On 2016-11-19 12:42, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-11-19 10:59, Per Jessen wrote:
Well, last year I got Dell E5450 with Ubuntu, cost was significantly less than the same model (exactly the same hardware spec) with Windows. So with everything else being equal - why pay more?
Agree, I just didn't think there would be any major price difference.
My local big shop asks for about 95€ for Windows 10.
Sure, but that has no relation to the price offered for pre-installs to a vendor.
Then the only way to learn of the savings is to find the same machine with and without OS. I don't know what it will be, but I'm sure that's the reason. Selling PCs without an OS was(is?) very popular here. Software piracy was/is also hugely popular. There was a mandate or law that no computer could be sold without operating system, so they started using FreeDos, or Linux. And sometimes the Linux install not been functional! That said, installing current Windows without a license has become quite difficult. I tried (for a test), and couldn't do it. Windows finds out and goes to a black background, warning that the installation is not legal; it continues working for half an hour or so, to give you some time to enter the license code or buy it. Then it crashes or halts. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)