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I know privacy is wrong and being a victim of sucks, however why do microsoft price their product beyond the reach of ordinary people?

logicearth said:

rossmodel said:

I know privacy is wrong and being a victim of sucks, however why do microsoft price their product beyond the reach of ordinary people?

Because it cost millions to make. Not even counting the R&D that goes into it. Unless you need the features of Ultimate, Home Premium is enough for most people.

And because they are virtually a monopoly, the world is addicted to windows...

oh come on , lets just agree to the fact the its fun to use windows than using other OS'es

Exactly, its fun to use because we've been using it for donkeys years and are comfortable with it. If we had been on Linux all this while, windows wouldnt have been so much fun.

rossmodel said:

I know privacy is wrong and being a victim of sucks, however why do microsoft price their product beyond the reach of ordinary people?

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard, and I'm not targeting just you...but anyone who thinks this way. People will spend hundreds and even thousands on the hardware for a computer, but can't spend $100 on the OS that makes it all run? Yes, Home Premium OEM can be had for $99 from legit places.

Would you rather buy a Mac that costs up to double for what the same PC costs, and then be charged for what basically amounts to a service pack?

That all being said, go back through eBay to get your money refunded. Also contact Microsoft, because the big bad eveil empire that they are often gives people free licenses if they were victims of counterfieting.