Comment on Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS at CES 2025 video by Verge
David_Eight@lemmy.world 1 week agoThat can’t be the case, can it? $100 for windows, which realistically might actually run many games worse is wild lol.
Windows charges different license fees depending on how powerful a device is. Gaming hardware will have a more expensive license fee than a lower power device.
Honestly when you have devices like the steam deck targeting $400 starting price, paying up to $100 for a windows key is pretty significant.
Well it looks like the price difference also comes with a bigger hard drive, so that helps soften that blow a bit. But TIL, I wasn’t aware of variable pricing based on device performance.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That sounds pretty in line with licensing costs for windows
David_Eight@lemmy.world 1 week ago
$499.99 SteamOS version with 16GB / 512GB, a $599.99 Windows version with 16GB / 1TB
Looks like you get an extra 500gb with the base windows version for some reason. IDK what the deal is with that?
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Need more storage for the Windows bloat.
Mereo@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Windows BLOAT!
Jrockwar@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Need more storage for windows bloat…
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
I’m thinking it’s for the Windows bloat… Gotta have more storage for it.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Windows doesn’t cost $100 for OEMs, it’s basically negligible in high volumes like Lenovo.