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Re: Acer Lowers Sub-notebook Price, GNU/Linux Cheaper Than ~$18 XP

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:19:22 -0700, Rex Ballard wrote:

>> >http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=14312
>>
>> > This can't be good for Microsoft's margins. They why they pursue new
>> > business models like subscription and patent assaults that are
>> > slanderous at best.
>>
>> It can't be that the cost differential for Acer is $20 per unit?  That
>> seems suspiciously low.
> 
> You probably want to compare the applications on both systems as well.
> 
> I know that with ASUS, the "Office" you get with the XP version is the
> "Works" version of Word, and that's it.  No excel, no powerpoint, and no
> database.


Hmm, how can that not be dumping?


-Thufir

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