Mereo@piefed.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoAmid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardwarewww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1466 cross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
arrow-up1466external-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 · 13 hours agomessage-square83fedilink cross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
minus-squareDudewitbow@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·12 hours agoim surprised they don’t just do the underhanded method of acquiring windows. well I’d imagine theres some stores willing to oblige doing that. curious sakes, what distro do they preload on customers.
minus-squaresteelplatedmech@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoYeah I doubt my chinese MiniPC came with official Windows. Had recommendation tp go through initial set up offline. Not that I kept Windows. I wiped it and put Fedora on it.
minus-squarejaygray91@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoYeah that’s weird. Quite a few of the smaller refurb shops here (south East Asia) just pirate Windows and Office suite.
im surprised they don’t just do the underhanded method of acquiring windows.
well I’d imagine theres some stores willing to oblige doing that.
curious sakes, what distro do they preload on customers.
Yeah I doubt my chinese MiniPC came with official Windows. Had recommendation tp go through initial set up offline. Not that I kept Windows. I wiped it and put Fedora on it.
Yeah that’s weird. Quite a few of the smaller refurb shops here (south East Asia) just pirate Windows and Office suite.