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Of course Windows costs Dell money. There is an exact same Windows version of this laptop with the same CPU that sells for $50 more than the Linux version (see
by mrb 14y ago
Of course Windows costs Dell money. There is an exact same Windows version of this laptop with the same CPU that sells for $50 more than the Linux version (see the fourth configuration in my link).
Or one could argue that Windows costs nothing to Dell, because they just pass the licensing fee (the $50) to the consumer.
- dagw 14y agoWindows costs Dell money, but Windows+all the extra crap they're paid to install earns Dell money. Any price difference between Windows and Linux laptops is purely a marketing move.