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[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 63 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I was there, Gandalf. IIRC this was because emachines had a type of subscription program for upgrades. They were shit machines, btw. The power supplies were trash and had a non-standard form factor.

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[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 child)

On the right side, upgrade to the latest every 2 years for $99.

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[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 days ago

However, you had to ship the current machine back to them at your own expense, and have no computer while you waited on the new one.

It was an upgrade scheme carefully crafted to be such a pain in the arse that nobody would use it.

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