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Re: Dell Ubuntu

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Originally Posted by Joe Ross View Post
I doubt that when they do start shipping Linux PCs, they will be any cheaper then Windows PCs and quite possibly be more expensive.
I'm going to have to echo what Joe is saying here. There is no way that Dell is paying full price for a copy of Windows. Computers are getting cheap, but not THAT cheap, not to the point where Dell will sell a desktop for under 300, even if they could. It's business, plain and simple. Why charge less for a desktop with Ubuntu if people will pay the same price? It might be slightly cheaper, but I really don't expect to see any 200 dollar computers from Dell in the near future.

And seriously, I can't hate Microsoft. The Xbox360 is just too good
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