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it wasn't IT. on XP Microsoft realized everyone used the computer in English on all markets, so they started to charge for it as an extra language pack if you b
by gcb0 10y ago
it wasn't IT. on XP Microsoft realized everyone used the computer in English on all markets, so they started to charge for it as an extra language pack if you bought the os license in another region.
sleazy, but still better than Apple.
- tigershark 10y agoApple doesn't charge you for a language pack in OS X, it ships with all the supported languages included. And also doesn't charge for OS X at all. I can't see how MS is better given that you pay for it.
- izacus 10y agoThat's a sensible comparison only if you forget that you must to pay Apple premium for the hardware on which OSX is capable of running - the price is folded in there.
- mantas 10y agoSomeone pays for the Windows licence too. It's folded somewhere in there too.
- coldtea 10y ago>only if you forget that you must to pay Apple premium for the hardware on which OSX is capable of running You suggest they give their hardware for free? Or that they are forced to have their OS run in competitors hardware?