Free Vista NOW!

For those of you who need a computer and just can't wait for Windows new operating system, Vista, to come out then your in luck. Maximum PC states in their November issue that OEMs will be shipping certificates for Vista in "Vista Capable" machines. I expect the included software will be the cheapest one, Windows Vista Basic. I suspect also that the machines are being shipped out of the manufacturers warehouses in October. To be sure of getting a certificate I would hold off as long as possible, probably about November. I doubt that the retailers will be very apolegetic if you don't get your free copy of Vista. But more importantly, why are they doing this? My hypothesis is that the manufacturers demanded that Microsoft do this so that they could try to soften the depression of computer sales that occurs when people are awaiting the next generation of anything. Who likes to be left in the dust when you thought you just bought the latest and greatest anyways?