Falling Hardware Prices Favor Linux

Posted by kdawson on Saturday September 29, 2007 @07:46AM from the days-when-vista-walked-the-earth dept.

An anonymous reader sends us to a blog posting arguing that, as hardware prices fall below $250 for laptops and desktops, Linux should gain as the Microsoft tax stands out in sharper relief. "In previous years, if you were spending US$1500 and up on a laptop, the Microsoft tax you were paying didn't seem like such a big deal. XP or Vista was pre-installed, fairly convenient... But as the price of hardware for small basic machines comes down, (think under US$250 by the end of next year), then software price starts to become a big issue. Why would you pay the price of your new laptop again just for the software, when all you want to do is really basic things?"

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Frist! by Propaghandi · 2007-09-29 07:49 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Sorry, just wanted to say the Senator's name-rhymes with Fist(ing)-Oh yeah, Linux rules on low-cost hardware!

Mike

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Re:Not so fast...! by Anonymous Coward · 2007-09-29 09:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Randomly sticking "period" at the end of your sentences makes you sound like a retard.