• Deals at BleepingCompuer on Microsoft software

    From RabidPedagog@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 24 20:40:13 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    <https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-office-professional-plus-2019-for-windows>
    - Office 2019 for $29.97

    <https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro> -
    Windows 11 Pro, Home or Windows 10 Pro for $22.97

    --
    RabidPedagog
    TG: @RabidPedagog
    Winners don't run Linux

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  • From %@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 25 09:51:57 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    In article <7gc8N.28665$rx%7.18724@fx47.iad>, rabid@pedag.og says...

    <https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-office-professional-plus-2019-for-windows>
    - Office 2019 for $29.97

    <https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/-windows-1-pro> -
    Windows 11 Pro, Home or Windows 10 Pro for $22.97

    https://imgur.com/a/UXzxN8a

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  • From Senior Somali Pirate@21:1/5 to RabidPedagog on Sat Nov 25 18:27:03 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 25/11/2023 01:40, RabidPedagog wrote:
    <https://deals.bleepingcom

    <https://deals.bleepingcom


    HOW IS IT BETTER THAN USING USING CRACKS FOR WHICH YOU PAY NOTHING?

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  • From chrisv@21:1/5 to Joel on Sat Nov 25 14:07:22 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    Joel wrote:

    People said I was crazy to buy the retail Windows license,

    Who said that? Buying and using Windows is a very reasonable choice.

    but it's just funny, white liberal
    computer geeks will cheap out on something like that because they can,

    That's not true. Almost no one, besides the truly impoverished, has
    an issue with the price of WinDOS. Almost no one uses GNU/Linux
    because it costs less.

    --
    "They use Linux because it doesn't cost anything." - DumFSck, lying shamelessly

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  • From chrisv@21:1/5 to chrisv on Sat Nov 25 14:14:02 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    chrisv wrote:

    Almost no one, besides the truly impoverished, has
    an issue with the price of WinDOS. Almost no one uses GNU/Linux
    because it costs less.

    I'm talking about normal desktop users, above. For companies that
    build and operate large server farms, not paying for Windows is a
    significant cost savings.

    --
    "If linux is so fast, powerful and efficient it's rather sad that
    Google needs to run a million servers just to stay functional." -
    trolling fsckwit "Ezekiel"

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  • From Joel@21:1/5 to Senior Somali Pirate on Sat Nov 25 14:44:17 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    Senior Somali Pirate <senior.somali.pirate@mygmail.com> wrote:
    On 25/11/2023 01:40, RabidPedagog wrote:

    <https://deals.bleepingcom

    <https://deals.bleepingcom

    HOW IS IT BETTER THAN USING USING CRACKS FOR WHICH YOU PAY NOTHING?


    I don't have a problem with personal-use software piracy. But when
    you run a "crack" on Microsoft's operating system, you kind of defy
    the concept of realizing that you're not the only intelligent being in existence, because you expect M$ not to know the difference from a
    legit purchase of their product.

    They *know*. They *permit* you to pirate their work. But do you
    trust them, in this arrangement? By using all legal software, my
    Windows system was secure, not just from malware, not just from
    network-based attack, but from its own software. I had an agreement,
    with MS and other businesses, to use their products. I really feel I
    got my money's worth, from my point of view, I wanted the experience I
    had, and I paid the price for them. People said I was crazy to buy
    the retail Windows license, but it's just funny, white liberal
    computer geeks will cheap out on something like that because they can,
    whereas a person like me actually sees Microsoft as a potential
    partner, but the Win10/11 era has shown they are expecting obedience
    in upgrading hardware very regularly.

    --
    Joel W. Crump

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  • From Joel@21:1/5 to chrisv on Sat Nov 25 15:33:05 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:

    People said I was crazy to buy the retail Windows license,

    Who said that? Buying and using Windows is a very reasonable choice.


    I know, man, it's these geeks who think they're cool by being cheap
    toward M$, but still using Windows, buying the extra product keys from
    third parties. I just could not do it that way, it's too weird, the
    big companies never use these keys and then sell them off, to be
    resold one at a time online? Certainly works, everyone's doing it so
    to speak, but it's just chaos to me. What I got for two and a half
    years of Win10/11 was worth the money I spent, just as it'll be worth
    it if I'm blessed to be able to donate to Mint, Wine, GIMP, LO, or
    another FOSS provider I use a lot.


    but it's just funny, white liberal
    computer geeks will cheap out on something like that because they can,

    That's not true. Almost no one, besides the truly impoverished, has
    an issue with the price of WinDOS. Almost no one uses GNU/Linux
    because it costs less.


