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I fully expect it to be $140 cheaper than a comparable machine running Windows 7 Pro.
by libria 14y ago
I fully expect it to be $140 cheaper than a comparable machine running Windows 7 Pro.
- technomancy 14y agoCan't tell whether this is sarcastic or not, but if you think Dell pays full price for Windows licenses you are in for a surprise.
- pm90 14y agoI don't know the backstory on this....does Dell pay much less than the full price? How much less?
- technomancy 14y agoThe OEM agreement prevents the exact numbers from being disclosed, but I believe it's common knowledge that it's quite small; probably well under USD50 for a company like Dell.
- commandar 14y agoWhen people have managed to get refunds for preinstalled Windows licenses from major OEMs, the number's generally been in the $35-50 range. Keep in mind that the manufacturers also subsidize the cost of systems with all the preinstalled crapware that comes on a lot of machines.
- jiggy2011 14y agoI think dell gets subsidies from installing all that crapware, so I would expect it to be offset by that.