[Discuss] Avoiding paying Windows license in the US

[Rich Pieri]

On Tue, 1 Jun 2021 16:45:38 -0500
Jack Coats <jack at coats.org> wrote:

> Bundling it costs most PC makers almost nothing (think $10/seat for
> consumer systems, and
> pro systems often come unbundled so they can stick you for more on you
> 'enterprise agreement').

Windows volume licenses are actually about the same $10 per device, or
less, unless you go datacenter which is a flat rate (something like
$5K/socket) for unlimited VMs.

Or you can just soak up the $10 as a convenience cost since you're not
paying for shipping from a white box OEM.

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Rich Pieri