Maybe I'm remembering it wrong, but weren't old versions of OS 9 free back in the day? Also, what's with the headline followed by this in the second paragraph:

Maybe I'm remembering it wrong, but weren't old versions of OS 9 free back in the day? Also, what's with the headline followed by this in the second paragraph: "And just last week, Microsoft announced that, much like Apple, it would not charge consumers who upgrade their machines to the latest version of Windows, version 8.1."