[Fedora] Re: Dell says all aboard for Linux PCs

[John Aldrich]

Quoting "Ashley M. Kirchner" <ashley at pcraft.com>:

> jack wallen wrote:
> > from what i understand, the same machine loaded with linux will cost
> > approximately $53.00 USD more than the same machine with Vista. i can't
> > quite figure that one out. anyone care to explain?
> >
>     It's their way of pushing Vista.  That'd be my guess.
>
Probably Microsoft is subsidizing new installations of Vista. Also, it costs
Dell money to get their installers "certified" and build new Ghost (or
whatever) images of the linux O/S. Sure they have to do that with Vista, but
since most of their installs are Vista, it's a matter of a few pennies per
machine, not a few dollars per machine. Simply a matter of scale.