XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
From: nuh-uh@nope.com
On 2025-09-04 07:35, CrudeSausage wrote:
> 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.
Do you indeed?
Where is that guaranteed?
Here's the Microsoft page:
You know what I don't see there?
Any way to contact a PERSON or even an AI.
Nor do I see any restriction on who can USE the resources that are provided.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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