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Microsoft rolled out on October twelve a partial list of third-party peripherals and software program that may be certified to interoperate with Windows Vista in time for the vacation season. However the organization nonetheless has but to drop the a lot larger shoe, by announcing the Vista coupon offer that it will offer with its Computer partners to entice customers to get Vista-ready machines, although Vista won't launch officially until January 2007. Microsoft is expected to unveil the technical-guarantee coupon offer later this month. But no one at the Digital Life show,Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus, at which Microsoft made the Vista compatibility announcement today, uttered a peep about the pending plan. The lack of coupon specifics didn't stop analysts with the Gartner Group (whose track record on Vista predictions lately has been pretty dismal, I have to note) from pouring cold water on Microsoft's coupon plans. If Microsoft and its partners do end up charging shoppers who acquire XP Home Edition now the rumored $49 fee to upgrade to Vista Home Basic and $79 to Vista Home Premium, "it is doubtful whether the Express Upgrade system might be able to drive consumer Computer sales this vacation time," said the Gartner analysts,Microsoft Office 2010 Professional, via a blog entry. "But if the PCs bought with Windows Media Center will probably be entitled to a free upgrade coupon, then Microsoft could persuade some of the consumers 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, negating the value of any kind of tech-guarantee coupon deal for even small-business buyers. At Digital Life, Michael Sievert,Microsoft Office 2010 Professional, corporate vice president of Windows Client Marketing,Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, took the wraps off a listing of more than 250 hardware and software 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,Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, 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 will probably 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 nonetheless remains to be seen, of course.) Even though Microsoft has been talking about Vista for a long time, at last, "this launch is upon us," Sievert told attendees.