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Windows 7 Will Be Free For a Year
Barence writes "Microsoft is effectively giving away Windows 7 free for a year with the launch of the Release Candidate. The Release Candidate is now available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and will go on unlimited, general release on 5 May. The software will not expire until 1 June 2010, giving testers more than a year's free access to Windows 7. 'It's available to as many people who see fit to use it, although we wouldn't recommend it to just your average user,' John Curran, director of the Windows Client Group told PC Pro. 'We'd very strongly encourage anyone on the beta to move to the Release Candidate.'"
To be honest I find more bugs and issues with Ubuntu 9.4 then I have with Vista. At least with Vista I don't get Garbage spread across my screen, if I use any 3d Exceleration.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Please don't buy an Apple or upgrade from XP to Ubuntu :)
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Sorry, wish it were true, but its not, which is why I'm going XP on the PC I'm building in a week. You see you have to buy an OEM installed Vista PC, which means those that buy retail or system builders and actually gave MSFT more money would be screwed if they bought Vista. Nice huh? Way to make sure all the little shops that buy your product don't touch Vista MSFT!
If they wouldn't have pulled this little "fuck you" I would have actually bought Vista Home premium 64bit to enjoy more than 4Gb of RAM and then switched when 7 came. Since i would actually like to have an OS next month instead of some time limited deal it looks like I'll be using this XP Pro retail that I have had since XP SP2. But since guys like me don't qualify for the free 7 upgrade when Vista gets dumped in the WinME bin, I guess MSFT doesn't want my money! Oh well, more money for hardware. There are tons of little mom & pop shops that build PCs and support your product MSFT. Not too smart to screw us all over when you need as many folks as possible pushing your new OS after your Vista fuck up.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
lets see, i been using computers for over 10 years now, i use slackware i know after i install windows it will write to the mbr, boot a slackware install cd point it to your slackware install on the harddrive root=/dev/sda5 rdinit =read-only then it boots your installed system then run /sbin/lilo and BAM! right back on to the MBR is your linux boot loader, and yes i did select the correct disk partition for windows...
this is not a case of PEBKAC it is a case of microsoft not giving a damn because they are the 800 pound gorilla on the block...
so fuck microsoft, i wont ever waste any more time or money with their product on my good PCs, i have a PC sitting in the back of the office with XP on it, some junk second hand PC i picked up for almost nothing, i dont leave it connected to the net because i know what a completely vulnerable piece of crap it is...
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