bbgruff wrote:
> 7 wrote:
>
>> In a free market such market distortions are not allowed to
>> continue. There is no compelling reason why laptops must be sold
>> with different hardware but at equal price so that micoshaft with
>> its market unfavourable licensing fees may be protected to survive.
>
> Try this. Not a laptop - the new tiny Asus desktop.
> NOW we get a straight comparison:-
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=3321
>
> 1GB 80GB 2.5" 5400RPM $269 with Linux
> 1GB 80GB 2.5" 5400RPM $299 with XP
> 2GB 160GB 2.5" 5400RPM $299 with Linux
>
> There at least is an apples/apples comparison.
> Additional price of "special" XP Home is 30 USD like-for-like.
>
> - and rather than have XP, for the same +30 USD you can have the HD
> increased from 80 to 160GB AND the RAM up from 1GB to 2GB instead.
Thats all fine so long as the $269 is a valid price and has
not seen some portion of it set aside for micoshaft corporation
so that it may survive at the expense of consumers and choice.
> (My understanding is that the "special" price of XP Home limits its use to
> 1GB and 80GB anyway)
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