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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- From: Bill Hoggett <bill_hoggett@lineone.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:28:35 +0100
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On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:53:00 -0500, "Dave R." <watson@enteract.com>
wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, James Alexander wrote:
>
>> gigahertz processor systems aren't readily available yet. oh and don't
>> forget, where I live, retail on windows is $300 by itself. Are you really so
>> STUPID to believe any vendor will sell you windows and give you the hardware
>> on which to run it for FREE?
>
>A vendor, however, will be paying for OEM Windows, not retail. The OEM
>version is usually much cheaper, but with stricter licensing (i.e. must be
>sold with a computer, can't be installed on another PC, etc.). So, figure
>US$50-$75 for Windows, maybe even less.
Is this after the new licensing scheme comes into effect?
--
Bill Hoggett