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Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] 41 points 3 days ago (5 children)

So the computer without Windows/with Linux will be cheaper, right/ 🥹

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    If a company is doing it it's already is. But most are selling you windows compulsively.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Huh, that changed? The last time i bought a Laptop in 2018, it was still more expensive to get one without Windows preinstalled.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    Oh, they fucking do that? Bloody hell, that's low. Maybe it depends on a country, but when I bought my previous Lenovo around 2019, they had an option without the OS and it was slightly cheaper, and only available for a small subset of laptops.
    The only new laptop I got since was Framework, and obviously, they're also great in this regard, but I feel like they're outliers.

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