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Ugh, I'd have purchased a number of those with Ubuntu on them. I guess the demand for that's not high enough to be worthwhile. Lack of demand isn't the same a
by mrkurt 17y ago
Ugh, I'd have purchased a number of those with Ubuntu on them. I guess the demand for that's not high enough to be worthwhile.
Lack of demand isn't the same as MS crushing something, though. It's super common to segment software licenses based on hardware capabilities, and it's trickled down to the consumer level I guess.
- Xichekolas 17y agoAgreed. I just bought an Eeepc that has a dual core and 2gb of RAM, which as I read it falls afoul of the limits and presumably has a higher cost license. It was only $370, and while I realize that price was probably higher due to having windows on it, that didn't exactly kill the product... I still bought it. It's annoying, since I immediately formatted and put Easy Peasy on it anyway, but it's hard to find any ready-built machine without a bundled OS, so this is nothing new.
- jmaygarden 17y agoYou should try to get a refund for the Windows license (see http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/59381 http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/59381).
- codedivine 17y agoEee with dual core? Which model?
- mr_luc 17y agoOy, vey! Use fatwallet.com next time -- netbooks are popular on there, and as the linux ones are cheaper, they're often mentioned. It still (probably) won't come with your favorite distro, but at least it comes without the windows price gouge.
- eli 17y agoThe Mini 9 was available with both. I got a cheap refurb with XP for my girlfriend and just upgraded the RAM and hard drive myself. It's one screw -- they made it real easy.