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| Thread ID: 137053 | 2014-05-19 08:50:00 | Windows 8 Pricing | Nick G (16709) | PC World Chat |
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| 1375256 | 2014-05-21 07:26:00 | The way to look at it is. I had Windows XP for about 6 years. Sop if you divide the $150 by 6 you get $25 a year or 50 cents a week. So is it worth 50 cents a week to have the latest operating system ? I'd say yes. I say no it should run for 10 years to make it cost effective |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1375257 | 2014-05-21 07:42:00 | I say no it should run for 10 years to make it cost effective I cringe at running the same OS for ten years :horrified |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1375258 | 2014-05-21 08:42:00 | Why I expect everything to have a minimum 10 year working life if I'm being expected to pay money for it, except cellphones. | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1375259 | 2014-05-21 08:44:00 | Why I expect everything to have a minimum 10 year working life if I'm being expected to pay money for it, except cellphones. Few electronics would have a lifespan that long... |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1375260 | 2014-05-21 08:46:00 | But they should this throw away society has f*&^ed the land and the sea | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1375261 | 2014-05-21 22:30:00 | But they should this throw away society has f*&^ed the land and the sea Then you need to pay 5x-10x the price for something that IS designed to last 10 years & is designed to be easily & cheaply repaired. Most consumers wont , they want the cheapest . So the market for that sort of thing is limited & expensive. How many consumers are paying $800 for a home Laser printer . Almost zero. They buy a $100 laser printer instead & throw it away when the drum needs replacing. If you are truly concerned about the throw away society, never buy new, just buy old used devices. I bought a HP LJ5 Laser Printer for $10 on trademe. That was designed to last 10 years . Be more concerned about packaging waste, thats what ends up in the sea. E-waste in inconsequential in comparison . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1375262 | 2014-05-21 23:43:00 | I cringe at running the same OS for ten years :horrified C'mon mate - you may be young but you're not stoopid - XP is still the best O/S ever designed and it's older, yeah? | Greg (193) | ||
| 1375263 | 2014-05-21 23:48:00 | C'mon mate - you may be young but you're not stoopid - XP is still the best O/S ever designed and it's older, yeah? XP, best? Are you kidding? :p | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1375264 | 2014-05-22 04:19:00 | I am surprised that some of you are not still driving cars with a man walking in front with a red flag :) My first machine ran on Basic. Since that I have updated and learned to use most new systems as they came along and I cannot think of any time I wanted to revert to an older system. I currently use Win 8.1 and like it a lot. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1375265 | 2014-05-22 07:28:00 | I am surprised that some of you are not still driving cars with a man walking in front with a red flag :) My first machine ran on Basic. Since that I have updated and learned to use most new systems as they came along and I cannot think of any time I wanted to revert to an older system. I currently use Win 8.1 and like it a lot. I currently use Win7 and win 8.1.1 and Win 7 wins every time as it doesn't have a second OS running behind it with a kindy school screen |
gary67 (56) | ||
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