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Re: [opensuse] Pre-Installed Linux On Dells Coming!!
- From: Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:16:49 -0500
- Message-id: <200702271816.49755.bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Tuesday 27 February 2007 18:08, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> This does not hold up, I think--XP goes for $200 or more, Linux goes for
> about $100, maybe a buck or two less-
I think your estimates are high on both sides..... XP might go for $200 to
the end user who buys it in a store but an OEM probably pays $25 or less.
And Linux can probably had for free.... I've never paid that high for a
boxed version and an OEM doesn't buy a boxed version.
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> This does not hold up, I think--XP goes for $200 or more, Linux goes for
> about $100, maybe a buck or two less-
I think your estimates are high on both sides..... XP might go for $200 to
the end user who buys it in a store but an OEM probably pays $25 or less.
And Linux can probably had for free.... I've never paid that high for a
boxed version and an OEM doesn't buy a boxed version.
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