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for reference, I am typing this on a minisforum um560XT which is a small desktop with a Ryzen 5600H mobile processor. The whole thing cost me under USD 500 with
by mcny 3y ago
for reference, I am typing this on a minisforum um560XT which is a small desktop with a Ryzen 5600H mobile processor. The whole thing cost me under USD 500 with 500 GB SSD, 32 GB of RAM, and a windows 11 Pro license.
Somehow I doubt there was enough room for Minisforum to pay Microsoft USD 215. I would gladly take the USD 215 discount and install an operating system myself if I had a choice.
- opengears 3y agoI do not think that the vendor passes on $215 to microsoft, but 215 is what HP is charging their customers
- mcny 3y agoThis makes a lot of sense because a company with a decent size it infrastructure team probably gets its windows licenses directly from Microsoft so there is that perverse incentive for Lenovo Thinkpads and the likes to make the sticker price high so procurement can look good when they negotiate the sticker price down to sane amounts.