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What's the market like for low end laptops? I'd expect the big retailers to get their own 'exclusive' skus to prevent price matching etc.
by benj111 7y ago
What's the market like for low end laptops? I'd expect the big retailers to get their own 'exclusive' skus to prevent price matching etc.
- dannyw 7y agoNah. HP, Lenovo, Dell, Acer, etc make cheap laptops. They usually have the cheapest components, slow eMMC as storage and no HDD or SSD, and come with the locked down version of Windows 10 S where you have to use IE, Bing, and can’t install apps outside of the windows store. I believe Microsoft actually pays OEMs for the S version, instead charging. Technical users can opt out of S but it’s not obvious and I think comes with warning signs that mislead average Joes think their warranty will be void if they do that.
- benj111 7y agoMy point was that if each retailer has their own unique skus, no one cheap laptop would end up achieving high sales.