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just get Pro

by mpfundstein 5y ago

just get Pro

symlinkk 5y ago
No. Why am I paying a company more money to fix a problem they caused? I think I’ll just get a Mac.
- mk89 5y ago
  What a lame excuse to buy yourself a Mac. Totally recommended :)
  - FalconSensei 5y ago
    Totally recommend it too. There are a few things that I don't like on Mac, but overall, works really well. And you can have a local account
    - handrous 5y ago
      What's frustrating about the Mac is that every time they screw up bad enough that I try to switch back to other options (I was a Windows and Linux, among other things, user for 15 years before I started using Mac) I find they're still so much worse that I'd just be cutting off my nose to spite my face, by switching. I wish they had actual competition. It doesn't seem like anyone else is targeting the same market at all, despite technically having "competing products".
    - ur-whale 5y ago
      > And you can have a local account For now.
- asdff 5y ago
  If its anything like windows 10 was you could just never activate the license and nothing practically would be different, unless you wanted desktop backgrounds I believe. I barely notice the watermark anyhow telling me to activate windows for the last few years.
  - cercatrova 5y ago
    Or just get a Windows keygen/updater like KMSpico.
    - npteljes 5y ago
      There's a digital license way of activation that doesn't even need an active service like kmspico. Just a one time activation and you're golden.
    - viraptor 5y ago
      I've never heard of that one before, but it must be one of the most squatted domain phrases. There's like 20 versions just in top results and I could not figure out which one is official and which one just installs malware...
      - xfer 5y ago
        https://forums.mydigitallife.net/forums/kms-and-other-tools.51/ https://forums.mydigitallife.net/forums/kms-and-other-tools.... You probably need an account to see anything.
  - Roverlord 5y ago
    Use your Windows 7 key if you have one.
- wongarsu 5y ago
  A second-hand Windows 10 Pro license costs like $25 (and used to be $5). That's a pretty small price for a substantially better experience.
  - ocdtrekkie 5y ago
    This is false. A pirated Windows 10 Pro license costs like $25. These are not legitimate licenses, they're overprovisioned enterprise keys being sold in violation of the license agreement. And yes, they register differently in Windows, and can be easily detected. (Command is slmgr /dli) Like, if you want to pirate software, go pirate software. If you're going to pay someone on a per-install basis for pirated keys, I'm gonna laugh at how easily you're being taken advantage of.
    - wongarsu 5y ago
      For $25 I can get a legitimate Windows 7 Pro license sticker that works like any Windows 10 license, which is perfectly legal all the way through. But depending on your jurisdiction, the $5 enterprise keys can also be entirely fine. Sure, in a way that's outsourcing piracy. But the law doesn't have to see it that way. There's nothing illegal about buying enterprise keys, and if they are overprovisioning keys that's between them and MS, I can't even know if that's the case.
      - ClemFandango 5y ago
        It's not perfectly legal, but reasonably more legal than the alternative (a key bought from a reseller). Those stickers are meant to be affixed to a machine sold by a reseller, and is only meant to be used for that machine. If the machine is destroyed and the sticker/key is kept, then it can be used, and it does register Windows Professional/Home installation rather than an Enterprise/Education installation, but is in violation of the TOS that it's provided under. That being said it is difficult to shed a tear for Microsoft of all companies over this practice.
    - handrous 5y ago
      Wait, are free pirated keys that work as reliably as paid technically-pirated enterprise keys and don't require downloading some probably-comes-pre-botnetted "hacked" Windows installer, but work flawlessly with the installer downloaded straight from Microsoft, readily available? Asking for a friend.
- vetinari 5y ago
  That's exactly happened when I disabled GWX in Windows 8 Updater for about third time. "I'm too old for this sh*t", and by the next day, a new Macbook Pro was on my table.
- naikrovek 5y ago
  why should I pay more for a luxury car when the SAME MANUFACTURER makes low-end cars, too?
- sixothree 5y ago
  And how exactly do you plan to install software on this Mac? It is becoming more locked down every day. You will need an account.
NeutronStar 5y ago
Pay more to remove features?

