On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 07:29:15PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wednesday 01 March 2006 19:24, Andrew Cady wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 05:56:05PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Wednesday 01 March 2006 13:25, Star King of the Grape Trees wrote: > > > > Windows is very expensive *UNLESS* you get some sort of volume > > > > discount or you purchase it with your computer. I have heard of > > > > places where windows cost $30 AUD or less, due to these deals > > > > with MS. > > > > > > Microsoft's OEM list price for Windows XP Pro is US$135.00 right > > > now, generally speaking, subtract that amount for the fair market > > > cost of the hardware without Windows. > > > > Dell is not paying $135 for a copy of Windows. > > Are you sure? Look how they cut corners on hardware right up through > the midrange.
Dell has immense negotiating power. We can't know what exactly they do pay for Windows, or for an Intel CPU, but it's certainly going to be less than anyone else. (If you're thinking that just because Dell can't switch to Linux they have no power, consider that they *could* start shipping PCs with Firefox, or servers optionally with Linux, or PCs without OSes). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
