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The g card is a zero-cost sidegrade from a Centrino system to an identical Pentium-M / 855 system.
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The g card is a zero-cost sidegrade from a Centrino system to an identical Pentium-M / 855 system.
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I would have stayed with GoLive for many more years, but right after I upgraded to GoLive 9, Adobe decided I needed to pay $200 more for a sidegrade to Dreamweaver or lose my investment and support.
alexz commented on the word sidegrade
An "upgrade" or trade where you get an equivalent system or you get new features, but lose features in exchange, resulting in nothing better than the original.
February 13, 2013