I heard Linux is raising its prices too, it’s gonna be 1.3x what it is now
Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware
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lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
Another day another win for linux.
inmate_p01135809@lemmy.world 2 months ago
First off, Microsoft clearly isn’t reading the room on where they stand in 2026 with Apple hardware and Linux gaming gaining traction.
Secondly, isn’t a Windows OEM license like $100? If it increases by “7-10%”, wouldn’t that just be $7-10? That wouldn’t drastically change the price of hardware shipping with Windows at all, and that’s if the manufacturers don’t just eat that cost.
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Fyi you often don’t get price breaks for using Linux. Iirc the windows tax is contractual
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Windows is trash
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 2 months ago
Windows isn’t going to go away any time soon but it does feel like the tide is turning when Linux is only getting better and Windows is mostly spyware and ads masquerading as an operating system these days.
ResistingArrest@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Windows is free
buckykat@hexbear.net 2 months ago
Windows has negative value
oyzmo@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
Can’t have Windows anymore now that the computer storage is getting nerfed due to prices. Just read an ad today for a laptop 490$ Windows 11, 8gb ram and 128gb ssd … 128 gb, that’s just barely enough for windows and office 😅
kirisamemarisa@lemmy.eco.br 2 months ago
would that mean getting a computer with linux on it is an even better deal?