Comment There is one advantage to this (Score 0) 415
If this had been in place a few years ago, then when Microsoft changed the desktop metro, people buying computers would have been able to subscribe to the Win7 instead of 8 which would have forced Microsoft to abandon it's horrid change. Other than that, I see this as being bad for the consumers...... So I guess that means it will happen. I can't wait for my system to fail to boot because MS cannot confirm that I've paid my OS rent due to the fact that I don't has a network connection at my client's site.