XP costlier than Vista

A study commissioned by Microsoft says that the annual cost of running Windows Vista on mobile PCs was less than that of Windows XP. As per the study conducted by Wipro and GCR Custom Research, the total cost of ownership for Windows XP in a year was Rs 1,80,687 while that of Vista was Rs 1,55,882, a difference of about Rs 25,000. The resear-chers arrived at these estimates after taking into account annual costs of hardware, software, IT labour, and all other user costs. A Vista upgrade alone helps a user save Rs 10,291 per year because of security enhancements and hardware and software benefits. Microsoft is using the study results to further push Vista, which has had bad press in certain quarters since its release.