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Microsoft's Windows 7 Vista Replacement Plan
Jan 7, 2009, 18 :32 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (5391 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"And two, Microsoft is desperate to win its straying customers back from Macs OS and Linux-powered netbooks.

"If Microsoft is really serious about making amends to their customers though, this offer isn't enough.

"No, if Microsoft really wants to make its customers happy, they should do what my friend Jason Perlow suggests, "since Windows 7 is essentially a performance and usability fix for a defective product, I'm of the increasing opinion that a Windows 7 upgrade should be free to anyone who was conned into buying Windows Vista.""

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I'm trying to figure out how this is ...   uhm...   
Shaman
Jan 7, 2009, 18:50:11
 
> I'm trying to figure out how this  ...   Re: uhm...   
Carla Schroder
Jan 7, 2009, 20:23:07
 
Looks like Microsoft's plan is to av ...   Looks like Microsoft's plan is......   
SM
Jan 7, 2009, 22:46:40
 
I automatically upgrade to the latest Ub ...   Free upgrades with Linux..   
Aaron
Jan 7, 2009, 23:00:34
 
I think Windows 7 should be a free upgra ...   Windows 7/Vista bring nothing new to table   
Alex Chejlyk
Jan 7, 2009, 23:38:53
 
> Looks like Microsoft's plan is to  ...   Re: Looks like Microsoft's plan is......   
Ken Jennings
Jan 8, 2009, 00:19:17
 
notably less resources than Vista.  Some ...   I am hearing claims that Windows 7 will use   
Bernard Swiss
Jan 8, 2009, 03:51:36
 
I ordered a new Dell this week which has ...   ordered new Dell what should   
bj
Jan 10, 2009, 14:20:50
 
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