XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-09-03 18:00, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 9/3/2025 7:23 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>> You're free to be a cheapskate all you want, don't judge me for   
   >>>>>>> doing the right thing, sheesh.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> The irony of someone who complains about the cost of Apple's   
   >>>>>> devices calling someone else a "cheapskate"...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> If overpaying for hardware to get great software support is a plus   
   >>>>> for Apple, good for them.  I prefer to think of Windows and Linux   
   >>>>> as being intended to reach a range of hardware, I can switch to   
   >>>>> Linux any time, but Microsoft is giving me a real choice that makes   
   >>>>> me want to indefinitely wait on that.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Way to utterly miss the point.   
   >>>   
   >>> I admitted that Mac enthusiasts have reason to get what they wish to   
   >>> get.   
   >>   
   >> The point is that you don't like the Mac because it costs too much (in   
   >> your opinion)...   
   >>   
   >> ...but decry someone as a "cheapskate" for not wanting to spend ten   
   >> times as much for a Windows license as he needs to.   
   >   
   >   
   > To get it the right way, what I paid is Microsoft's price including   
   > support I would never use, one can also get a System Builder license for   
   > a bit less.   
      
   And the story suddenly changes!   
      
   What support do you get when you buy a Windows 11 license?   
      
   I bet you can't quote it.   
      
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