2009/9/16 Mehul Ved <[email protected]> > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Shakthi Kannan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Technically speaking, version (B) should be priced much lower because > > there is no OS, and you don't pay for other desktop software. > > Would it really be the case? From what I am aware, most manufacturers > will load the Windows machines with trial software from *reputed* > vendors, which lowers the cost of the machine setting back some of the > higher cost. So, now the machine isn't priced too high as compared to > the Linux/DOS offering.
Unfortunately most end users think that actual cost of laptop hardware is what the vendor is selling (adding windows cost) Hence these hardware vendors and M$ were happily selling OEM's on laptops in India. But netbooks could potentially cause/is already(eeepc + xandros) causing damage to windows OEM sales. Vista hasn't been sold well hence M$ is pitching hopes on future Windows 7 sales if almost 1/2 market would have been occupied ( if linux bundled netbooks were allowed to sell) M$ never could sell future windows 7 atleast to 25 % of its customers . No I am not just speculating . Just go have a chat with windows netbook users you will find what kind of hole M$ has stuck in LOL (not one but many people removing default xp and going to ubuntu netbook remix) Anyways chrome os hopefully could get some nice drivers into the kernel with google pushing the hardware vendors ... the future is bright :) Regards, pavithran -- pavithran sakamuri www.pavithran.org _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
