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Mereo@mereo@piefed.ca
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Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware

www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/amid-ram-price-hikes-microsoft-reportedly-raises-windows-license-cost-forcing-oems-to-hike-prices-even-further-on-hardware
Windows 11 Hero Surfaces on a white tableWindows CentralWindows 11 license fee hikes contributing to higher laptop prices, says reportA new report claims Microsoft has raised the cost of the Windows license by up to 10% for certain OEMs, which is much higher than usual.
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Gsus4@Gsus4@mander.xyz
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Cant you ask the shop to sell you the machine without windows? And get a rebate for it, since you’re going to remove it anyway.

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Bytemeister@Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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Not really. Most computers are sold off a shelf at a big box store, pre-configured and ready to go. The license for windows is flashed onto the hardware, so the staff doesn’t really have a way to remove it from the computer.

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Someonelol@Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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If enough people start asking about it then it might persuade big box stores to test the waters with a few Linux-based units or at least an unformated drive.

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chiliedogg@chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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Big Box stores want you to buy a product and leave. They want fewer skus that work out of the box. Windows sucks ass, but most of the time you end up with a functional, if shitty, PC.

Also - Microsoft and Apple pay for floorspace at the big box stores. What Linux distro is gonna do that?

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FireWire400@FireWire400@lemmy.world
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What Linux distro is gonna do that?

I guess Chromebooks, kinda?

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Malfeasant@Malfeasant@lemmy.world
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Sure, trade in your gremlin for a pinto…

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FireWire400@FireWire400@lemmy.world
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I’d rather keep my Pacer thanks

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