Dell's Good Move
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| Fettoosh Mar 18, 2013 11:54 AM EDT |
Quoting:Dell charges around £120 more for an otherwise identical XPS 13 supplied with Windows 8. Both Ultrabooks currently have free delivery. It is encouraging to see Dell offering either Linux or Windows pre-installed on exactly the same hardware configuration. The lower cost of Linux showing £120 of saving is openly noticeable, so why doesn't Dell offer the same on all their other configurations? Is it that hard to do? I don't think so. Developers are more inclined to go with an Apple Mac than a PC with Windows, so Dell got MS blessing because it stands a better chance with Linux and doesn't really harm MS that much. |
| BernardSwiss Mar 18, 2013 1:56 PM EDT |
Quoting: The lower cost of Linux showing £120 of saving is openly noticeable, so why doesn't Dell offer the same on all their other configurations? Is it that hard to do? I don't think so. Could this be a matter of Dell having to sacrifice the usual OEM Windows-license discount, because in this case it's offering the exact same hardware configuration both with Linux or with Windows? |
| Fettoosh Mar 18, 2013 2:12 PM EDT |
Quoting:Could this be a matter of Dell having to sacrifice the usual OEM Windows-license discount, It could be and only because Dell can sell such high end hardware with a much better profit margin to compensate for the little loss, if there is any. |
| cr Mar 18, 2013 4:33 PM EDT |
How much do they get paid to shovel cr@pw@r3z onto the Windows disk (aside from Windows, I mean)? |
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