Wait, you're saying that forcing people who want to use DVD playback to upgrade to the next highest tier of Windows so they can do so is the right decision?
The diagram shows that if you're running a Windows 8 version below Pro, which will be IIRC the Home version, and most people affected by this will be then you have to upgrade to the Pro version to be able to watch a DVD? And that's the right decision? This cost saving isn't going to be passed on to the consumer, when has that ever happened? Hell, Microsoft have just increased the prices of their software by 29% in the UK because of interest rate changes. Funny how interest rate changes never bring the price down again.
I see no innovation here besides a new way to gouge customers and to say that the DVD license is/was given away for free shows a fundamental misunderstanding of commerce.
What Microsoft are overlooking is that they are causing an increasing number of people to realise that they can get by perfectly well without them in an increasing number of areas. When you're SOP is to be late to every party, it's not a good idea to show people that there's no need to wait for you.
Strictly speaking they're correct. And by 'strictly' I mean, when they say they don't have enough memory, they're right. It's the difference between volatile (RAM) and non-volatile (HDD etc) memory. Which is why a swap file is the continuation of RAM by other means.
I find that worse, because they've arrived at the right words by the wrong route, so I have to say something like 'Yes, you're right, but what do you actually mean?'
... says he's not bald.
I like Vista because it's shiny and I make no apology for liking shiny things. Once you switch all the annoying stuff off it's pretty much XP with built-in WindowBlinds lite. That doesn't make it a worthy successor to XP.
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Wait, you're saying that forcing people who want to use DVD playback to upgrade to the next highest tier of Windows so they can do so is the right decision? The diagram shows that if you're running a Windows 8 version below Pro, which will be IIRC the Home version, and most people affected by this will be then you have to upgrade to the Pro version to be able to watch a DVD? And that's the right decision? This cost saving isn't going to be passed on to the consumer, when has that ever happened? Hell, Microsoft have just increased the prices of their software by 29% in the UK because of interest rate changes. Funny how interest rate changes never bring the price down again. I see no innovation here besides a new way to gouge customers and to say that the DVD license is/was given away for free shows a fundamental misunderstanding of commerce. What Microsoft are overlooking is that they are causing an increasing number of people to realise that they can get by perfectly well without them in an increasing number of areas. When you're SOP is to be late to every party, it's not a good idea to show people that there's no need to wait for you.
Strictly speaking they're correct. And by 'strictly' I mean, when they say they don't have enough memory, they're right. It's the difference between volatile (RAM) and non-volatile (HDD etc) memory. Which is why a swap file is the continuation of RAM by other means. I find that worse, because they've arrived at the right words by the wrong route, so I have to say something like 'Yes, you're right, but what do you actually mean?'
... says he's not bald. I like Vista because it's shiny and I make no apology for liking shiny things. Once you switch all the annoying stuff off it's pretty much XP with built-in WindowBlinds lite. That doesn't make it a worthy successor to XP.
It's the difference between illegal and immoral.