Re: ready to use debian or ubuntu laptop reccomendations?
On Wednesday 01 March 2006 19:24, Andrew Cady wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 05:56:05PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 01 March 2006 13:25, Star King of the Grape Trees wrote:
> > > Windows is very expensive *UNLESS* you get some sort of volume
> > > discount or you purchase it with your computer. I have heard of
> > > places where windows cost $30 AUD or less, due to these deals with
> > > MS.
> >
> > Microsoft's OEM list price for Windows XP Pro is US$135.00 right now,
> > generally speaking, subtract that amount for the fair market cost of
> > the hardware without Windows.
>
> Dell is not paying $135 for a copy of Windows.
Are you sure? Look how they cut corners on hardware right up through the
midrange.
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