Invisible wrote:
> but when something astronomically expensive 
> breaks... it makes me very frustrated, to say the least.

As far as the end-user is concerned, Windows is free, since it comes with
 
the computer. You have to be actually interested in computers before you 
can 
figure out what Windows costs.  I don't think "astronomical" is quite the
 
right term, myself.

# Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): £229.99

No upgrade, does everything the non-server versions do. Expensive? More t
han 
most video games, yes.

Half price if you're upgrading. £150 for the "home" version.

That's the retail price, which means nobody charges more and pretty much 

everyone charges less and OEMs of course get a bulk discount, some of whi
ch 
they pass on to you.

Contrast with Illustrator for $600, Photoshop for $1000, Maya 3D for $500
0.

Ask your boss how much the software to run your lab equipment cost.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "We'd like you to back-port all the changes in 2.0
    back to version 1.0."
   "We've done that already. We call it 2.0."

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