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Have a read through their marketing campaign below&#8230;\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.web-design.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ie9marketingbs.jpg\" alt=\"Internet Explorer 9 Marketing BS\" \/><br \/>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InternetExplorer9?sk=app_4949752878\">Source<\/a>\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\nSo it seems that Microsoft would have us believe that not only will your 386k modem be miraculously transformed into a 1 meg line, but videos will automatically have better quality and ugly websites will miraculously redesign themselves.\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\nAnd what&#8217;s with the line about unlocking the other 90% of your computer&#8217;s power?  Are they trying to insinuate that your Pentium 1 will be transformed into an i7 chip, or are they admitting it&#8217;s going to be <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sclient=psy&#038;hl=en&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;hs=VeJ&#038;rlz=1R1MOZA_en-GB___ZA410&#038;q=define%3Abloatware&#038;btnG=Search&#038;aq=f&#038;aqi=&#038;aql=&#038;oq=&#038;pbx=1\">bloatware<\/a>.\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n&#8216;Why Upgrade?&#8217; &#8230; Better security and HTML 5 support &#8230; Fair enough, but why add all the other lies?  Just because most computer users aren&#8217;t tech-savvy, does that give them the right to make stupid claims?\r\n<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A few years back there was a prevalent internet banner advert by Mozilla Firefox claiming that by switching to Firefox, you could surf the web faster. 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