[mythtv-users] New frontend possibility?

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Tue Jul 29 20:31:41 UTC 2008


On Jul 29, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Brian Wood wrote:

> On Tuesday 29 July 2008 13:45:33 Steve Peters - Priority Electronics  
> wrote:
>>> I just contacted Dell (in the UK) and they won't supply it without  
>>> the
>>> OS which is a shame because it does seem to tick a lot of boxes.
>>
>> You can apply for a windows refund though if you won't be using
>> windows...This guy got a $50 refund http://www.linux.com/articles/59381
>
> Interesting, and somewhat relevant to my main complaint about new  
> machines
> coming with Windows.
>
> I think the $52.50 is not unreasonable, it's probably close to what  
> Dell paid
> for the OS. This is probably offset by what the crapware vendors pay  
> Dell to
> get their demos on the desktop.

Dell sells to consumers. It's probably cheaper to give away Windows  
with each computer than to handle all the "I turned on my machine and  
nothing happened" calls if they sold machines without Windows - or how  
about the cost of RMA's due to "I need to return this computer because  
I bought one without Windows."




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