| |||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||
Microsoft vies for budget laptop market with XP price cuts (ars technica)Microsoft vies for budget laptop market with XP price cuts (ars technica)Posted May 12, 2008 17:38 UTC (Mon) by shadesfox (guest, #28651)In reply to: Microsoft vies for budget laptop market with XP price cuts (ars technica) by sbergman27 Parent article: Microsoft vies for budget laptop market with XP price cuts (ars technica)
The whole time Microsoft's goals have been clear. They want prices to remain the same, but the hardware is free while the software is the entire cost of the system.
(Log in to post comments)
Microsoft vies for budget laptop market with XP price cuts (ars technica) Posted May 12, 2008 22:08 UTC (Mon) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767) [Link] They want the consumer to perceive that Windows is free and "comes with" the hardware. That illusion is starting to cost them something.
|
|
||||||||||||