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Simon Wood wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:30:59 -0600 Nick Wiltshire > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Amusing that on a custom-built, designed-for Linux machine they >> didn't think to do away with the windows logo on the keyboard. >> >> People need a serious dose of anti-MS brainwashing. >> >> Not that it matters. Dell, Wal-mart, Asus.......looks good! >> > > Ultimately they would turn a lot of 'normal' folk off if they didn't > stress that it could run XP, however how many of them would actually > go through the pain of installing it (and all the required apps). > > Plus how much extra would XP + Office be? Dell pays somewhere in the range of $70 per copy of the cheap stripped down Windows (whatever they call Windows Home these days). Going from Memory Express' prices, and assuming you could get OEM pricing, Windows and Office (Standard and Pro OEM) would add: 309.9 (109.95 + 199.95) to $604.9 (214.95 + 389.95), essentially doubling or more than doubling the cost. Of course Office retail prices can double (Office Ultimate @ 849.95? I mean seriously WTF is that? Office for morons with too much money?). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHKkERwRXgH3rKGfMRAkiPAKCX5jlNwjpSU8sIgOam94+aRriWEACcDw4Q 2yFNiIp80i9aoX/81Q/DZNM= =d8Lg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
