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Thread ID: 138771 2015-01-21 20:13:00 Whats the catch....Good idea....or not? ruup (1827) PC World Chat
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1392434 2015-01-21 20:13:00 www.bbc.co.uk

www.theverge.com

Windows 10....Free? :clap
ruup (1827)
1392435 2015-01-21 20:16:00 No catch - just getting with the program. Android and iOS upgrades are free.... johcar (6283)
1392436 2015-01-21 20:45:00 No catch - just getting with the program. Android and iOS upgrades are free....

Each new version of iOS is also free, you just pay for the hardware. OSX 10 (Yosemite) was also free from the get go. Mavericks was $9.99US. Microsoft is just playing Tail End Charlie as per usual.
Webdevguy (17166)
1392437 2015-01-21 21:03:00 Each new version of iOS is also free, you just pay for the hardware.
The Apple hardware AND the software are free, you just pay for the advertising and the legal team. ;)
R2x1 (4628)
1392438 2015-01-21 21:06:00 The Apple hardware AND the software are free, you just pay for the advertising and the legal team. ;)

Relative to the size of the company their advertising costs are actually pretty small compared to someone like... Microsoft. I think they spend more on R&D than they do on Advertising and Legal.
Webdevguy (17166)
1392439 2015-01-21 22:39:00 I see apple ads on tv all the time I don't see Microsoft ones gary67 (56)
1392440 2015-01-21 22:54:00 I see apple ads on tv all the time I don't see Microsoft onesMicrosoft have there ads on the program. Have you watched Hawaii 5o,nous etc. plod (107)
1392441 2015-01-21 23:20:00 I see apple ads on tv all the time I don't see Microsoft ones

Ever heard of product placement?
Webdevguy (17166)
1392442 2015-01-22 00:50:00 Ever heard of product placement?

Yep, see plenty of mac notebooks on TV. (good for them)
Dont see many TV programs with the actors walking around with an MS install CD
:banana

See plenty of very obviously made up(ie not real) OS's on monitors.
1101 (13337)
1392443 2015-01-22 00:56:00 www.youtube.com
^^ Windows Phone....

Not quite as cheesy as the Sony ones:
www.youtube.com
www.youtube.com
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