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Originally Posted by guthmund
Aside from the techno-geeks who just have to have their hands on every new thing that comes out the door, what purpose would the casual user need to justify buying a whole new operating system?
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None. But what will happen is that the newest DirectX or WindowsMediaPlayer will not work on XP, and you will need it to watch the newest movie (with DRM) or play the shiniest new video game.
This isn't new, Micro$oft has been making money for years off the upgrade market. Why would you need Office XP when the older versions still worked. Because, one of your friends/aquaintences/business partners upgraded and you needed the new version to open their files. You needed the new operating system to support the new software.
It's a vicious circle.