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cost of windows 7, and 2014???

I bought my current pc back in 2004 with XP. And it looks like XP support will run into April 2014?

What is the point for consumers to buy a new OS? Everything I could want runs on XP. And if theres something thats amazing which doesnt run on XP, so what? I'll just do without. I already have many games on my Playstation 2, with no need for upgrading that either.

I really think its about time companies got around the overcharging thing. There are enough competitors (even within Microsofts OLD offerings), that are sufficient to not need a new OS for a long time to come.

As a consumer, will I really be too concerned about support ending in April 2014? The reality will probably be that my hardware will be the factor that causes me to upgrade. If that ever fails, I think only THEN would I consider "upgrading", if the repairs are uneconimical to do.

Until then, sorry, but Vista, Windows 7, and by 2014, Windows 10 possibly will be given a big PASS.

Posted by: roberto_maietta@...   Posted on: 05/20/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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