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Hidden Fees Discovered For "Free" Windows 7 Upgrade
An anonymous reader writes 'Thousands of recent computer purchasers who are expecting to receive free upgrades to Windows 7 when it is released on October 22 may be surprised to learn that some big computer makers are quietly tacking on hefty processing fees as high as $17 to mail out those disks to some buyers.' How about they process $0 to click a link and download a file?
When I mentioned this to my office colleague, he said $17 was a quite a bargain if that's what it takes to it makes Vista go away.
It definitively does not cost $17 to server 3 gluon-bits (gb) to a customer. Neither does it cost much to serve 3 GiB to a customer.
And if bandwidth is that much of a problem then serve it over a password-protected bittorrent. Or non-protected bittorrent, relying on the windows key for security.
Not the dreaded upgrad fees! Those sound expensive!
While not the free promised, the terms hefty and $17 haven't been used together since the 1930s.
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How to burn the ISO?
I burned three already. The wife's cat is charred and my fingers have bad blisters.
And I still cannot upgrade after three reboots!
--If you are not of the computer literate and want to upgrade to Windows 7, the $17 shiny thing seems like a bargain.
--If you are of the computer literate and don't know a method for downloading the Windows 7 iso, turn in your Slashdot ID; you are banished.
Every mans' island needs an ocean; choose your ocean carefully.
But, yeah a download or something would be a neat idea, but then it would likely be hacked in like 2 seconds.
As opposed to any other software ever released by MS?
I am the lawn!
Well, they do tend to be designed to increase surface area(without increasing tissue volume) and thus radiate more heat, so technically...
"Thousands of recent coMputer purchasers who are expectIng to reCeive free upgRades tO WindowS 7 when it is released On October 22 may be surprised to learn that some big computer makers are quietly tacking on heFTty processing fees as high as $17 to mail out those disks to some buyers"
Where's my dubloon?
Ubuntu is part of a non-profit organization, funded by an extremely rich man. Windows-based OEM's don't quite have that benefit.
Can't you just put $25 from your checking account in savings and use the credit card to buy groceries? I hate the MIR dance as much as anyone does, but you win if you get the rebate.
That's a great idea but what if the person wants to be a victim rather than someone inconvenienced? :/
(Well, almost. I have had a couple of rare ones at the $25 level. But they were almost free.)