Mereo@piefed.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoAmid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardwarewww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square139linkfedilinkarrow-up1659arrow-down18
arrow-up1651arrow-down1external-linkAmid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardwarewww.windowscentral.comMereo@piefed.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square139linkfedilink
minus-squareAndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·25 days agoAnd they’d get away with it too if it wasn’t for those damn Linux distributions.
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 days agoLook at the long game. Installing a Linux distro is great. But what happens when your GPU/CPU/SSD dies and you can’t afford or buy replacements? They got more time and can afford to wait us out.
minus-squarejnod4@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 days agoOr when they lock the bootloader ala android phones and you’re stuck with the default Windows on your laptop?
And they’d get away with it too if it wasn’t for those damn Linux distributions.
Look at the long game. Installing a Linux distro is great. But what happens when your GPU/CPU/SSD dies and you can’t afford or buy replacements?
They got more time and can afford to wait us out.
Or when they lock the bootloader ala android phones and you’re stuck with the default Windows on your laptop?