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Why did Microsoft do it?

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Russell Evans
Russell Evans
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Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
In reply to migibson99, 5 months ago

migibson99 wrote:

Russell Evans wrote:

What is forcing you to use Win8?

Thank you
Russell

For existing users of W7, nothing, but have you tried to buy a new PC or laptop without W8 installed? Not easy to do.

https://www.dell.com/us/p/desktops.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn&~ck=mn#!facets=228279~0~14814752&p=1

https://www.dell.com/us/p/laptops.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn&~ck=mn#!facets=228279~0~14814752&p=1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=100019095&isNodeId=1&Description=windows+7&x=18&y=18

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=100017489&isNodeId=1&Description=windows+7&x=0&y=0

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Desktops/Desktops?SearchParameter=%26%40QueryTerm%3D*%26CategoryUUIDLevelX%3DOp0QxXjbaUcAAAE0eehcZzOt%26os_compare_dte2%3DWindows%2B7%2BHome%2BPremium%2B64%26%40Sort.TieredPricing%3D0&PageSize=15

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/Laptops?SearchParameter=%26%40QueryTerm%3D*%26CategoryUUIDLevelX%3DjeEQxXjbj14AAAE0syxcZzOW%26os_compare_dte2%3DWindows%2B7%2BProfessional%2B64-bit%26%40Sort.TieredPricing%3D0&PageSize=15

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=windows+7+desktop

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=windows+7+laptop&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Awindows+7+laptop

Thank you
Russell

Edited 5 months ago by Russell Evans
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Why did Microsoft do it?
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Simple!
Zone8
5 months ago
Fear
malch
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
skyglider
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
VirtualMirage
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
Sean Nelson
5 months ago
Wow that's a lot of hate
bhD7000
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
tocar
5 months ago
Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
Simon Garrett
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
malch
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
dradam
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
Archer66
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
jamesdak
5 months ago
you can buy limited success I guess
tko
5 months ago
Re: you can buy limited success I guess
Archer66
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more - Baloney
bhD7000
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more - Baloney
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
RedFox88
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
Don_Campbell
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft isn't in the top 4 any more
RedFox88
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
offroadcmpr
5 months ago
Why do you care ?
sjgcit
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
shuttershockwave
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
Russell Evans
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
migibson99
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
Russell Evans
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
jamesdak
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
migibson99
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
Russell Evans
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
migibson99
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
QuicksilverCA
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
harrygilbert
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
bhD7000
5 months ago
Microsoft is still top dog by a long shot, don't be mislead.
Richard
5 months ago
Re: Microsoft is still top dog by a long shot, don't be mislead.
kcbeatty
5 months ago
I wasn't
Richard
5 months ago
Re: I wasn't
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Re: I wasn't
malch
5 months ago
Another trend
Richard
5 months ago
Re: Another trend
malch
5 months ago
Re: Another trend
Richard
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
dmartin92
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
dmartin92
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
malch
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
Sean Nelson
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
harrygilbert
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
bhD7000
5 months ago
Re: the scary thing
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Re: I wasn't
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Re: I wasn't
malch
5 months ago
How about this.
Richard
5 months ago
Re: How about this.
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Re: How about this.
malch
5 months ago
Repeating lie does not make it true
CAcreeks
5 months ago
It is not a lie
Richard
5 months ago
Re: It is a lie
CAcreeks
5 months ago
Re: It is a lie
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: It is a lie
CAcreeks
5 months ago
Re: It is a lie
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: I wasn't
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: I wasn't
malch
5 months ago
Re: I wasn't
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: I wasn't
malch
5 months ago
Tech is where it is at.
Richard
5 months ago
Re: Tech is where it is at.
malch
5 months ago
Re: Tech is where it is at.
Sean Nelson
5 months ago
Re: Tech is where it is at.
malch
5 months ago
Ha too true
Richard
5 months ago
Re: I wasn't
bhD7000
5 months ago
Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share
CAcreeks
5 months ago
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share
plantdoc
5 months ago
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share
QuicksilverCA
5 months ago
Not bogus, still under 10 percent sinde 1967
Richard
5 months ago
Bogus statistics
CAcreeks
5 months ago
Re: Bogus statistics
Richard
5 months ago
Re: Not bogus, still under 10 percent sinde 1967
skyglider
5 months ago
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share
CAcreeks
5 months ago
Oh, that citing did not work out, lets go to another that agrees with your opinion.
Richard
5 months ago
Re: Oh, that citing did not work out, lets go to another that agrees with your opinion.
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Global statistics
ljfinger
5 months ago
Re: Global statistics - off net?
CAcreeks
5 months ago
Re: Global statistics - off net?
ljfinger
5 months ago
Nope...
Richard
5 months ago
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share
coffeeaddiction2012
5 months ago
Re: Richard: bogus statistic, Mac market share
Barry Fitzgerald
5 months ago
Apple always inflates their numbers
Scott Eaton
5 months ago
Re: Apple always inflates their numbers
ljfinger
5 months ago
Re: Apple always inflates their numbers
malch
5 months ago
Re: Apple always inflates their numbers
ljfinger
5 months ago
Re: Apple always inflates their numbers
hjulenissen
5 months ago
Pad too limited.
Richard
5 months ago
Re: Pad too limited.
hjulenissen
5 months ago
Apple dominates portables not towers
CAcreeks
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
Todd Ka
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
dmartin92
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
VirtualMirage
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
migibson99
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
VirtualMirage
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
VirtualMirage
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
VirtualMirage
5 months ago
Do you prefer Vista/7 UI to 98/XP?
CAcreeks
5 months ago
Re: Do you prefer Vista/7 UI to 98/XP?
VirtualMirage
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
dmartin92
5 months ago
Re: why Vista flopped
dmartin92
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
VirtualMirage
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
dmartin92
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
VirtualMirage
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
dmartin92
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
VirtualMirage
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
dmartin92
5 months ago
yesterday's ballgame
dmartin92
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
Sean Nelson
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
dmartin92
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
VirtualMirage
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
dmartin92
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
VirtualMirage
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
dmartin92
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
VirtualMirage
5 months ago
Re: Windows 8 is a step in the right direction
Todd Ka
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
kelpdiver
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
Don_Campbell
5 months ago
Don_Campbell: Why? And Skype
CAcreeks
5 months ago
Skype for Android, IOS, Windows phone
Jim Cockfield
5 months ago
Re: Skype for Android, IOS, Windows phone
CAcreeks
5 months ago
Re: Skype for Android, IOS, Windows phone
kcbeatty
5 months ago
Re: Skype for Android, IOS, Windows phone
Don_Campbell
5 months ago
Re: Skype for Android, IOS, Windows phone
Jim Cockfield
5 months ago
Re: Skype for Android, IOS, Windows phone
Don_Campbell
5 months ago
32 bit Fedora 16 download link...
Jim Cockfield
5 months ago
pavucontrol for Fedora...
Jim Cockfield
5 months ago
BTW, Kororaa is a great Fedora remix..
Jim Cockfield
5 months ago
Re: Why did Microsoft do it?
kcbeatty
5 months ago
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