Lars D. Noodin wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Ted Unangst wrote:
Woah. I can get a two grand notebook for only one grand without windows?
Varies depending on overall prices, and only if the savings are not
pocketed entirely.
http://www.cybersource.com.au/users/conz/why_the_unbundling_windows_sceptics_
are_wrong.html
That doesn't say you can get a $2000 notebook for $1000. It says in
once instance, someone got Acer to refund EU135.20 for Windows XP Home
out of the EU599 he paid for the machine. (He also got refunds for
Microsoft Works and several non-Microsoft applications.)
I don't know where they got those numbers, since I can buy Vista Home
Basic OEM (or XP Home OEM) from Newegg for $85.
For a 600 EUR notebook, a refund (or avoidance) of the Windows tax is
significant:
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/96581
And that's just the link to the news article referenced from the above
blog post. You're picking and choosing your numbers so you can say
"ZOMG COMPUTER PRICES ARE HALF WINDOWS!!!" when that's not the case at
all. Granted, I'd certainly be happy enough if I could save $90 on the
purchase of a computer without Windows, but taking a $2000 notebook to
$1900 is far from "half price".
