>>Did you listen to anything Microsoft said about WIn8? And why do you think upgrades were $40?
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>I thought the upgrade at $40 was a good idea - which they rolled back to $100 +. So as Win 8 became more familiar as new boxes were sold with it, current Win7 users who might have been expected to consider upgrading would become less likely to do so as the price became steeper, and those early adopters who just couldn't wait to upgrade for whatever reason and would have paid $100 got it for $40.
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>I think MS is greatly in need of adult supervision.
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Perhaps they are just testing new models - trying to build pressure for the now yearly new release some hint at ?
More interesting IMO is when will they drop XP from the update offer ;-)