▲ 861 ▼ Lenovo now ship with Fedora (lemmy.ca) submitted 1 year ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev 143 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (4 children) It's removing 211 dollars from the price permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) I know. It effectively means you pay $211 for Windows Which is is such a high dollar count that this simply cannot be USD, a theory further corroborated by the time being 24-hour format, which is uncommon in the US. I was simply curious to what type of dollar it is in the image. Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, something else? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Which is is such a high dollar count that this simply cannot be USD So I haven't used Windows on my own machines in about 20 years, but back when I built my own PCs that seemed about right. So I looked up the price history, didn't realize that Microsoft reduced the license prices around Windows 8. I remember 20 years ago, Windows XP Home was $199 and Professional was $299 for a new license on a new computer. Vista and 7 were similarly priced. Since Windows 8, though, I just don't understand their pricing or licensing terms. permalink fedilink source parent [–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago 24-hour time is equally uncommon in Australia and New Zealand, but it looks like it could be one of them based on the currency conversion, could also be Singapore though, which has Dollars very close in value to those permalink fedilink source parent [–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 child) Windows 11 home costs more than $200??? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] letzlo@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago I’m not that surprised. I believe it costs less on itself but there might be a surcharge for installation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago Oh thank you. I didn't see the tiny -. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 1 point 1 year ago* 211 doll hair? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) I know. It effectively means you pay $211 for Windows Which is is such a high dollar count that this simply cannot be USD, a theory further corroborated by the time being 24-hour format, which is uncommon in the US. I was simply curious to what type of dollar it is in the image. Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, something else? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Which is is such a high dollar count that this simply cannot be USD So I haven't used Windows on my own machines in about 20 years, but back when I built my own PCs that seemed about right. So I looked up the price history, didn't realize that Microsoft reduced the license prices around Windows 8. I remember 20 years ago, Windows XP Home was $199 and Professional was $299 for a new license on a new computer. Vista and 7 were similarly priced. Since Windows 8, though, I just don't understand their pricing or licensing terms. permalink fedilink source parent [–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago 24-hour time is equally uncommon in Australia and New Zealand, but it looks like it could be one of them based on the currency conversion, could also be Singapore though, which has Dollars very close in value to those permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Which is is such a high dollar count that this simply cannot be USD So I haven't used Windows on my own machines in about 20 years, but back when I built my own PCs that seemed about right. So I looked up the price history, didn't realize that Microsoft reduced the license prices around Windows 8. I remember 20 years ago, Windows XP Home was $199 and Professional was $299 for a new license on a new computer. Vista and 7 were similarly priced. Since Windows 8, though, I just don't understand their pricing or licensing terms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago 24-hour time is equally uncommon in Australia and New Zealand, but it looks like it could be one of them based on the currency conversion, could also be Singapore though, which has Dollars very close in value to those permalink fedilink source parent
[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 child) Windows 11 home costs more than $200??? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] letzlo@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago I’m not that surprised. I believe it costs less on itself but there might be a surcharge for installation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] letzlo@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago I’m not that surprised. I believe it costs less on itself but there might be a surcharge for installation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago Oh thank you. I didn't see the tiny -. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 1 point 1 year ago* 211 doll hair? permalink fedilink source parent