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:	post by ArrowHead NLI at 2007-03-09 22:29:37

sxealex said:

they get soooo much $ from every comp that is sold basically.

Basically, no. This is a barebones kit. There IS no fucking OS. I could throw lindows, red hat, unix, or whatever I want on there. And yes, for $119 I'll get windows. They get $$ from every OS sold, not every computer. A few years ago, WAL-MART tried selling dirt cheap PC's with really nice quality components. They could afford to sell these systems for $300 or less, because they didn't include windows. Instead, they used a linux hybrid that mimics windows, callled Lin-dows. They sold like shit. No one wanted them, they preferred to go elsewhere and spend several hundred more for systems with worse components, just to have a nice familiar windows box.

As for downloading, I'm all set. I can install any damned Microsoft OS all the way through XP pro and media center from one disk. The PC I own now is running a ripped copy of XP, because I didn't want to buy something again that came with the computer, and Best Buy never gave me a restore CD or serial (the computer was a replacement under their lemon policy.) It's a pain in the ass, updating is nigh impossible, security flaws are stuck wide open, and you have no technical support. These things, to me, are worth that $119.

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