> I'd imagine the cost of an OS license is a total non-issue compared to what they're charging the client I think you'd be wrong if you knew how much the total

> I'd imagine the cost of an OS license is a total non-issue compared to what they're charging the client I think you'd be wrong if you knew how much the total sum of all Windows licenses cost in a large-scale deployment. That is why they usually install the kiosk with a decade-old Windows OS, usually Win2K or XP embedded which arguably costs less than a Win7 or 8.1 license. > As a potential consumer of a kiosk, I don't particularly care what OS it's running. I am afraid we are not particularly talking about consumers, but the companies that make these things.