How much does Dell pay to MS for an OEM XP?
William Park
opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
Wed Oct 29 22:31:02 UTC 2003
On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 05:07:58PM -0500, Tom wrote:
> I need to buy a PC for someone who isn't ready for Linux, and I don't
> want to push them to Linux prematurely. Instead I'm going to get them
> a WinXP machine and try to minimize the damage. My concern is that if
> I go to my corner store and buy a PC with an OEM XP home, that's $140
> (- markup) that goes to MS.
>
> I heard that only $10 goes to MS if I buy from Dell instead (though I
> prefer not to). Is this true?
>
> If so, then I should buy from Dell to avoid feeding MS too much. It
> also means that the corner PC shops are in serious trouble.
>
> Is there another Dell-like company, that also gets XP for cheap, but
> isn't Dell?
Buy the components and assemble yourself. Then, buy/borrow/reuse
Windows 9x/Me/XP/20xx/whatever. Make to get 2 harddisks, one for
Windows and the other for Linux. It will probably be cheaper.
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William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>
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