Microsoft has frequently used this kind of reminder to encourage upgrades.

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      13 days ago

      Im guessing if your pc isn’t good enough to fully run the program it would be slow as shit or something, and people would have a bad impression of it.

      So, you know, lets plaster ads for it all your computer instead. That’ll make a great impression!

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        it straight out won’t install and/or work but does not properly keep track so tries again and again and rolls back again and again.

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        That didn’t stop them from making their God awful searchIndexer default to scanning all the disks way too regularly back then, including C:, even if it was the slowest laptop HDD on earth

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      I would be so pissed. Well, I’m already pissed, but currently and groaning and annoyed levels, not throw laptop against the wall.