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I went to the local computer store looking around, and I saw that they still sold the full version of Windows 98SE for $189, while Windows XP Home is $199. This is ridiculous. This wasnt nearly as surprising as when I saw that they still sols Windows NT 4.0 for $300. Im not sure if MS is trying to
A. Promote use of XP over 98SE
B. Cheat people out of their money on an outdated product
C. Prove that upgrading to XP home from 98SE, and XP Pro from NT 4.0 will have no true benefits
D. Force people to consider using the nwer product.
E. All of the above
This isn't a new phenomonon here. And, really, M$ has nothing to do with it. It seems that, not too long after Win XP went retail, the demand for earlier iterations of Windows, in particular Win 98, has picked up greatly. When XP was released, you couldn't find any Win 98 boxed sets in the stores. Now it's everywhere. It's pretty obvious isn't it? There are
a lot of folks out there who don't want XP - and its WPA, spyware, nagware, security holes, the endless patching. Unfortunately, they can't seem to make a clean break with all things M$, and so they're driving up demand for Win 98, 98SE, and Win2K.
Also, I went to a Best Buy last week, and guess what? Right there in the computer dept. boxed sets of Linux, Mandrake, SuSE, and Red Hat were featured prominently on the racks. :eek: Win XP boxed sets were located off to one side, and on the lowest shelves. Usually, it was
always Linux that was kept on those out-of-the-way shelves. Nice turn around there
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