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Microsoft Raises Prices for All Surface PCs, Making Them More Expensive Than Equivalent Macs
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The Home editions included hardware restrictions (a maximum of either 8 or 16 GB RAM depending on which of the two versions you got, and you couldn't change language in any of the commercially available versions. While I can't remember anything wrong with it, I was also like 10 when I used it and I highly suspect everyone's memories of it are being biased by just how absolute dogshit 8 was on release.
Ultimate let you change languages, but cost more than Pro
Right, that edition is listed after enterprise on Wikipedia so my eyes just completely bounced over the fact it could be upgraded to from Pro.
Everyother version of windows has been good, the others are shit...
Gotta admit the pattern has held true
Except that implies Windows 12 or whatever is going to be good, which I currently struggle to imagine is possible without major structural changes to Microsoft's entire corporate structure.
Except compare windows 8 to windows 10 totally different and they changed their entire direction. It's possible.
I feel like they go "we need something new and fast. Forget quality or what people want just make it new and different." and then a few years later "that was a mistake, make it work well and listen to the customers"... And repeat
Granted I'm running Debian but...