Re: OT Has w7 slowed down recently

On 12/05/2012 17:34, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article<rfWdnex0hsDSMjDSnZ2dnUVZ8oGdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, John
Rumm
<see.my.signature@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 11/05/2012 15:55, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2012 14:36:31 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller<miller@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Friday, May 11th, 2012, at 14:03:11h +0100, Roderick Stewart wrote:

Microsoft have evidently recognised the simple fact that if you want
to sell something successfully you have to make it easy for the
people you hope will buy it

By coercing PC manufacturers to pre-install it, and only it, on the
PC product being sold.

But who would buy a PC with anything else pre-installed? The few
people who don't like Windows probably want nothing pre-installed. The
last time I was buying a PC it cost extra for nothing!

As has been demonstrated by the return rates on many netbooks which were
available in windows and linux versions. Quite a significant minority
of the latter get returned and exchanged for the former. Presumably
just because it "different" or does not play the game on the CD their
mate lent them etc.

"Presumably" it means that some people chose in ignorance, or were mislead.

I would expect this to be true of most returners...

Although I'd be interested to know where you facts and figures come from.

Alas I don't recall all the sources, although I have read a few with similar claims. At one point (as you might expect) MS was making a big fuss over this. Dell had issues they reported on, but claimed that it was mainly a failing in their advertising. People bought machines attracted by the price, not realising they did not have windows. Some more on Dell's comments here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/12/dell_reality_linux_windows_netbooks/




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