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Plus OS X is complete OS for one price.
Not only is the price for the various Win 7 crippleware still outrageous compared to OS X, but with OS X you get the entire OS for that much lower price. It's a double-strike against Microsoft's rip-off pricing.
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Plus OS X is complete OS for one price.  BillDem | 06/09/09
Aggregate update cost on Vista is $16.67  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 06/09/09
Huh?  Synthmeister | 06/09/09
Nice try, but...  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 06/09/09
And so Mac OS...  pairof9s | 06/09/09
Er...  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 06/09/09
Huh?!  pairof9s | 06/09/09
Huh!? I've got to side with Apple...  el1jones | 06/09/09
7 upgrades (thus far)  Jeremy-UK | 06/09/09
re: Huh?  M.R. Kennedy | 06/09/09
IF MSFT used Apple's numbering system  theoxygenthief | 06/09/09
@theoxygenthief  M.R. Kennedy | 06/09/09
@M.R. Kennedy  Axsimulate | 06/10/09
And Macs are $10 under Family Pac  Ken_z | 06/09/09
Puh-lease!  wineaux | 06/09/09
Uh, OS X 10.5 has had, what, 7 updates?  HypnoToad72 | 06/09/09
.7  Jeremy-UK | 06/09/09
How well does OSX run on a PC  GuidingLight | 06/09/09
Mac price  Jeremy-UK | 06/09/09
*Golf Clap*  Sleeper Service | 06/10/09
Volume?!  Jeremy-UK | 06/10/09
Jeremy...  Sleeper Service | 06/11/09
Sleeper Fanboyz: Stop your nonsense...  zooyiiyaa | 06/11/09
Then you waste your time.  Jeremy-UK | 06/13/09
Upgrade Pricing  kilkenny | 06/09/09
kilkenny - LOL! I say kilcartman!! (NT)  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 06/10/09
Thats a pretty ignorant statement  baileysc | 06/09/09
Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!  NonZealot | 06/09/09
The 129 price tag of leopard is Ultimate.  mathcreative | 06/10/09
Apples and Oranges  trance2tec | 06/09/09
Apple is ripping off it's users  mdemuth | 06/09/09
Apple prices  prof123 | 06/14/09
Dream on?  Synthmeister | 06/09/09
XP SP2 and Vista SP1  jepzilla | 06/09/09
And yet...  pairof9s | 06/09/09
Stunk?  medezark@... | 06/09/09
But you have paid for upgrades before  jdbukis@... | 06/09/09
Windows has sported 64-bit five years . . .  jjworleyeoe | 06/09/09
64  Jeremy-UK | 06/09/09
Virtualize that mother....  JoeMama_z | 06/09/09
Jeremy...  Sleeper Service | 06/10/09
And yet...  kilkenny | 06/09/09
Kernels  theoxygenthief | 06/09/09
What's your point?  Sleeper Service | 06/10/09
Utter nonsense. SnowLeopard is *STILL* not a 64-bit OS  de-void | 06/09/09
64 bit pain.  Jeremy-UK | 06/09/09
re: 64-bit pain.  M.R. Kennedy | 06/09/09
64 bit pain.  Jeremy-UK | 06/10/09
re: re: 64-bit pain.  M.R. Kennedy | 06/10/09
I swear, sometimes I think y'all just like to read your rantings!  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 06/10/09
@M.R. Kennedy  Jeremy-UK | 06/13/09
I have been running Vista x64 since 11/2006  honeymonster | 06/10/09
Big fat rotten oranges  theoxygenthief | 06/09/09
re: Big fat rotten oranges  M.R. Kennedy | 06/09/09
So if what makes an upgrade an upgrade....  JoeMama_z | 06/09/09
re: So if what makes an upgrade an upgrade....  M.R. Kennedy | 06/10/09
No  bishopsumo | 06/24/09
But David, you get what you pay for  NonZealot | 06/09/09
And by your logic reading your posts is the worst thing one can do! (NT)  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 06/10/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  neilford_z | 06/09/09
Snow Leopard and Windows 7 are very different beats  jepzilla | 06/09/09
a small list  elllroy | 06/09/09
wow  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 06/09/09
Do some research  pairof9s | 06/09/09
RE: Do some research  vince7@... | 06/09/09
Then why are you paying for Win7?  Richard Flude | 06/09/09
Uh....might it be something called a Dell Laptop used for work?  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 06/10/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  neilford_z | 06/09/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco...Not...Uh YES  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 06/10/09
My failure  jepzilla | 06/09/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  meeyanpeat | 06/09/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  vince7@... | 06/09/09
