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Mesh pays punters to upgrade to Windows 7
LONDON BASED Mesh Computers says it won't just be giving its customers a free upgrade to Windows 7, it will be paying them a fiver to take it.
The British retailer reckons it's only fair that punters who splash out on a new PC before Windows 7 officially launches should be given a free upgrade to the brand spanking new operating system, and hopes a £5 bonus discount will help sweeten the deal.
Tony Riccardi, Mesh's Sales and Marketing Director said, "In these tough economic times, the total cost of supplying a PC has become a key issue for system manufacturers and any improvement that leads to fewer support calls is something that we welcome." In a not so veiled attack on Windows Vista, Riccardi added, "Mesh believes that Windows 7 is a huge improvement".
Riccardi said Mesh's R&D teams have been "working closely with Microsoft on the development of Windows 7" and that "the result of that collaboration has been an increase to performance and stability."
That may or may not be true, but think of all the pick and mix you can buy with a fiver! µ
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I bet the closest you have ever been to actually using OS X was at a Best Buy store. As far as OS structure and the likes as to why Unix based OSs or more secure than Windows that needs a registry system I am sure you are clueless too.
Other than that, quit talking out you arse.
this sounds like it would be a good deal if you wanted to buy windows 7, or if their windows 7 was the same price or even alreay cheaper than other sellers of windows 7.
I had an email from novatech who were advertising a free upgrade to 7 if you bought a system from them that has vista on it, although i cannot remmeber if it was just for recently bought pc's
"Poor security and constant threats of virus/trojan infection? Lack of any included productivity software? I think that truly free, open-source products have a much higher net value to the consumer."
For sure... and Apple OSX is the most secure OS ever!!! .. why? cus noone can be arsed to write viruses for 5 ppl who use it. As for open sauce... so good you can't give it away.
I had one for 4 years at college after reading a review in Personal Computer World. It was a great deal and worked fine. If companies get the product right, do they really need gimmicks like this? I blow £5 out the back of my car in no time at all.
Less support calls cos it isn't crap is a great argument.
Wish more companies would follow suit and encourage punters to choose products which are not completely and utterly broken.
So if Mesh has correctly estimated the value of Windows 7 @ -£5, this would roughly equate to -$7-$8 US (perhaps where the "Windows 7" moniker came from in the first place, but they really should have called it "Windows minus 7").
However as they say, there is no such thing as a free lunch. What are the drawbacks that you need to be compensated $7-$8 for? Constant DRM and supervisory monitoring and enforcement from Microsoft? Poor security and constant threats of virus/trojan infection? Lack of any included productivity software? I think that truly free, open-source products have a much higher net value to the consumer.
I remember that face with a chill.
As a kid, going to school in Hodesden, Riccardi and his gang used to take my lunch money and threaten me with violets.
Years later, I got my own back by dressing in an animal costume and jumping out at him while he was jogging.
Paying people £5 to upgrade sounds a lot better than this Don Riccardi bloke turning up with shooters and a garotte.
Is it just me, or has he got the eyes of a killer?
I can use a fiver
Windows 7. So good we pay you to use it. Shesh :P
PLEASE PLEASE USE IT! I BEG YOU!