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Interesting. And this is the version of Windows that will be used by the kids in schools? Get 'em used to Bing and Edge at an early age, and they'll stick with those.

The folks at Microsoft are finally learning the lessons of the past 3 decades of computer marketing...

1 posted on 05/04/2017 3:08:35 PM PDT by dayglored
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2 posted on 05/04/2017 3:09:34 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

Just go to APPLE, and forget all about Microsoft!


3 posted on 05/04/2017 3:11:24 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: dayglored

Edge is a deal-breaker for me. I think that IE-4 was more robust and efficient. If Edge was my “only” choice I would choose no.


5 posted on 05/04/2017 3:21:26 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: dayglored

The saying “Use Edge and go to Bing will never catch on. Microsoft knows this and that is why they blocked their competitors.
Windows is Windows but Microsoft charges more or less for slight variations.


6 posted on 05/04/2017 3:27:14 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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I remember the days when Microsoft Windows bundled Internet Explorer essentially making it the only browser allowed to operate with its computer software. Other browsers could be loaded via a purchased disc or over very slow modems. They were sued for antitrust violations and finally settled without MS being broken up as a monopoly. I guess MS hasn’t learned the lessons of those early days of the internet.


7 posted on 05/04/2017 3:30:00 PM PDT by CedarDave (Proud member of Hillary's Deplorables class of 2016.)
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To: dayglored

the lessons of the past 3 decades of computer marketing...
“Don’t sell the product, sell the users- their marketable information.”

IHa! I was re-watching one of the Matrix movies and was viewing the Matrix as a construct of marketeers gone wild.


8 posted on 05/04/2017 3:34:43 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: dayglored
If you don't like it, get Puppy on a thumb drive and bring your own operating system.
9 posted on 05/04/2017 3:36:58 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: dayglored

Schools are ditching Windows for Chromebooks and Chromeboxes.

This technician doesn’t run anything newer than Windows 7 on my hardware.


10 posted on 05/04/2017 4:03:03 PM PDT by KEVLAR (Liberty or Death)
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To: dayglored

I’be learned my lesson well. No more Microsoft. And if apple keeps its attitude no more of them either.


15 posted on 05/04/2017 5:14:43 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: dayglored

Or install a Linux system and avoid Microslave altogether. Some of the Linux systems now are easy to install and offer everything that most people want in computing.


16 posted on 05/04/2017 5:27:13 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: dayglored

Edge is the worst...Worst...WOrst...WORst...WORSt...WORST browser ever, ever, ever.


17 posted on 05/04/2017 6:14:35 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: dayglored

Microsoft’s answer to the cloud.

I don’t have the Windows Store but then again universal apps are way overrated.

They’re good on tablets but suck on the desktop where 32 bit desktop apps are far superior.


18 posted on 05/05/2017 7:19:16 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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19 posted on 05/05/2017 7:21:49 PM PDT by dfwgator
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