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    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 4 22:44:49 2025
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    I had long assumed that PC makers couldn’t offer a significant
    discount if you bought a PC without Windows, because of the crapware
    subsidy: lots of other companies were paying the PC makers to include demoware/crippleware/adware on the preinstallation, and this made up
    (possibly even more than made up) for the cost of the Windows licence.

    Maybe the days of crapware are over, I don’t know. Here is a Lenovo
    machine that you can get for $100 less if you leave out Windows and
    choose Ubuntu instead <https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-linux-friendly-mini-pc-drives-up-to-six-monitors-and-saves-space-in-the-office/>.

    That’s quite a substantial discount, which makes the Linux option
    even more attractive.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From CtrlAltDel@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Wed Jun 4 23:58:22 2025
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 22:44:49 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    Maybe the days of crapware are over, I don’t know. Here is a Lenovo
    machine that you can get for $100 less if you leave out Windows and
    choose Ubuntu instead <https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-linux-friendly-mini-pc-drives-up-to-
    six-monitors-and-saves-space-in-the-office/>.

    That’s quite a substantial discount, which makes the Linux option even
    more attractive.

    That was Lenovo's first mistake. They should be charging $300 more for
    the Ubuntu installation and everyone would immediately clamor for it.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From chrisv@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Fri Jun 6 06:06:48 2025
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    Here is a Lenovo
    machine that you can get for $100 less if you leave out Windows and
    choose Ubuntu instead ><https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-linux-friendly-mini-pc-drives-up-to-six-monitors-and-saves-space-in-the-office/>.

    That’s quite a substantial discount, which makes the Linux option
    even more attractive.

    That's cool. I don't know if I've ever seen that kind of clear
    upcharge for Windows, before.

    --
    "There's nothing to prevent car dealers from selling unpainted cars to
    people who want to apply their own custom paint jobs. There's nothing
    to stop my local cine-plex from showing native Swahili documentaries
    and nothing to stop Seagate from selling hard-drives with no firmware
    for the few people who want to write their own drive-controller
    firmware." - trolling fsckwit "Ezekiel", ridiculing the concept of
    selling a PC with a blank HD.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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