I just wish that other computer manufacturers did this > so customers could see that the Windows licence costs a fair chuck (IIRC > a recent quote I did for some PCs with Windows XP Pro, the Windows > license was about a third of the cost of the PC, if they'd gone for > Ubuntu they could have either saved themselves a whole wad of cash, or > updated the spec). > > Rob > > I suspect that Dell, HP etc have a cost per software install of practically zero, they get a cheap windows licence, and then recover the cost by installing crapware. This certainly leaves smaller OEMs at a disadvantage. Microsoft would rather give windows away if it stopped a competitor, as has been seen with netbooks.
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