<div class="gmail_quote">2012/12/18 Jay Vaughan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jayv@synth.net" target="_blank">jayv@synth.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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> Having said that, you can buy it now for €30, and that's a good investment.<br>
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</div>Really?  Its an 'investment'?  I think you meant: price.<br></blockquote></div><br>If I'd meant "price", I'd have said "price". :)<br><br>"Investment" because you can buy it now and use it later. You don't have to install it right away, but leave it as an ISO file. Then, whenever you feel like it, you can install Windows 8 and it has cost you only €30 instead of €100 or thereabouts.<br>
<br><div class="header"> <h2 class="me">in·vest·ment </h2><span class="pronset"><span class="show_spellpr" style="display:inline"><span class="prondelim">[</span><span class="pron">in-<span class="boldface">vest</span>-m<span class="ital-inline">uh</span> nt</span><span class="prondelim">]</span><span class="pron_toggle" style="display:inline"> </span></span></span> </div>
   <span class="pg"><span id="hotword"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" id="hotword" name="hotword">noun</span> </span></span> <div class="luna-Ent"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">1.</span> </span></span><div class="dndata">
<span id="hotword"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> </span><a style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/invest">investing</a><span id="hotword"> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">money</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" id="hotword" name="hotword">capital</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">order</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">gain</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">profitable</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">returns,</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" id="hotword" name="hotword">as</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" id="hotword" name="hotword">interest,</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" id="hotword" name="hotword">income,</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" id="hotword" name="hotword">appreciation</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" id="hotword" name="hotword">value.</span><br>
<br></span></div></div>- Peter<br>