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fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

windows 10 stops being free on july 29

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Ceciltron
Jan 11, 2007

Text BEEP to 43527 for the dancing robot!
Pillbug
who cares

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

who the heck are you

Stringent
Dec 22, 2004


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r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

that's ok I stopped using windows 10 on may 25

Stereotype
Apr 24, 2010

College Slice
Oh good then everyone who was complaining that they were being forced to update can start complaining that they have to give Micro$oft money to upgrade.

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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windows 10 was never free OP, sounds like u haven't heard about GNU/Linux

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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oh stallman, 30 hard years of learning how much work goes into making even a crappy OS, yet still you bitch and moan about techno-alienation

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

Gazpacho posted:

windows 10 was never free OP, sounds like u haven't heard about GNU/Linux

whats that?

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
windows 10 isnt free though.

if I build a pc I have to pay like $150 for it
thats not free

treasure bear
Dec 10, 2012

echinopsis posted:

windows 10 isnt free though.

if I build a pc I have to pay like $150 for it
thats not free

$150 and it will still come with advertising

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

actually, windows 10 is free until july 29

Tankakern
Jul 25, 2007

thank god, maybe that horrible gwx shitpile can finally stop involuntarily update windows 7 systems worldwide

Doctor Goat
Jan 22, 2005

Where does it hurt?

echinopsis posted:

windows 10 isnt free though.

if I build a pc I have to pay like $150 for it
thats not free

Can you not just update a pirated copy of Windows 7/8 for a free key anymore? I thought they were specifically allowing that

jony ive aces
Jun 14, 2012

designer of the lomarf car


Buglord

echinopsis posted:

windows 10 isnt free though.

if I build a pc I have to pay like $150 for it
thats not free
just enroll in some university compsci course, download one off dreamspark then drop out before you have to pay tuition

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

error1 posted:

that's ok I stopped using windows 10 on may 25

"gently caress windows 10! I'm going to keep using Windows 7!"

years earlier...

"gently caress windows 7! I'm going to keep using Windows XP!"

years earlier...

"gently caress windows XP! I'm going to keep using Windows 98!"

eric
Apr 27, 2004
Lipstick Apathy
don't worry they'll be having specials like $10 Tuesdays in case you miss out.

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

i for one will be very surprised if windows 10 is not free on july 30

Syncopated
Oct 21, 2010

Stereotype posted:

Oh good then everyone who was complaining that they were being forced to update can start complaining that they have to give Micro$oft money to upgrade.

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

hmm, i should use one of my windows 7 keys to get an additional windows 10 upgrade before then

The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003

My Linux Rig posted:

years earlier...

"gently caress windows 7! I'm going to keep using Windows XP!"

nobody except for giant companies said this since 7 was an actual upgrade from XP

My Linux Rig posted:

years earlier...

"gently caress windows XP! I'm going to keep using Windows 98!"

again, nobody said this except for a handful of spergs who were mad because their dos games stopped working or because the lovely parallel port card they bought for $3 didn't have an nt driver

Fart.Bleed.Repeat.
Sep 29, 2001

Windows 10 will free my soul on July 29

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

The_Franz posted:

nobody said this except for a handful of spergs who were mad because their dos games stopped working or because the lovely parallel port card they bought for $3 didn't have an nt driver

and now a handful of spergs are mad about windows 10 cause omg my privacies!!!

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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upgrading an OS in place literally never works well. yes this includes mac

SO DEMANDING
Dec 27, 2003

My Linux Rig posted:

"gently caress windows 10! I'm going to switch to mac!"

years earlier...

~*~ glorious golden age of Windows 7 ~*~

years earlier...

"gently caress windows vista! I'm going to keep using Windows XP!"

years earlier...

"gently caress windows XP! I'm going to keep using Windows 2000!"

fixed

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
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i miss having 2000 after product names

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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My Linux Rig posted:

"gently caress windows 10! I'm going to keep using Windows 7!"

years earlier...

"gently caress windows 7! I'm going to keep using Windows XP!"

years earlier...

"gently caress windows XP! I'm going to keep using Windows 98!"
I literally did all of these. Except for the part where you equate free will with some kind of angry tantrum

Perplx
Jun 26, 2004


Best viewed on Orgasma Plasma
Lipstick Apathy

My Linux Rig posted:

"gently caress windows 10! I'm going to keep using Windows 7!"

years earlier...

"gently caress windows 7! I'm going to keep using Windows XP!"

years earlier...

"gently caress windows XP! I'm going to keep using Windows 98!"

i'm my small town computer store cj years almost all the work i did was:

98 to xp
vista to xp
xp and vista to windows 7

The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003

My Linux Rig posted:

and now a handful of spergs are mad about windows 10 cause omg my privacies!!!

no a lot of normal people are mad because ms took something that worked, changed things for no good reason under the orders of a bunch of disconnected middle managers and rammed it down people's throats

it's the same reason people generally avoided vista and 8

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

The_Franz posted:

no a lot of normal people are mad because ms took something that worked, changed things for no good reason under the orders of a bunch of disconnected middle managers and rammed it down people's throats

it's the same reason people generally avoided vista and 8

i'm the forced updates

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

The_Franz posted:

no a lot of normal people are mad because ms took something that worked, changed things for no good reason under the orders of a bunch of disconnected middle managers and rammed it down people's throats

it's the same reason people generally avoided vista and 8!!

years earlier...

The_Franz posted:

it's the same reason people generally avoided windows me!!

The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003

My Linux Rig posted:

years earlier...

yes win10 is bad like me, vista and 8

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!
*vague, cynical complaints that could be said about anything* and that's why I hate windows 10!

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!
I mean I get it, sometimes people hate things for dumb reasons but at least be specific about it

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

My Linux Rig posted:

I mean I get it, sometimes people hate things for dumb reasons but at least be specific about it

wasn't this also your argument in favor of bitcoins

Doctor Goat
Jan 22, 2005

Where does it hurt?
i hope something uses dx12 well. is the other future rendering tech stuff win10-only too?

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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My Linux Rig posted:

I mean I get it, sometimes people hate things for dumb reasons but at least be specific about it
I've Already Got One

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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You know ms has people on staff to promote its products right? Instead of promoting them on the internet you could like, go hiking. Take a hike

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

wasn't this also your argument in favor of bitcoins

no my argument for investing in bitcoin is that it went from being valued at 10 cents a coin to being valued at more than $600 a coin in just a few years

hard to argue with that

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GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

gently caress windows 10, i am going to keep using windows 8.1.

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