Interesting

bob3160 · 2013-10-23T13:22:32.000Z

Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid Operating Systems
When will Microsoft follow that trend ???

RZPogi · 2013-10-23T14:43:04.000Z

bob3160 post:2141:

Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid Operating Systems
When will Microsoft follow that trend ???

I think they might make the OS free but additional software like MS Office, and windows media center would be paid upgrades.
It may also decrease the price of computers with pre-installed windows.
If Microsoft charges Windows for nothing, that would end Windows piracy.

system · 2013-10-23T21:02:52.000Z

bob3160 post:2141:

Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid Operating Systems
When will Microsoft follow that trend ???

It’s much easier for Apple to do that since they are primarily a hardware seller. Microsoft is trying to move more in that direction but with limited success so far. They are still mostly software oriented.

bob3160 · 2013-10-23T21:17:43.000Z

Dch48 post:2143:

bob3160 post:2141:

Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid Operating Systems
When will Microsoft follow that trend ???

It’s much easier for Apple to do that since they are primarily a hardware seller. Microsoft is trying to move more in that direction but with limited success so far. They are still mostly software oriented.

Are you trying to make up an excuse for them ??? I’m sure they are already busy in a Corporate huddle
figuring out strategy of how to sidestep this issue.

system · 2013-10-24T02:04:24.000Z

bob3160 post:2144:

Dch48 post:2143:

bob3160 post:2141:

Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid Operating Systems
When will Microsoft follow that trend ???

It’s much easier for Apple to do that since they are primarily a hardware seller. Microsoft is trying to move more in that direction but with limited success so far. They are still mostly software oriented.

Are you trying to make up an excuse for them ??? I’m sure they are already busy in a Corporate huddle
figuring out strategy of how to sidestep this issue.

No excuse just a statement of fact as to how Apple and Microsoft are two different companies concentrating their marketing in different areas. Apple has always been about the hardware and their software only runs on their hardware. As a company that provides software to many other manufacturers and with very limited presence and success in the hardware market, Microsoft will find it much harder to provide what is their flagship offering for free.

bob3160 · 2013-10-24T13:26:56.000Z

The push has already started. ( Guess I wasn’t alone in my thoughts. )
The free-OS revolution: What Apple’s Mavericks move means for Windows

system · 2013-10-24T21:48:42.000Z

bob3160 post:2146:

The push has already started. ( Guess I wasn’t alone in my thoughts. )
The free-OS revolution: What Apple’s Mavericks move means for Windows

Not really, Bob, the article concludes that Apple is taking credit for something that MS did before them by giving 8.1 free to existing Win8 owners. The free Maverick update also only applies to users of specific OSX versions.

bob3160 · 2013-10-24T22:16:13.000Z

Dch48 post:2147:

bob3160 post:2146:

The push has already started. ( Guess I wasn’t alone in my thoughts. )
The free-OS revolution: What Apple’s Mavericks move means for Windows

Not really, Bob, the article concludes that Apple is taking credit for something that MS did before them by giving 8.1 free to existing Win8 owners. The free Maverick update also only applies to users of specific OSX versions.

Only time will tell how this will effect Microsoft.

system · 2013-10-24T23:50:39.000Z

bob3160 post:2148:

Dch48 post:2147:

bob3160 post:2146:

The push has already started. ( Guess I wasn’t alone in my thoughts. )
The free-OS revolution: What Apple’s Mavericks move means for Windows

Not really, Bob, the article concludes that Apple is taking credit for something that MS did before them by giving 8.1 free to existing Win8 owners. The free Maverick update also only applies to users of specific OSX versions.

Only time will tell how this will effect Microsoft.

That’s true. We’ll have to wait and see how it goes with Windows 9.

bob3160 · 2013-10-28T13:24:17.000Z

Good Morning From Meadow Lake, Los Lunas NM

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1382966510852-20627.png

bob3160 · 2013-10-29T00:45:46.000Z

This morning we had a beautiful Sunrise but I think this evenings Sunset is even nicer:

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1383007393552-38609.png

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1383007516259-18813.png

RompinRaider · 2013-10-29T01:15:26.000Z

bob3160 post:2151:

This morning we had a beautiful Sunrise but I think this evenings Sunset is even nicer:

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1383007393552-38609.png

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1383007516259-18813.png