Microsoft sued over Vista branding – I Need an Upgrade?
Microsoft has come under attack for the way it advertises the Vista operating system. A lawsuit, filed in Seattle, alleges that the company advertised systems as “Vista capable,” when in fact the systems were not able to run Vista properly. The suit alleges that the marketing around Vista was designed to deliberately mislead potential customers.
According to the legal action, which was filed as a class action suit on Thursday, “consumers were falsely led to believe they would be upgraded to a dramatically new operating system bearing the key features marketed by Microsoft.” In particular, the court action highlights Microsoft’s “Express Upgrade” plan, which upgraded users from Windows XP to Vista Basic. This was an upgrade to Vista “in name only,” the suit alleged, and “not the functionality.” Microsoft said it had made extensive efforts to inform buyers about the hardware resources needed to run Vista.
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