    People are just selling WinPro product keys for $20 or whatever.

    --
    Joel W. Crump

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  • From chrisv@21:1/5 to Joel on Sat Nov 25 18:01:15 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    Joel wrote:

    chrisv wrote:

    Joel wrote:

    People said I was crazy to buy the retail Windows license,

    Who said that? Buying and using Windows is a very reasonable choice.

    I know, man, it's these geeks who think they're cool by being cheap
    toward M$, but still using Windows, buying the extra product keys from
    third parties.

    As long as there is no cheating/stealing, there's nothing wrong with seeking-out a bargain. Everyone likes a bargain.

    What I got for two and a half years of Win10/11 was worth the money I spent

    Nothing wrong with thinking that full price is a fair deal, either.

    I recently bought a Sony OLED TV from Best Buy, with the intention of
    getting every last dollar out of them, should the price drop within
    the next couple months. I quickly realized that the OLED wasn't doing
    it for me (not bright enough), so I returned it and bought Sony's FALD
    (full array LED) TV instead. They were so nice about taking-back the
    first TV, I'm not going to bother about the price of the second one
    (which was less than the first one, so money saved no matter what).

    I can highly recommend the Sony X90L FALD TV's, BTW.

    --
    "Watch the OLED 4k display at 12 feet vs a 1080p display at 12 feet
    and [chrisv] thinks you will perceive no difference." - "Beedle",
    lying shamelessly

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  • From chrisv@21:1/5 to chrisv on Sat Nov 25 18:10:01 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    chrisv wrote:

    I recently bought a Sony OLED TV from Best Buy, with the intention of
    getting every last dollar out of them, should the price drop within
    the next couple months. I quickly realized that the OLED wasn't doing
    it for me (not bright enough), so I returned it and bought Sony's FALD
    (full array LED) TV instead. They were so nice about taking-back the
    first TV, I'm not going to bother about the price of the second one
    (which was less than the first one, so money saved no matter what).

    Ouch, I just now checked and it is $100 less than what I paid just few
    weeks ago. But, like I said, I'm not going to get that $100 back from
    them. I could, but I won't.

    Support your local brick and mortar stores, folks.

    --
    "The more pixels you have, the more color information you have, the
    more accurate the image is. I don t see how you can see this any other
    way." - "Beedle", snittishly pretending that anyone saw this any
    other way.

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  • From Joel@21:1/5 to chrisv on Sun Nov 26 08:07:01 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:

    Buying and using Windows is a very reasonable choice.

    I know, man, it's these geeks who think they're cool by being cheap
    toward M$, but still using Windows, buying the extra product keys from >>third parties.

    As long as there is no cheating/stealing, there's nothing wrong with >seeking-out a bargain. Everyone likes a bargain.


    They're free to do it. It's just kind of self-righteous, how they act
    like Microsoft uniquely deserves to lose a sale.


    What I got for two and a half years of Win10/11 was worth the money I spent

    Nothing wrong with thinking that full price is a fair deal, either.

    I recently bought a Sony OLED TV from Best Buy, with the intention of
    getting every last dollar out of them, should the price drop within
    the next couple months. I quickly realized that the OLED wasn't doing
    it for me (not bright enough), so I returned it and bought Sony's FALD
    (full array LED) TV instead. They were so nice about taking-back the
    first TV, I'm not going to bother about the price of the second one
    (which was less than the first one, so money saved no matter what).

    I can highly recommend the Sony X90L FALD TV's, BTW.


    I agree price isn't always the most relevant thing in a purchase. Best
    Buy has never sold me something at a bad price, maybe some better than
    others, but never high. You're just trying to do the honorable thing
    as a citizen, nothing bad about that.

    --
    Joel W. Crump

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  • From Stan Brown@21:1/5 to Senior Somali Pirate on Sun Nov 26 21:11:42 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On Sat, 25 Nov 2023 18:27:03 +0000, Senior Somali Pirate wrote:

    On 25/11/2023 01:40, RabidPedagog wrote:
    <https://deals.bleepingcom

    <https://deals.bleepingcom


    HOW IS IT BETTER THAN USING USING CRACKS FOR WHICH YOU PAY NOTHING?

