Microsoft has a new idea on how to deter students from MacBook Neo - 9to5Mac

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• Janx@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  college students in the US can score 12 months free of Microsoft 365 Premium and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with the purchase of an eligible PC, plus a free custom Xbox controller.

  Wow. A controller for the gaming ecosystem they’re letting die, and temporary access to their online (worse) office suite programs along with Game Pass access (also temporary). Where do I sign up!?

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  • slacktoid@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lmao thanks for saving me a read. That’s so trash

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• Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is an idiotic counter to the Neo. Microsoft is in a position it’s not faced before: Macs are cheaper than PCs. Offering a year of “free services” doesn’t change the fact that Surfaces start at more than twice what Apple has on offer.

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• MattR@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Microsoft is unaware that students need a reliable device, this also means a stable OS which they can’t offer.

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  • Steve@communick.news ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Windows is remarkably stable. Has been for many years.

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    • PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Then why do they keep having to roll back what seems like every update they release due to some major bug?

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    • SteevyT@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      When fucking File Explorer freezes a CAD machine for several minutes at a time resulting in explorer.exe crashing and restarting multiple times a day I’d say it’s not as stable as I got used to. Several of us at the place I work at have been dealing with this, although it has been getting better, it never should have happened in the first place.

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    • Janx@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “has been” is right, lol

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• doleo@lemmy.one ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  college students in the US can score 12 months free of Microsoft 365 Premium and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with the purchase of an eligible PC, plus a free custom Xbox controller.

  Saved you a click

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  • Midnitte@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Which is really funny because most (all?) students get 365 free from their school already

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  • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ok, so students can select either:

    1. A computer that they can study, work, (light) game, edit photos, and do much more on, without a digital use by date.
    2. An admittedly excellent office suite, a collection of games, for a limited time, and an Xbox controller, but only if they buy a specific computer.

    Yeah, nah Microsoft, nah.

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    • Asetru@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      An admittedly excellent office suite

      Every time some colleague uses office and I’m forced to hop on as well it feels like my whole workflow just grinds to a halt and there’s nothing that I’d want more than to throw my laptop out the window… There’s not much else that I hate with the same passion like ms Office. “Admittedly excellent”? What?

      without a digital use by date

      What? Apple just drops devices at some point.

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  • nocturne@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The subscriptions are only available to new subscribers.

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• Midnitte@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Or just a Framework and install Linux, skip Microslop

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  • Jrockwar@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The only thing is that the 8GB Framework 12 is a bit more expensive than the (8GB) MacBook Neo, and if you get it to 16GB it starts getting close to MacBook Air territory. But if you can sacrifice the nice build quality and nice screen plus spend some extra £, you can get Linux and a repairable laptop.

    In any case: Windows is just not a value proposition anymore. Why pay extra to deal with Intel, MS and Copilot?

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    • PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      To be fair to Framework, the 12 is a 2-in-1 with a touchscreen, which is not something that’s currently offered on any of Apple’s laptops and at least partially accounts for the extra cost. Of course, economies of scale play a part, as well.

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