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Upgrade Trick Still Present In Vista SP1

Posted by kdawson on from the pricing-is-an-art dept.

Chris Blanc writes "The new Service Pack 1 version of Windows Vista allows end users to purchase the 'upgrade edition' and install it on any PC — with no need to purchase the more expensive 'full edition.' The same behavior was present when Vista was originally released, but the fact that the trick wasn't removed from SP1 suggests that Microsoft executives approved the back door as a way to make the price of Vista more appealing to sophisticated buyers."

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  1. Re:Ahhh upgrade... by Teflon_Jeff · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't need to upgrade, XP is already superior to Vista.

    --
    "Teach a man to build a fire, and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life."
  2. Re:Sophistication? by GbrDead · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, it does matter when by using a specific operating system and software you support an abusive monopolist which holds the entire computing world back.

    Oh, and... fuck you, too.

  3. Microdot by krelian · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't think there is any other site in existence that covers Microsoft as throughly as slashdot. Hell, their are more Microsoft posts then Linux posts.

    Slashdot has become a twisted version of a Microsoft fan site only instead of attracting fellow fans the goal of all these posts is so that everyone and his grandmother can repeat the same old washed up anti Microsoft slogans.

    Aren't you bored already?