[wplug] HP to offer Linux desktops....

[Tim Lesher]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 08:36:50AM -0400, Russ Schneider wrote:
> I think if HP was offering laptops with Mandrake on them and that made 
> them considerably cheaper than another because of the Windows OS that 
> they HAVE to sell it with, then HP just moved to the front of my 
> considerations as to whom I'd buy a laptop from.

I don't think it _would_ make them considerably cheaper.  AFAIK, the
cost of an OEM license of the latest consumer Windows OS is well under
$100.

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