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laneFeb 7th, 2007 - 05:34:06
I can't think of a reason why a price hike on tech support could be necessary. Vista is already more expensive than XP; hardware costs not included...
It really looks like Microsoft sees its customers more as cash cows than ever.
Gates is a marketing genious. Not only does he try to win over the youth by appearing on the Daily Show, but now all those kids are going to pick this up (assuming they don't download it from a torrent), are going to have issues running it after the 90 day period. Its like a car; just as soon as the warranty expires, here comes the blown transmission. Seriously, though, who is to say Microsoft didn't 'plant' some bugs in Vista to cause havoc after the 90 days, and make them so only they can remotely fix it?
I don't know about this Vista thing... XP is doing just fine for me, even without the Aero Glass interface. There are plenty of programs that can edit XP that make it look pretty sweet as it is, and not cost me $400.
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