said by dave 
:said by Leathal :I don't see why you'd want to upgrade to anything faster once you had your ultimate machine running Vista?
Uh, because as far as I'm aware, hardware is still being improved, and that trend will probably continue for the next year at least?
I've long since ceased to be a top-of-the-line buyer; I prefer the middle sweet spot of cheap enough/fast enough. But there are people who want fast fast fast. And if they want the fastest that's available today, they'll probably want the fastest that's available tomorrow, as well.
And in any case, telling people they shouldn't upgrade hardware is completely beside the point:
Person 1: "Damn, Microsoft won't let me move a licence from one machine to another".
Person 2: "Well, you shouldn't want to upgrade your hardware anyway".
I for one think this is a pretty low blow from Microsoft, if it turns out to be true.
I agree. This burns at least two types of owners. First people like yourself and I that would rather buy cheaper and fast enough only to upgrade to cheaper and faster or those users that you mention that are constantly upgrading to have the fastest hardware available. It makes sense to upgrade high paid individuals as regularly as possible in occupations like programming and engineering. I am sure there are a lot of shops out there that simply replace a motherboard every year on the machines of their highest paid employees. All you have to do is improve efficiency 1% to cover the cost of a $1000 upgrade on a person earning 100K/yr. If this is all true, I think Microsoft may be hearing from more than hobbyists. 
·
·
·