Single vs MP version? Do you want to pay for it?

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Single vs MP version? Do you want to pay for it?

Poll ended at Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:56 pm

I feel like it's a legitimate pricing shceme
6
33%
I feel like I am being taken advantage upon
12
67%
Undecided
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 18

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Single vs MP version? Do you want to pay for it?

Post by Kingghidorah »

When computers were in their single core stage we got a chess program that utilized it at 100%. Now if you want to utilize it at 100% you have to pay extra. If my car gets 25MPG with gas being $3.00/g and now my car gets 50MPG am I going to get stiffed for a gas now at $6.00/g?

In my personal opinion I feel that this is just a scheme to milk more money out of the consumer. Most machines today are MP so why not just give us what we had paid for before this "single" version or "MP" version balogna started. Some programs are reasonably price for their MP versions. HIARCS comes to mind and I know there a few others like this.
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