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Re: windows 10 again..

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Max <max@val.morgan> wrote:
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> Windows will still be sold with new computers and separately.  The only 
> thing that will change is there will never be the situation experienced by 
> XP users who had to go out and buy a new OS.  I think they have learned from 
> that mistake.

  This 'problem' of having to buy a new OS - which BTW was/is also true
for Vista users - has mostly been a theoretical one.

  Most XP machines were too small - memory, CPU and disk wise - to run
Vista or later and for most of them, it was not economically feasible
or/and technically possible to upgrade the hardware.

  For the small minority where the hardware could be upgraded, the
'problem' was also theoretical, because the 'cost' of a new OS was
peanuts. For example when I needed to replace Vista [1] in May last year
(2015), a Windows 7 license was some 25 dollars. Big fsck-ing deal!

  So, I'm currently on 8.1 and will probably won't risk another
'upgrade' to 10, because 10 isn't ready for prime time (It's not even
ready for non-prime time!). If I need to upgrade to 10 (way) post July
this year, I'll take my chances or/and bite the bullet and fork the
needed dollars. YMMV and probably YMWV.

[1] For other reasons, I ended up buying a new 8.1 system, but that's
another matter.

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windows 10 again.. felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-02 16:38 +1100
  Re: windows 10 again.. SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2016-01-02 21:21 +1100
    Re: windows 10 again.. felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-02 22:36 +1100
    Re: windows 10 again.. "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-02 20:46 +0800
      Re: windows 10 again.. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-01-02 19:58 +0000
    Re: windows 10 again.. "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 06:38 +1100
      Re: windows 10 again.. "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-05 15:02 +0800
  Re: windows 10 again.. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-01-02 19:08 +0000
    Re: windows 10 again.. felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-03 10:31 +1100

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