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28. Bwahahaha true!

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Microsoft Said to Cut Windows Price 70% to Counter Rivals [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2014 OP

And it will still be overpriced.....Win 8 sucks. yourout Feb 2014 #1

It takes about 3 hours of tweaking and installing addons to make it work half right. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #2

Good luck getting rid of their SkyDrive crap jsr Feb 2014 #5

Try this. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #9

How about the SkyDrive Sync Engine? jsr Feb 2014 #15

Not on mine but then I never activated that crap to start with. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #16

What does the average bloke do to fix the thing. I wouldn't know a regedit if it loudsue Feb 2014 #33

I dated a reg edit. She was the editor for the university newspaper ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2014 #56

.... DeSwiss Feb 2014 #59

format c: usually works jmowreader Feb 2014 #60

Yup. n/t jtuck004 Feb 2014 #3

Still overpriced trash jsr Feb 2014 #4

wish Crepuscular Feb 2014 #6

Still needs a sign change. eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 #7

Bwahahaha true! CFLDem Feb 2014 #28

If they LOWERED the price by -70%, the cost would go up... Thor_MN Feb 2014 #36

If it sold for -70% of their competitor's price -- eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 #46

"Microsoft Said to Cut Windows Price 70%" Thor_MN Feb 2014 #47

Ubuntu is free. L0oniX Feb 2014 #8

Ubuntu pissed me off when they went to that Unity interface. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #11

Try Linux Mint and the Cinnamon desktop LuvLoogie Feb 2014 #19

I'm using Mint 16 X64 XFCE on one of my computers. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #21

I love Cinnamon 2.0 TroglodyteScholar Feb 2014 #58

You can still use Gnome sjdnb Feb 2014 #68

The last OS update from Apple was free and it does not suck. awake Feb 2014 #10

Unless you're a gamer. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #12

How is gaming on a mobile device using windows? awake Feb 2014 #13

Serious gaming not wasting time on Angry Birds. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #14

Some people enjoy playing Angry Birds awake Feb 2014 #18

some people game on a regular computer hobbit709 Feb 2014 #20

Do you use or need windows 8 to game on a PC? awake Feb 2014 #22

No, but my high end laptop came with it and was too much of a hassle to change OS hobbit709 Feb 2014 #24

I feel for you awake Feb 2014 #25

I find it kind of bizzarro world LiberalLovinLug Feb 2014 #44

Oh really? hobbit709 Feb 2014 #48

I have never worked at a place that used Macs. SolutionisSolidarity Feb 2014 #52

Apple security flaw could allow hackers to beat encryption IDemo Feb 2014 #61

Apple also included a massive bug in implementation of SSL. Thor_MN Feb 2014 #37

'To counter rivals'? No. To regenerate stalled sales of this odious OS. randome Feb 2014 #17

well put awake Feb 2014 #23

Oooohhh! So we can all buy the crummy Windows 8? AllyCat Feb 2014 #26

I gauge the success of an OS by the vitriol MyNameGoesHere Feb 2014 #27

I don't think Win 8 deserves as much hate as it gets, but the fact they refuse penultimate Feb 2014 #29

OMG MyNameGoesHere Feb 2014 #40

no Skittles Feb 2014 #41

That is exactly right, and it is more than that also. There are more clicks necessary to do things lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #43

"They were correct in removing it". That is why windows 8 isn't selling, because the leadership at lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #45

BS MyNameGoesHere Feb 2014 #65

I did not say apple did not have that attitude, and that is the problem, MSFT did the same thing. lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #66

I've missed it and so have the vast majority of consumers penultimate Feb 2014 #50

I don't know how much I can believe MyNameGoesHere Feb 2014 #64

Windows 8 must be really successful, then. Iggo Feb 2014 #32

The only problem with that metric is JoeyT Feb 2014 #35

The mind grieves. eom MyNameGoesHere Feb 2014 #39

They just don't get it, do they? It's 2007 all over again. PSPS Feb 2014 #30

Oh they get it all right Ratty Feb 2014 #34

I wouldn't want windows 8 if Microsoft paid me. LisaL Feb 2014 #31

So true. mimi85 Feb 2014 #51

The invisible hand of the market. JEFF9K Feb 2014 #38

Conveniently located in the bargain bin with K-Tel records and pet rocks 1000words Feb 2014 #42

Mocrosoft has been selling The Wizard Feb 2014 #49

I hope it dies so Gates has no money to fuck up public education anymore. yurbud Feb 2014 #53

:thumbsup: Agony Feb 2014 #57

Windows always felt like it was designed in former Soviet Union: the Trabant of operating systems yurbud Feb 2014 #54

Now it's Sybil, with multiple personalities that don't get along. ucrdem Feb 2014 #55

Alternate Releases Chris Diesel Feb 2014 #62

The problem with Win8 isn't the price, it's the lack of a touchscreen. Xithras Feb 2014 #63

You can smell desperation davidpdx Feb 2014 #67

The problem with Win 8 is that it is trying to hard sjdnb Feb 2014 #69