    It's honest.

    You don't run the risk of paying for an activation ID and finding
    that it doesn't work.

    You don't have to worry about the software suddenly not working when
    Microsoft pulls the plug on that particular batch of activation IDs.

    You don't have to pay for four-year-old software when stacksocial
    periodically runs specials on Office Pro 2021.

    --
    Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
    Shikata ga nai...

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  • From mechanic@21:1/5 to chrisv on Mon Nov 27 12:42:01 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 25/11/2023 20:07, chrisv wrote:
    Joel wrote:

    People said I was crazy to buy the retail Windows license,

    Who said that? Buying and using Windows is a very reasonable choice.

    but it's just funny, white liberal
    computer geeks will cheap out on something like that because they can,

    That's not true. Almost no one, besides the truly impoverished, has
    an issue with the price of WinDOS. Almost no one uses GNU/Linux
    because it costs less.

    Rubbish! Usual price for Win11 is the best part of £200.

    And the reason for avoiding the Windows upgrade include price, short
    lifetime, microsoft dubious commercial tactics.
    If you need to upgrade soon, seriously look at Linux and MacOS alternatives.

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  • From mechanic@21:1/5 to Joel on Mon Nov 27 12:35:30 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 25/11/2023 20:33, Joel wrote:
    chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:

    People said I was crazy to buy the retail Windows license,

    Who said that? Buying and using Windows is a very reasonable choice.


    I know, man, it's these geeks who think they're cool by being cheap
    toward M$, but still using Windows, buying the extra product keys from
    third parties. I just could not do it that way, it's too weird, the
    big companies never use these keys and then sell them off, to be
    resold one at a time online? Certainly works, everyone's doing it so
    to speak, but it's just chaos to me. What I got for two and a half
    years of Win10/11 was worth the money I spent, just as it'll be worth
    it if I'm blessed to be able to donate to Mint, Wine, GIMP, LO, or
    another FOSS provider I use a lot.


    but it's just funny, white liberal
    computer geeks will cheap out on something like that because they can,

    That's not true. Almost no one, besides the truly impoverished, has
    an issue with the price of WinDOS. Almost no one uses GNU/Linux
    because it costs less.


    People are just selling WinPro product keys for $20 or whatever.


    Link!

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  • From Joel@21:1/5 to mechanic on Mon Nov 27 08:11:11 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    mechanic <mechanic@example.net> wrote:

    People are just selling WinPro product keys for $20 or whatever.

    Link!


    Bleeping Computer is a really good option, but for this kind of thing,
    a well-known one is:

    https://deal.kinguin.net/c/software

    You'd have to search further to find more options.

    --
    Joel W. Crump

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  • From %@21:1/5 to Joel on Mon Nov 27 08:32:00 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    Joel wrote:
    mechanic <mechanic@example.net> wrote:

    People are just selling WinPro product keys for $20 or whatever.

    Link!


    Bleeping Computer is a really good option, but for this kind of thing,
    a well-known one is:

    https://deal.kinguin.net/c/software

    You'd have to search further to find more options.

    why can't he just ask you ,
    you know everything except ,
    what meth is really like

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  • From Senior Somali Pirate@21:1/5 to Joel on Mon Nov 27 16:00:00 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 27/11/2023 13:11, Joel wrote:

    https://deal.kinguin

    You'd have to search further to find more options.


    Chinese company:

    Kinguin Digital Limited, 8/F On Hing Building, On Hing Terrace, Central,
    Hong Kong.

    You can trust them if you want to.

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  • From chrisv@21:1/5 to mechanic on Mon Nov 27 19:02:12 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy

    mechanic wrote:

    chrisv wrote:

    Almost no one, besides the truly impoverished, has
    an issue with the price of WinDOS. Almost no one uses GNU/Linux
    because it costs less.

    Rubbish! Usual price for Win11 is the best part of £200.

    The vast majority gets Winows pre-installed and costing *far* less
    than £200. Upgrades to the next version have been free, for the past
    decade or so, too.

    Do you know anyone who uses Linux because it costs less?

    And the reason for avoiding the Windows upgrade include price, short >lifetime, microsoft dubious commercial tactics.
    If you need to upgrade soon, seriously look at Linux and MacOS alternatives.

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