In Australia, XP Cheaper Than Linux On Eee 900

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 8, 2008 @01:55AM from the money-changes-everything dept.

KrispyDollars writes "It sounds crazy to say this, but the XP-based version of the Eee PC 900 (the new version with the 8.9" screen) will actually be considerably cheaper than the Linux-based version. At the official launch today, the company told journalists that 'Microsoft has been a longstanding supporter of Asus' to explain the price discrepancy. And — get this — only the XP-based machine will be sold at mass-market retailers, while the Linux-based model will be consigned to computer stores."

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Re:The Standard M$ Deal. by gnutoo · 2008-05-08 03:09 · Score: -1, Redundant

This post about anti-trust deserves to be at the top of this discussion. There is no "new" Microsoft and the world of computing still suffers monopoly pricing despite their being free replacements.