XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-09-03 10:17 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   When you buy the boxed product, you indeed get technical support if   
   anything goes wrong. I imagine that support is not available to people   
   who buy OEM licenses.   
      
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