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Windows 10 free, a con?

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  • esuhl
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    RumRat wrote: »
    At the end of the day, it's always going to be a personal choice and no one would deny that to any user.

    You'd think that no one would deny that right, yet some would hurl abuse at anyone who has a different opinion... :p
  • prowla
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    RumRat wrote: »
    Seems there are some double standards there, but, I forgive you..
    This seems to have run it's course and hopefully it will have given people an opportunity to look deeper and decide what they want and don't want.
    At the end of the day, it's always going to be a personal choice and no one would deny that to any user.
    I'm glad you recognise that.
  • RumRat
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    esuhl wrote: »
    You'd think that no one would deny that right, yet some would hurl abuse at anyone who has a different opinion... :p
    I know....You need to stop that now though...:)
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  • RumRat
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    prowla wrote: »
    I'm glad you recognise that.
    :grouphug:.......................:beer:
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  • [Deleted User]
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    prowla wrote: »
    The OS wasn't free, it was included in the price.

    I wasn't talking about the OS.

    I was talking about MS Office.
  • [Deleted User]
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    agrinnall wrote: »
    I think you'll find that the price of the netbook was jacked up to cover the cost of supplying Office

    Well, I only paid a shade over £200 for the netbook, so, given it came with Windows 8 (with a free upgrade to 8.1, then 10) and MS Office, the machine itself must cost a few dozen pounds, at most.
    unless it was supplied with an old (probably pre-2010) version.

    Nope, 2013.
  • prowla
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    Bedsit_Bob wrote: »
    I wasn't talking about the OS.

    I was talking about MS Office.
    Ah.

    That too.
  • [Deleted User]
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    prowla wrote: »
    Ah.

    That too.

    The Laptop cost £220.

    Given it included Win 8 (with a free upgrade to 8.1 and now 10), and a full version of Office 2013, how much did the actual hardware cost?
  • enfield_freddy
    enfield_freddy Posts: 6,147 Forumite
    well just had a customer tell me that he inserted a DVD , and he was forwarded to Microsoft "apps" to pay £11.85 for the DVD player app
    DVD player

    he is now using VLC player FOC


    windoze 10 might be free , but they like to charge for their apps
  • [Deleted User]
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    I never use anything but VLC, for playing DVDs and video files.
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