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On 31/10/06 13:15:37, Michael Mortimore wrote:
On 10/31/06, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Michael Mortimore wrote: > > > > On the other hand, who actually buys windows? > > On past experience, almost everyone who owns a PC. > Maybe I should rephrase that. Who actually buys windows after they have the PC?
Or more precisely:If all PC's were to be sold *without* an OS, who would pay for Windows out of their own pocket?
Punter: I want to buy that £400 PC.HellDesk: OK, you can have just the PC and install Debian yourself (we'll throw in a copy of the net install CD) or we can pre-install Ubuntu on that for £50 or you can have Microsoft Windows pre-installed for £400.
Punter: So Windows is the same price as the PC?HellDesk: No, £150 of the cost of Windows is the extra hardware required to meet the minimum installation requirements for Vista.
Duh! -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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