Mereo@piefed.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoAmid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardwarewww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1368arrow-down15
arrow-up1363arrow-down1external-linkAmid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardwarewww.windowscentral.comMereo@piefed.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·6 hours agoThe problem there is Windows still has negative cost for OEMs due to all the bloatware they bundle. They get paid for that McAfee and Epic Games icon.
minus-squareDie4Ever@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·edit-26 hours agomeanwhile on the Dell website EDIT: $100 of that difference comes from Win11 requiring an SSD upgrade from 512GB to 1TB
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 hours agoWhat currency is that? Windows 11 home is $140 USD.
minus-squareDie4Ever@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·5 hours agoUSD https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/xps-13-laptop/spd/xps-13-9350-intel-laptop/usexcucto9350lnl01#customization-anchor
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoThe “discount” “+$100” 💀
The problem there is Windows still has negative cost for OEMs due to all the bloatware they bundle.
They get paid for that McAfee and Epic Games icon.
meanwhile on the Dell website
EDIT: $100 of that difference comes from Win11 requiring an SSD upgrade from 512GB to 1TB
What currency is that? Windows 11 home is $140 USD.
USD
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/xps-13-laptop/spd/xps-13-9350-intel-laptop/usexcucto9350lnl01#customization-anchor
The “discount” “+$100” 💀