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

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

  • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    1 month 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!

    • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
      4·
      1 month ago

      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.

    • Sylvartas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      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