Answer to your question  M.R. Kennedy | 06/09/09
Re: Answer to your question  vince7@... | 06/09/09
Really?  medezark@... | 06/09/09
Vista on a laptop.  theoxygenthief | 06/09/09
You are, as they say...  zenotek | 06/09/09
Same experience  honeymonster | 06/10/09
@vince 7  M.R. Kennedy | 06/09/09
Question is irrelavant.  mathcreative | 06/10/09
re: Question is irrelavant {sic}  M.R. Kennedy | 06/10/09
Memory issues?  frabjous | 06/12/09
Cheap!  Jeremy-UK | 06/13/09
Suck ye not  johnfenjackson@... | 06/09/09
Mac vs. PC Upgrade Commercials  jjworleyeoe | 06/09/09
I agree, great strategy  baileysc | 06/09/09
$725 million  theoxygenthief | 06/09/09
Windows 7 "glorified maintenance upgrade" new features  honeymonster | 06/09/09
NT 6.1.7100 -- Win 7's Kernel  theoxygenthief | 06/09/09
A few points  Richard Flude | 06/09/09
The real list of features and responses.  i8thecat | 06/09/09
Full analysis  theoxygenthief | 06/09/09
The point was that Windows 7 is a BIG step up from Vista  honeymonster | 06/10/09
LOL!  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 06/10/09
Off-topic Sounds like a Fanboy ad  bishopsumo | 06/24/09
Exhaustive, but error-ridden  frabjous | 06/12/09
Real Price  Mectron | 06/09/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  stevejg61 | 06/09/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  rstcomp | 06/09/09
No, this is not an upgrade - it's a test...  Just True | 06/09/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  Jeremy-UK | 06/09/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  kevinet | 06/09/09
Hardly the Same  jpr75_z | 06/09/09
Hardly the Same.  mathcreative | 06/10/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  Daves3 | 06/09/09
$30 ? ... No, Free  bishopsumo | 06/24/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  Daves3 | 06/09/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  Daves3 | 06/09/09
Well lots of people took the time to list Win7 fixes and enhancements....  JoeMama_z | 06/09/09
Agreed  honeymonster | 06/10/09
yawn. I'm a user. Not a developer or an MS shill. YAWN! (NT)  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 06/11/09
MS Apologists....  mrs1622 | 06/10/09
re: MS Apologists....  M.R. Kennedy | 06/10/09
Not convinced...  mrs1622 | 06/10/09
re: Not convinced...  M.R. Kennedy | 06/10/09
Protected its customer base? How?  bmonster | 06/10/09
Protected its customer base? How?  mrs1622 | 06/10/09
There are OS X botnets.  Sleeper Service | 06/11/09
Really?  Jeremy-UK | 06/13/09
What Protects Macs?  dwashburn | 06/11/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  Jeremy-UK | 06/10/09
This isn't a jibe  honeymonster | 06/10/09
That's interesting  Jeremy-UK | 06/13/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  dptcreations@... | 06/10/09
Get a crash helmet dptcreations...  i8thecat | 06/10/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  mrs1622 | 06/10/09
Hey, where are the Ubuntu fan-boys? (warning: Troll Post)  Azathoth | 06/10/09
automagically?  dwashburn | 06/11/09
Uh, in case you didn't know, Open Office is Magical!  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 06/11/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  boredguy8 | 06/10/09
We make up for it in productivity.  i8thecat | 06/10/09
My MacBook Pro is faster than most new Dells and I've had it since 12/06!  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 06/11/09
RE: Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco  non-sequitur | 06/10/09
What fiasco are you talking about?  Cayble | 06/11/09
Microsoft is given what they have garnered.  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 06/11/09
What are you on about?  GetReal-mac.com | 06/11/09
You need to change your name. You need to Get Real!  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 06/11/09
Or could it be  Chiatzu | 06/12/09
Microsoft marketed its way to the top of the heap...  Jeremy W | 06/13/09
Patently false  frabjous | 06/13/09
Where is the value?  richdave | 06/11/09
Yes. Puleeze stop posting about Apple Macs until you own one.  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 06/11/09
RE: Yes. Puleeze stop posting about Apple Macs until you own one.  richdave | 06/12/09
Again.....  frabjous | 06/13/09

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