Damn right, good for them, Make things simple for those not smart enough to know better about the "Bad Hardware" huh.
I wonder if this would grab as much attention if it were anyone other than Microsoft planning this. I doubt it. Apparently people arent happy unless they can bitch about something microsoft is doing.
The simple fact is, Microsoft make excellent products, both hardware & software, not perfect products, but damn good enough for me to do exactly what I want to do. Unfortunately i cant say the same for "Linux" nor any other alternative. As for bugs, I have had to patch OS-X with 4 new releases so far, and these are FULL SERVICE PACK releases, just to TRY to work out the bugs, so apparently no one is infallible.
As for MSN internet service, it's fine. If MS want to include it in their OS, then fair play to them, the end user doesnt have to use it, they can always go with AOL, which as we all know is far superior
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Again I will say, Good Luck to MS, It will add a level of choice the major OEM's have ignored for years.