Windows Used to Sell a Cheap Version. Here's Why They Stopped
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Don't forget the Windows N version... It was lacking the Media codecs and software. Absolut nightmare figuring that out.
iirc, those were for specific markets where the codexes in ms media player weren't free or something like that.
@@Nadi-Ger It was due to a ruling in the XP days by the EU that Microsoft was monopolising Media Players by including Windows Media Player and its codecs by default.
You could just install a media codec pack and restore the features… Classic Microsoft!
thank the EU
Ah yes, Windows "Nothing" version
And today some pay 50$ for their wallpaper
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That’s me 😂😅😕🙁😓😣😖😫😢😭
Minor point of clarification for people using closed captions... it's Aero, not Arrow. Basically it's the glass effect on the windows.
Cool.
Let's add a pointless feature to make windows 'prettier' despite much of the hardware not being powerful enough to do it. It's like they took the first half of Apple's playbook, but ignored the second half. A truly idiotic choice by MS.
I installed so many XP's back in the day that I memorized the serial number.
THMPV?
@@evilpapagali FCKGW
@@ZyronZA RHQQ2
I still have my Original disk :D
I used to reinstall windows every 4-6 months. It used to make a big difference in loading games
you can only run 3 programs at once is such a funny restriction. XD
I remember running Windows Visa without Aero, it was a surprisingly positive experience even on hardware that technically wasn't able to meet the Vista installation requirements.
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As I've been a subscriber to PC Pro for 25+ years, I recognise the names Tim Danton & Jon Honeyball.
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-How many headphone jacks do you want?
-Yes.
I think those are multimedia keys
why give cheap when expensive will do
not everyone has sold their kidney for money
Imagine paying for windows
it id illégal to use Windows for free , so compagny or orther public place it is not uncommon to paid for Windows@@lussor1
I bought Vista NON-starter in a developing country, figuring at US$20 it was worth the risk. But even at that price I should saved my money. "Three applications" included stuff like Task Manager, File Explorer, and even Control Panel, and would NOT run different applications within a suite at the same time (e.g. Open Office word processing and spreadsheet). It was only useful as a single app machine.
Don't forget about Windows 10 S, which I used to think stood for "Store" or "Streamlined", but now realize probably stood for "Starter"
no it it is s for "Safe"
@@xgui4-studios Yeah, afaik it will only let you install MS Store apps
In the UK we used to buy US Windows SKUs as they were sold for $100 while locally we would pay £100. Quite a savings when considering the exchange rate. Companies will have you pay what they think they can get you to pay, that simple... 😕
I miss the days of a quid being worth around 2 dollars
@@HootMaRoot yeh, the import market was wild...
I ran Windows 2000 for the longest time because my dad somehow never got XP to update despite running a licensed install of it.
The first time I had a system of my own with a newer edition after that, it was a self built rig running windows 8 in 2014.
Wait Windows is paid?
Some pay a lot
@@lussor1 Upwards of 100$
I always buy the keys from the site on guru3d. Never had a problem with them.
Now you can buy a key for 5$ online
there's rumors that you can even get it for 0$ :OO
Microsoft didn't stop there. Remember Windows 8.1 with Bing?
I paid 30 bucks for Windows 8 back in the day. Never had to spend a dime again for Windows thanks to free upgrades. Not all is bleak and bad.
I paid 0 bucks for windows throughout the years. Which is great. No regrets
Upgraded about 3/400 machines from pirated versions of 7 to fully licensed 10 machines. The owners were happy and Microsoft got control back.
@lowgoingman I got a student product key for windows 7 professional in 2013. Still use that key to this day
Right, I think only Businesses pay for windows.
You can still use those old keys with windows 10 and 11 of the same version.
Don't forget the OEM version.
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Windows 10 seems to be a little bit faster than Windows 7 surprisingly for my mum's old computer.
Was it Win7 x64?
It depends on the architecture. Win7 x86 is usually quick but x64 can be awfully slow. Win10 x64 uses multiple cores/threads much efficiently.
I still use an i7-720qm machine and it was significantly better with 10 (and significantly better with any Linux).
