Microsoft slips, offers $15 Windows 8 Pro promotional price to anyone

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By Alan BuckinghamOct 30, 2012, 3:27 pm220 pts
In early summer, Microsoft started offering a promotional price on Windows 8 Pro to anyone buying a PC running version 7. But there's a slip up. The $14.99 price is available to anyone willing to take advantage of the company. Several users have already tested this, ah, workaround and verified that it works.…

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