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The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

LastInLine posted:

had to dig for this thread idk if this is worth it

the ad-supported business model.docx.pif.exe

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The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

infernal machines posted:

"this product is fine because i can work around all the ways it is broken" are always my favourite posts

*immediately does clean reinstalls of windows on every new pc*

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

atomicthumbs posted:

the T450 appears to have a lovely M.2 SSD crammed into it for the sole purpose of being able to advertise it as an ultrabook



ultrabooks get promotional assistance (aka money) from Intel if you meet their spec, so putting in a joke SSD just to hit the bare minimum makes sense

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
lol at literally giving money to people that are actively installing security compromising adware on the product you're buying from them

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

eric posted:

Apple owns and without them we'd be using lovely Android phones with knockoff Blackberry keyboards.

lol android would be blackberry garbage with a trackball and keyboard if it wasn't for apple. we would probably be using the latest pocketPC windows phone with a stylus.

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

infernal machines posted:

as long long as it's the same release stream (e.g. home or pro or whatever) you an use a retail or oem key on either a retail or oem disc and it'll accept it and activate just fine. doesn't even have to be from the manufacturer of the machine you're using.

the only time you'll have any trouble is if you decide to nerd out and pull the key from the registy instead of using the one on the sticker. that's an oem slic key and it's bound to the slic data in the cmos, that will only activate if it's on the original hardware

lol, look at this janitor garbage. why do you idiots put up with this poo poo, is your time literally worthless?

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The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
you know what's worth an extra $50 of my hard-earned money? not having to reinstall windows. you know what's worth $500? not having to janitor windows ever.

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