On 1/6/06, Abhishek Daga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Dinesh Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 05 January 2006 05:18, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > > they dont say M$ - they say 'another operating system' > > > > Assuming that pc manufacturers pay microsoft for the OS (duh..) at a > fraction of > the retail price and they build it into the cost of the PCs/laptops, > SO > If we do NOT want the OS supplied by microsoft, do they give us a > discount? is > there an option for the same hardware config sans operating system?
Yep there genrally is a diff of around 5,000 bucks... but thats when the company markets a version of the model with linux n a separate one with win. -abhishek > > > > > > __________________________________________ > Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. > Just $16.99/mo. or less. > dsl.yahoo.com > > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- Puneet
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