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I remember the days when I had a deep ambition to get a 950XL but it was way too pricey - for me.
I remember the days when I had a deep ambition to get a 950XL but it was way too pricey - for me.
I remember when 8 came out, some techy people were praising it's bold new look and style, and how it surpassed windows 7 antiquated functionality and it's hideous GUI, and now history repeats itself. I loved XP, Windows 7, along with 8, but 10 not so much.
It is a preference, that is what life is all about?
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Agree completely. That is when M$ thought they ruled the computing universe, the only thing that comes to mind is;Silly pickles! Couldn't even buy their way out of that blunder, somewhat like IE an Edge ..
"NA, NANA,NANA, NA NA ... you waited to long, I told you so.."
Which brings us to this fact;
All of the pre-Windows 10 versions ... included tools that taught how to use a PC, it's Works Suite (Word processing, Excel, Picture It, Money), Media Player for music and video, Games. How many hours did users invest in those? all free.
...to be stripped away (for most practical purposes) in Windows 10, all it teaches us, is how to be stupid.
That's why I am not fond of it, IMHO.
Last edited by Trust_No1; 02 Jan 2021 at 03:43.
Hi there
@Winuser
You didn't then and don't now ever have to buy a Mobile phone contract --- the problem I think though with typical education systems is that kids at an early age aren't taught anything about money, compound interest, loans and how businesses work -- this IMO should be taught at a very early age.
It's always been cheaper (by far) to buy a mobile phone outright and then just get a SIM only deal than take a contract out -- and I think it was only EU law a little while ago that insisted monthly contract prices should be lowered after the user had paid for the phone. Contract prices include a monthly amount to pay for the phone --these days network costs (to the provider) are quite small !!!! the majority of your monthly fee is going into paying for phone and company profits.
EU law also now (not before time !!!) forbids "Locked phones"-- i.e phones that are initially locked into a specific network --however it was always easy to find people who could "unlock phones" -- not sure of the status of that system in USA though.
For people who like expensive phones --it's still cheaper to buy it up front - and if you don't want to pay the whole amount up front just use a credit card or a bank loan - both these options are far cheaper than using a contract !!! (and for the younger ones --there's the possibility also of "The Bank of Mum and Dad" !!!!!).
Cheers
jimbo
I have a Galaxy S9 from AT&T that is almost off contract. If I wanted to upgrade to a Galaxy S10 the full price would be $749.99 or $25.00 a month for 30 months. Not exactly what I would call affordable. Yes there are cheaper options but I'm not going with those cheap contactless phones from places like Walmart.
Hi,
xFinity wireless dude I switched 5 months ago way better than at&t but you couldn't give me a win-10 driven cell phone lol
iPhoneSE 32gb the only free phone I've ever gotten that was indeed free at Zero cost besides a little pay by the gig contract that is a whopping 25.us lol
Wasted so much money with at&t over the years it's stunning.
Internet now 700mbps lol
That's an excellent price. At the time I looked, if memory serves it was 549 with a dock or something.
I agree with that reason because I had a 730 and the screen was beautiful and sturdy and I had a weird joy moving those tiles around, lol.
Now I am a Note user like half of the world or something.