[mythtv-users] New frontend possibility?

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Tue Jul 29 20:40:28 UTC 2008


On Tuesday 29 July 2008 14:34:21 David Brodbeck wrote:
> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> > 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."
>
> I think this is probably their motivation.  If you're ordering a
> server-class machine (which indicates to them you're NOT a normal
> consumer) you can order it without an OS.  As shipped, it will boot to a
> DR-DOS C: prompt on an otherwise empty partition.

I think vendors like Dell get a better price from MS if they agree to ship all 
of their machines with Windows pre-installed.

beww


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