just get Pro

symlinkk 5y ago

No. Why am I paying a company more money to fix a problem they caused? I think I’ll just get a Mac.

mk89 5y ago
What a lame excuse to buy yourself a Mac. Totally recommended :)
- FalconSensei 5y ago
  Totally recommend it too. There are a few things that I don't like on Mac, but overall, works really well. And you can have a local account
  - handrous 5y ago
    What's frustrating about the Mac is that every time they screw up bad enough that I try to switch back to other options (I was a Windows and Linux, among other things, user for 15 years before I started using Mac) I find they're still so much worse that I'd just be cutting off my nose to spite my face, by switching. I wish they had actual competition. It doesn't seem like anyone else is targeting the same market at all, despite technically having "competing products".
  - ur-whale 5y ago
    > And you can have a local account For now.
asdff 5y ago
If its anything like windows 10 was you could just never activate the license and nothing practically would be different, unless you wanted desktop backgrounds I believe. I barely notice the watermark anyhow telling me to activate windows for the last few years.
- cercatrova 5y ago
  Or just get a Windows keygen/updater like KMSpico.
  - npteljes 5y ago
    There's a digital license way of activation that doesn't even need an active service like kmspico. Just a one time activation and you're golden.
  - viraptor 5y ago
    I've never heard of that one before, but it must be one of the most squatted domain phrases. There's like 20 versions just in top results and I could not figure out which one is official and which one just installs malware...
    - xfer 5y ago
      https://forums.mydigitallife.net/forums/kms-and-other-tools.51/ https://forums.mydigitallife.net/forums/kms-and-other-tools.... You probably need an account to see anything.
- Roverlord 5y ago
  Use your Windows 7 key if you have one.
wongarsu 5y ago
A second-hand Windows 10 Pro license costs like $25 (and used to be $5). That's a pretty small price for a substantially better experience.
- ocdtrekkie 5y ago
  This is false. A pirated Windows 10 Pro license costs like $25. These are not legitimate licenses, they're overprovisioned enterprise keys being sold in violation of the license agreement. And yes, they register differently in Windows, and can be easily detected. (Command is slmgr /dli) Like, if you want to pirate software, go pirate software. If you're going to pay someone on a per-install basis for pirated keys, I'm gonna laugh at how easily you're being taken advantage of.
  - wongarsu 5y ago
    For $25 I can get a legitimate Windows 7 Pro license sticker that works like any Windows 10 license, which is perfectly legal all the way through. But depending on your jurisdiction, the $5 enterprise keys can also be entirely fine. Sure, in a way that's outsourcing piracy. But the law doesn't have to see it that way. There's nothing illegal about buying enterprise keys, and if they are overprovisioning keys that's between them and MS, I can't even know if that's the case.
    - ClemFandango 5y ago
      It's not perfectly legal, but reasonably more legal than the alternative (a key bought from a reseller). Those stickers are meant to be affixed to a machine sold by a reseller, and is only meant to be used for that machine. If the machine is destroyed and the sticker/key is kept, then it can be used, and it does register Windows Professional/Home installation rather than an Enterprise/Education installation, but is in violation of the TOS that it's provided under. That being said it is difficult to shed a tear for Microsoft of all companies over this practice.
  - handrous 5y ago
    Wait, are free pirated keys that work as reliably as paid technically-pirated enterprise keys and don't require downloading some probably-comes-pre-botnetted "hacked" Windows installer, but work flawlessly with the installer downloaded straight from Microsoft, readily available? Asking for a friend.
vetinari 5y ago
That's exactly happened when I disabled GWX in Windows 8 Updater for about third time. "I'm too old for this sh*t", and by the next day, a new Macbook Pro was on my table.
naikrovek 5y ago
why should I pay more for a luxury car when the SAME MANUFACTURER makes low-end cars, too?
sixothree 5y ago
And how exactly do you plan to install software on this Mac? It is becoming more locked down every day. You will need an account.

NeutronStar 5y ago

Pay more to remove features?