Microsoft increased prices for all of its Surface PCs this week, with most models priced hundreds of dollars higher than they were when launching. Windows Central highlighted the increases, which now see Microsoft's mid-range models priced above $1,000 and flagship models priced starting at $1,500. A Microsoft spokesperson said the price increase was due to "recent increases in memory and component costs".
  • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    9·
    21 hours ago

    Did 7 have some hidden clause or something that’s not apparent to a user without forensic tools? I remember that revision being pretty swell. (Especially the enterprise branches)

    • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      Rose-tinted glasses. Anyone going back to Windows XP would likely be shocked at how broken and unintuitive it could be at times.

      7 was best. Everything after that has been unusable garbage.

    • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      20 hours ago

      The Home editions included hardware restrictions (a maximum of either 8 or 16 GB RAM depending on which of the two versions you got, and you couldn’t change language in any of the commercially available versions. While I can’t remember anything wrong with it, I was also like 10 when I used it and I highly suspect everyone’s memories of it are being biased by just how absolute dogshit 8 was on release.

        • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          16 hours ago

          Right, that edition is listed after enterprise on Wikipedia so my eyes just completely bounced over the fact it could be upgraded to from Pro.

      • vrek@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        19 hours ago

        Everyother version of windows has been good, the others are shit…

        Gotta admit the pattern has held true

        • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          18 hours ago

          Except that implies Windows 12 or whatever is going to be good, which I currently struggle to imagine is possible without major structural changes to Microsoft’s entire corporate structure.

          • vrek@programming.devEnglish
            2·
            18 hours ago

            Except compare windows 8 to windows 10 totally different and they changed their entire direction. It’s possible.

            I feel like they go “we need something new and fast. Forget quality or what people want just make it new and different.” and then a few years later “that was a mistake, make it work well and listen to the customers”… And repeat

            Granted I’m running Debian but…