> They just figure you owe them X amount of money per year, so if you
skip
> an upgrade they just get the money then.  It's kind of a
subscription
> thing, they just don't call it that.

The thing I really dislike about the upgrades, at  least the old ones,
is if the drive in your upgraded system dies. I used to regularly
upgrade and then a few Winxx versions ago my disk died. I ended up
having to install my original "full version" OS and then run through
the upgrade CD's. Of course then I had to download the online updates
but that's another story.

Ever since I've grit my teeth and bought the full versions.

Tim

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