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Hidden Fees Discovered For "Free" Windows 7 Upgrade

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nothing-is-free dept.

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?

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  1. Re:similar to Snow Leopard by Rogerborg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can you find "Microsoft" anywhere in the title or synopsis?

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