Why would that be?  I’m a long time Mac guy and happy ….

there are a few recent annoying bugs in things like Apple Mail I’ll admit but 
overall still very much like the platform - I have a Win10 desktop I use once 
in a while and after being on Mac for so long I hate it

> On Nov 11, 2016, at 7:49 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Strange. My diehard Apple fans are losing faith in Apple.
> 
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> From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 6:47:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Microsoft scratch-off COA
> 
> I'm seriously considering buying an Apple notebook for my next PC.Getting 
> tired of Microsoft and all their shenanigans. 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:20 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> i think there is a guy at microsoft just solely dedicated to coming up with 
> newer and better ways for them to be dicks. He was on an extended vacation 
> after he got his massive bonus check for the licensing audit program. Then he 
> came up with windows 10 licensing where its either hardware bound in the 
> ether, or tied to your personal microsoft account, assuming you were the 
> first guy to log in post upgrade, or maybe your reseller account, or hey, 
> maybe its your COA, or its an OEM that may be bound to a COA key, or hardware 
> bound.
> that guy is fa freaking champ
> 
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Apparently starting a few months back, Microsoft in their infinite wisdom 
> decided to cover part of the Product Key on their COA stickers with a silver 
> label and the word Microsoft.  Turns out you scratch it off like a lottery 
> ticket, but they neglect to tell you this.  So I ended up calling tech 
> support to see if I was supposed to peel off the silver label and the guy had 
> no idea what I was talking about.  As soon as I tried to peel a corner with 
> my fingernail, I realized it was scratch-off not a label.
>  
> Only an issue if you get box software with a COA sticker, I assume not an 
> issue with volume licensing.
> 
> 
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