Everything had gone well, but Microsoft Office kept saying it requires an Office365 subscription – this shouldn’t be the default as the PC was shipping (she had paid extra money for the same) with a perpetual license for Office 2019 Home. She opened the package and proceeded to set up. A relative of mine, a recent graduate on my recommendation had bought an HP laptop for personal usage for Rs.45,000 (USD 607): AMD Ryzen 5 3500U, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, 1 TB HDD with Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Student Edition. The latest frustration for me happened today. I have experienced them to be upfront on what they charge you for – you may not like the premium price but that’s ok. Though I am not a fanboy of Apple products, I admire Apple for remaining clean in this regard. The excuse they provide is that there are wafer-thin margins in the business, unlike Apple, who operate on the higher end of the market. Unfortunately, this stealth mode operations are a common theme in the world of Windows PCs and Android Smartphones for decades. ![]() There is nothing wrong in upselling, but they need to be transparent on what is already provided and what’s the upgrade for. I am annoyed when companies design products to get the paying customer into doing things that are good for the manufacturer’s top-line and expensive for the customer.
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