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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 22:08 UTC (Mon) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767)
In reply to: Microsoft vies for budget laptop market with XP price cuts (ars technica) by shadesfox
Parent article: Microsoft vies for budget laptop market with XP price cuts (ars technica)

They want the consumer to perceive that Windows is free and "comes with" the hardware.  That
illusion is starting to cost them something. 


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