@@nevermorefour I think it's 64 bit
tfw you haven’t used windows in 7 years
Congrats my foss brother
@@agakorHow do you know that? He could be on Mac or Chromebook
I have switched away from Windows quite a few years ago now (5+) and I do not regret it at all
I’m 6 years clean from windows now. I’ll never go back, especially with windows recall being a new “feature”
I still have my trusty pirated copy of xp and windows 7 with a product key. Lol
For the record, my first build was an xp system in 2001 and that screen resolution was perfectly mid range, and the ram limitations were 4x higher than my "mega build" had. 256gb was enough for video rendering, flash development and programming, audio production, graphic design, torrenting, and gaming for several years after xp launched.
That said, free xp serial codes were also really easy to find since phoning home wasn't the standard for an OS back then lol
Windows 7 starter was on little netbooks (the tiny laptops) over here in France
Same in Brazil. Still have mine in my collection.
Thank God Kinguin got our backs. I paid for Windows 10 OS for 30 bucks a couple of years back
My Windows 10 key was $4 lol
You know Windows XP starter is being 2 decade old Operating system and the XP (normal) is almost 23 years old and Windows XP including the starter was so nostalgic. I mean it had limited functionality, but it is an optimized version of XP to be honest.
Ran windows vista ultimate on an '8 core' AMD cpu right after it came out with no issues. I was running a lower mid-range AMD gpu at the time.
Low Priced Windows Starter Versions really caused me much boring.
windows xp starter edition was have a feature that windows 7 starter wasn't have it like: you can change a wallpaper!
They probably just realized it was more difficult to run the growing amount of data collection operations on the weaker software structure, so they did away with it instead of sacrificing part of their money train.
I remember starting to install Windows 7 32bit on my netbook. Wasn't even halfway thru the process when a popup from Microsoft said it qualifies for free upgrade to Windows 10 32bit. Never installed a key for 7 either. Go figure...
And it ran like doggy poo too!
Switched back to 7.😂
Romanian getting Windows in 2004 be like: Hey! Do you have that torret with Windows?
Nowadays you can just install Windows 10/11 and never register it, and it will just work. Some limitations, like not being able to customize the color theme and background, but whatever.
I don’t know why, but for some reason I find the name “Duron” funny for a CPU 😆
I just purchased a netbook with an N100 processor in it. Runs Windows 11 just fine.
i didnt pay for windows 10 on my pc because i upgraded from an ""activated"" windows 7 😂
PC manufacturers made PC's that could barely run Vista as they met the minium requirements
1GB RAM limit in Vista! I remember removing one of my RAM sticks to see how bad Vista was on 1GB. Thing was idling at 70% usage.
What a shit OS.
Wait, people pay money for spyware?
One of the downsides to building your own PC is having to pay full price for a Windows license. I believe the current cost of buying a Windows 11 Home license from Microsoft is $139. Of course, you don't NEED to buy a license from Microsoft. Windows runs fine without being activated; you just get annoying pop-up reminders and can't personalize the background. Or you can take a walk to the eBay gray market. You can find people selling Windows licenses for less than $20. At least, (I heard) that was true the last time I built a PC (4 years ago). The prices might be higher now. Whatever the cost (I've heard), Windows activated with a gray market license works fine. Not that I would ever (admit) doing something that shady (multiple times).
I used to work with the attorney wife of a sports radio shock jock. She told me that her husband had bragged on air that it wasn't necessary to pay for satellite television. All you need to do is buy one of "those boxes" online. At least one and maybe both of the satellite TV companies decided to sue him. She was seriously pissed that she was going to have to defend that suit if she wanted to protect their house.
You can get cheaper copies of Windows (legit) if you know where to look!
Where
@@notoriousglez8180 CDkeys is one site and Ebay has 1 time uses keys for like $4. Check the seller reviews though!
I think most people that want a copy of Windows get an OEM copy. Either with a computer or they buy whatever hardware it takes for the store to let you add the OEM copy to the shopping cart.
There were also Single Language editions.
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Windows Vista, My Beloved ❤.
yes. my iCloud password is the key on the bottom of my old netbook.
Microsoft executive: ha. I like to see you be able to doo anything whit it the low end market.
Users: THE HOLY GRAIL HAS BIN SPILED.
