BK>> HG> Has M$ learned some new tricks?   
      
   BK>> HG> Such upgrade policy has been unheard of in recent years.   
   BK>> HG> Maybe M$ has found too many satisfied XP users unvilling to   
   BK>> HG> upgrade.   
      
   BK>> I can believe that. I have not found a reason to upgrade yet.   
   BK>> Ok, it's not an upgrade from my point of view. If I have to buy   
   BK>> a new computer the new OS is not an upgrade, it's just another   
   BK>> system hog.   
      
   BK>> $120 for Win 7 was too much. I'l consider $40 for Win 8.   
      
    EV> Bob,   
      
    EV> My first MS-DOS computer had version 5.0.   
      
    EV> I never bought any of the version 6.x's although I did find   
    EV> a box in a Salvation Army Thrift Store that had the CD and   
    EV> Book for IBM PC-DOS 7.0 that I bought for $5.00US.   
      
    EV> My question is wasn't the various 6.x upgrades priced   
    EV> around $40.00US?   
      
    I don't remember. That was so long ago... and I don't recall how   
    much I paid. That is, if I didn't get the disks from some   
    package for a computer at work we didn't upgrade. I have a   
    couple sets, but details are long forgotten.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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