Mereo@piefed.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoAmid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardwarewww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up1771arrow-down19
arrow-up1762arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square171fedilink
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·3 days 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-up40arrow-down1·edit-23 days 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-up6·2 days agoWhat currency is that? Windows 11 home is $140 USD.
minus-squareDie4Ever@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·2 days 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-up14·2 days agoThe “discount” “+$100” 💀
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI think that might be losing a $100 discount from the other configuration, possibly because they have excess smaller drives that don’t meet win11 requirements?
minus-squareReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThat’s crazy! I had no idea they were charging that much now. Thanks for sharing!
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” 💀
I think that might be losing a $100 discount from the other configuration, possibly because they have excess smaller drives that don’t meet win11 requirements?
That’s crazy! I had no idea they were charging that much now. Thanks for sharing!