reselling windows licenses and moving to Ubuntu That's almost certainly false economy, unless you've already spent the time to switch OSes for other reasons (w

reselling windows licenses and moving to Ubuntu That's almost certainly false economy, unless you've already spent the time to switch OSes for other reasons (which is perfectly possible!) and you've got multiple Windows licenses gathering dust. (I would never sell my last Windows license. There's this thing called "IE" that I need to test in. To say nothing of running Quickbooks, which reportedly stinks on the Mac.) I use Macs. They're not cheap, but we're talking a few hundred bucks over the course of two or three years. Chickenfeed. The simple cost-cutting measures are best. Power-saving light bulbs are simple. Less commuting is simple. Learning to cook is simple. Complicated tax accounting, building your own personal alternative electrical system, or switching OSes to save a couple of bucks... not so simple.