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Hidden Fees Discovered for âFreeâ Windows 7 Upgrades
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| Since June 26, retailers and computer manufacturers have
| urged shoppers to buy computers already on store shelves
| loaded with the much-maligned Windows Vista operating
| system because they would qualify for a free upgrade to
| Windows 7 when it was released in October. As it turns
| out, Mouse Print* has learned that some computer
| purchasers will be asked to pay shipping, handling and
| other junk fees that total between $11 and $17 to
| receive their âfreeâ upgrade disks.
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http://www.mouseprint.org/2009/10/01/hidden-fees-discovered-for-free-windows-7-upgrades/
'Free' Windows 7 Upgrades Still Cost Money
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| Did you buy a new PC this past summer with the promise
| of a free upgrade to Windows 7 when it launches on
| October 22? Well, it turns out that the upgrade might
| not be completely free.
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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-7-upgrades-free-coupon,8785.html
Recent:
Windows 7: The Hype Is Coming
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| Listen closely. Can you can hear it? It's the
| kapocketa-pocketa-pocketa of the Microsoft hype
| machine, as the Windows 7 launch bears down upon
| us.
|
| Though it's never worked quite as well as it did
| back in the halcyon days preceding Windows 95,
| Microsoft still drags the thing out of the basement
| every few years, fills the tank with diesel, cranks
| it up, and hopes it doesn't spew oil on the carpet
| or overwhelm us with fumes.
|
| [...]
|
| Meanwhile, the braniacs in the Microsoft marketing
| department have come up with a truly wacky idea.
| They're encouraging Microsoft fanboys and girls to
| throw Windows 7 launch parties on the big day --
| kind of like Tupperware parties, only with more
| burping and less sealing. There's even a Web site
| and a vague-yet-perky video describing what's
| supposed to happen at these fetes.
|
| [...]
|
| Of course, Microsoft is also sweetening the pot by
| offering a shot at a $750 Windows 7 PC to some
| lucky party thrower. Hey, it wouldn't be a
| Microsoft promotion if it didn't include a bribe.
|
| [...]
|
| Also from the Department of Deja Vu Department: It | appears Microsoft will indeed include a logo
| program for Windows 7, slapping stickers on
| machines that have been officially certified
| "Compatible With Windows 7."
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/172959/windows_7_the_hype_is_coming.html
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