Windows 8 Pro price slashed..........

The Windows 8 Pro upgrade price has inexplicably been slashed on Microsoft's online store.

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Windows 8 Pro price slashed to £45 | News | PC Pro

 

[BillWindows]

If there is one thing you can always count on from the fanboys - it is consistency.

You criticise Apple for selling more units at a lower margin - now it's different of course.

Be fabulous if MS do bring in the "New Startmenu " kinda like "New task Manager", all those fanatics who previously hated the very idea - will be crowing about how wonderful it is.

Keep up the entertainment.

Don't worry, MS will be ok in the end. To borrow from Winnie :

"You can always count on them to make the right decision, after they have tried everything else. "

You can't call me a Fanboy SIW2, maybe others, but not me, I'm about as far removed from a Fanboy as you can get, I'm all about tech.
Maybe it's because you're so intertwined with Microsoft that you can't see what's happening, or even that you somehow own a share in Microsoft.
The tech world is moving at a very rapid pace, Microsoft was slow to react, it's trying to get back in the race, what's wrong with that. Oh I know, the Windows fanboys have been slapped in the face again, Microsoft is not listening to their gazillion ideas, everyone wants something different and Microsoft is not listening, maybe because its trying to survive.
Maybe they have been listening, maybe there will be some changes in Windows Blue, I'm pretty sure a mammoth project like Windows can't be changed overnight.
I think the Windows 7 forum is sending Microsoft a petition, get involved in that, but do we have to keep rubbishing everything to do with Microsoft. You know the tech bloggers are laughing their heads off at these forums, because none of us can agree.

Anyway don't take anything I say personally, I don't go out of my way to insult Windows users, I'm actually one of you, although I don't always feel that I am.
I do from time to time have a little dig here and there but it's all good clean fun, the only time I get a bit serious is when I'm having a shot at Apple users and even that is a lot of sarcasm.

 

[BillWindows]

I have had about 6 in my bonnet today and I still have my head on.

Were they French bees?

Nope they were Russian bees.

Russians don't need bees, they're Mosquitos are bigger and more vicious than bees, no wonder they're such an angry mob.

 

[HippsieGypsie]

I have had about 6 in my bonnet today and I still have my head on.

Were they French bees?

Nope they were Russian bees.

I admire you for your bee keeping. I have a good friend that does it. It must keep you close to nature. That's one thing about all this tech. It drives us ever farther from Mother Earth. I'm going for a walk.....

 

[BillWindows]

When Windows users get a bee in their bonnet, it's more like a swarm of bees. They're like the French when they get riled up, hold onto your heads.

I have had about 6 in my bonnet today and I still have my head on.

I forgot about you Labeeman, now I know why you've got such a bee in your bonnet.

And sw2, I'll give that Mate Nadia a go, the one I've got feels a bit bloated like Ubuntu.

 

[labeeman]

Were they French bees?

Nope they were Russian bees.

I admire you for your bee keeping. I have a good friend that does it. It must keep you close to nature. That's one thing about all this tech. It drives us ever farther from Mother Earth. I'm going for a walk.....

Thank you this is my web site where I sell my stuff. ! Harper's Honey Farm

 

[BillWindows]

Were they French bees?

Nope they were Russian bees.

I admire you for your bee keeping. I have a good friend that does it. It must keep you close to nature. That's one thing about all this tech. It drives us ever farther from Mother Earth. I'm going for a walk.....

No, I breed tropical fish, parrots and keep lots of Orchids and a vast array of tropical plants.

 

[SIW2]

@labeeman

That's interesting. I see you have run out of the Russian royalty for the next couple of months. Are these gals in short supply ?

 

[labeeman]

@labeeman

That's interesting. I see you have run out of the Russian royalty for the next couple of months. Are these gals in short supply ?

I need to update the site I am sold out past the third week of May. There is a big demand this year April usually sells out mid Feb. this year it was last week of Jan. I have raised my price three years in a row in order to control demand last year it did not I ended up turning down orders for 500 queens.

 

[SIW2]

Who are buying all these queens ? Are they hobbyists?

Are we going off topic - well, it is page 15.

 

[HippsieGypsie]

@labeeman

Thanks for the link. Interesting stuff. I see there is a mite problem, that's why the Russian bees. I learned something today.

BTW, I try to eat local honey. My friend tells me it's good for the immune system. I like it in hot tea.

 

[labeeman]

Who are buying all these queens ? Are they hobbyists?

Hobbyist, queen producers, commercial beekeepers and beekeepers doing research.

And a link that has a picture of me. Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Research : Russian Honey Bee Project Cooperators

 

[SIW2]

There are quite a few reading this - fascinating stuff.

I expect it is a lot of hard work - but there is something romantic about it. You teach it as well, I think?

 

[HippsieGypsie]

It's the bee's knees!

 

[labeeman]

There are quite a few reading this - fascinating stuff.

I expect it is a lot of hard work - but there is something romantic about it. You teach it as well, I think?

Yes I do teach beginners some of the ropes but with beekeeping what works this year may be a total disaster next year,bees do not read books. Yes it is hard work and hot in the summer.

 

[SIW2]

bees do not read books

Shame, I was rather hoping they did.

 

[whs]

Apart from the honey that I like, I use Propolis since 15 years. You put 7 otr 8 drops into a 5 ounce cup and add a bit of water. Then you rinse your mouse with it twice - but only before you go to bed and don't eat and drink any more.

That keeps your teeth clean and most importantly keeps your gums from getting infected and from bleeding. Before I used the Propolis, perfectly healthy teeth were falling out of the gums because the gums were infected. Since I take the Propolis, none of that has ever happened again. A professor at a tooth clinic gave me the tip at the time.

 

[BillWindows]

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[SIW2]

I hadn't heard of that use for it. I think it has some kind of antibacterial qualities.

Apart from the honey that I like, I use Propolis since 15 years. You put 7 otr 8 drops into a 5 ounce cup and add a bit of water. Then you rinse your mouse with it twice - but only before you go to bed and don't eat and drink any more.

That keeps your teeth clean and most importantly keeps your gums from getting infected and from bleeding. Before I used the Propolis, perfectly healthy teeth were falling out of the gums because the gums were infected. Since I take the Propolis, none of that has ever happened again. A professor at a tooth clinic gave me the tip at the time.

 

[SIW2]

I don't know where you would get it from - regular chemist?

 

[SIW2]

What kind of fish are they, Bill?

We are onto animals - LOl are we doing travel and photography as well.