista" and "Works with Windows Vista" marks are just designed to present users with an additional level of confidence. (Exactly which apps are and are not Vista-compatible still remains to be seen, of course.) Even though Microsoft has been talking about Vista for a long time, at last,Office 2010, "this launch is upon us," Sievert told attendees.