Lol; "Buy our deliberately crippled version for slightly less!".
The time you can no longer install windows with a local offline account the traditional Microsoft versions are dead, and the community that does not switch to Linux would start using some sort of modified community edition.
Microsoft, you are killing your own product with greed
Didn't they also have Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs for a while?
now they get no money from me instead of getting some money from me
I have been in the Microsoft OS world. (DOS, Windows..) since 1984, But with I CAN see a world where Linux will win, Android alone make this a "thing".
There was also the Windows 8 NT which run on trash hardware and you can't even install 3rd party apps.
nowadays the cheaper version of windows probably going to have less and less features than barebone xubuntu
i loved Vista. i was new enough to personal built pcs i didnt know the difference.
The main issues were that it was very late in being released and due to changes to the architecture a lot of devices had bad drivers. So, if you got a copy near launch it could be incredibly unstable with a lot of UAC warnings. However, if you upgraded later, it wasn't much of an issue as most of that had been sorted out.
Now days u pay 1 dollar for windows 10/11 pro key 😂
I didn't spend a dollar on their trash and I proud of it.
Love LMG channels but seriously, a 1min ad in a 5min video? Come on.
Yinz are CANADIAN?!? Never wouda guessed. LOL. (I'm an American from Pittsburgh, PA But my grandfather was from Hamilton, ONT)
I'm sorry, the problem with Vista wasn't the performance, the problem with Vista was it was a buggy, crashy nightmare.
If you want really bad performance, have a look at Win11 and it's window management, it's like going back 20 years, stutters, failed movements, it's horrific.
Currently 90% of windows in 3rd world countries are crack.
Unless u are buying a new pc with windows pre installed.
This includes windows 11.
windows peaked at 7
Or just .. dont pay for it. Windows is 100% usable completely free. If not being able to choose your wallpaper really bothers you THAT much, Wallpaper Engine is like $4 and will run on literally any PC with minimal impact. There is quite literally zero reason to ever pay for Windows. It does nothing.
Well that's on the newest windows since 10. Old windows locked you up if there was no valid license
Or just active it with the free and safe method
Don't you lose security updates too if you run it on the free version
@@Jacob-rt6on there's the permanent watermark telling you to activate windows
Don't forget windows thin pc edition
And fundamentals for legacy pcs
I still get annoyed when I think of the garbage fire that is Windows Vista.
Windows "S" edition is a thing.
Don't forget windows me
And now Linux is exploding in popularity, amazing, microsoft, you get too comfortable, someone gets the drop on you, lol.
Windows Starter in Russia...LOL. in Russia everyone just use pirate windows.
Even our government use pirated apps and windows lmao 😂
Those netbooks were garbage...
I don't think Ive ever payed for windows
Most people get Windows with their purchase of a computer.
Rookie versions
License? Pay for windows? AAHHAHAHAHAHAH! AHAHAHAHHAH! HAHAHAHAHAHH!!! AHAHAH! Ah, wait, I need to wipe the tear...
Vista Home Basic... Please no
Interesting information 😅🎉
windows non-starter edition hehe amirite
Cheap version? Lol I've never paid for Windows, and I never will. Any version. Microsoft has enough money, and all my units run just fine. I run Win 7, 8.1, 10 and 11.
Dear grave :)
I get that poor people in poor countries don’t deserve anything good and useful, because they’re poor, but limiting them to only 3 programs at a time seems excessive imo.
😂 It clearly was to help with performance duh…
Or just buy cheap keys online for less then $10,- ;)
Money
como odio a microsoft
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Can't one just run Windows in unregistered mode now, at least for Windows 10?
You've been able to for a while, but I thought that was a limited time per install. I can't remember whether you can run it indefinitely now, just with a bunch of stuff disabled.
i miss when Windows had reasonable requirements because it wasn't bloated with every flavor of Spyware known to man, now including AI Snake Oilware!!
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Wwahhh? Windows is NOW so expensive? _usually FREE is a high price _ - WTMiesepeter - I know this content has deadlines, and some flakyness is expected to burp up, but REALY this?
Sure, P on MS, they can take it.
I revived a dormant 6 year old license for free, and could have bought a new one for about $20 a few years ago - so the point.
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