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So I was Googling for an image of a Weasel (dont ask) and I noticed one of the screenshots in the results was Neowin from 12 and a half years ago (going by the date of the news posts in the screenshot):
 
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So I clicked on the image and the image result was this:
 

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Which is a screenshot from 12+ years ago of this thread: Did you pay for XP?

 

69% of Neowiners "Warzed it" at the time...  :shiftyninja:

 

I found it kinda random / amusing Neowin appeared in my search results and was associated with been a weasel for this!

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nope never bought windows xp, vista & 7 i had my ways :)

 

but i did buy 8 & 8.1 pro

 

but yeah i laugh when i google neowin & warez

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It's a testament to our upgrade path that the thread still looks great despite its age :p

 

Very true!

 

I must admit i really liked that site design too, it looks dated now however at the time I did think Neowin was once of the best looking tech sites out there! (Still is today!)

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I think Neowin kinda slipped on the "No pornography" rule.

 

Anyway, I think I've bought all of my Windows versions, usually at OEM prices.

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First rule makes me laugh, it's not as well enforced as it should be

It's not about the laughs, it's about the nostalgia for the original Neowin crew. And since we're not part of the crew, it probably doesn't mean much to us. :p

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It's not about the laughs, it's about the nostalgia for the original Neowin crew. And since we're not part of the crew, it probably doesn't mean much to us. :p

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Nope,

I, personally, have never paid for an OS, other than the 2 new computers I have purchased in my life and those were both back in the Windows 9 days. 1 Windows 95 and 1 Windows 98SE.

 

I do believe I was here back when that was originally posted. Oops, nope! That was like 3 months before my time! :(

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That looks familiar. I was here then, but lost my user ID and password somewhere along the way and created this one. Don't recall what happened any more. I think I first came here about 6 months after it opened.

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