Windows is priced at a premium, you just don't feel it because the cost is rolled into the cost of whatever piece of kit you just bought. As I understand it, O

Windows is priced at a premium, you just don't feel it because the cost is rolled into the cost of whatever piece of kit you just bought. As I understand it, OEM costs for Windows are a small fraction of retail. Computers offered with no OS, FreeDOS or Linux rarely cost less than the same machine with Windows. This holds true both with major manufacturers offering a choice of OS on their products and with generic laptops sold under several brand names (compare System76, which sells laptops with Linux to Sager, which sells some of the same machines with Windows). In most cases, the cost is offset by bundling trialware, so you don't actually pay for Windows at all.