Reply to post: Re: No need to change the default settings! Erase all of WIN 10

70% of Windows 10 users are totally happy with our big telemetry slurp, beams Microsoft

TheVogon

Re: No need to change the default settings! Erase all of WIN 10

"they saw that the Linux-equipped model cost more, not less, than the standard Windows version."

A relative worked for Dell and he tells me there were three reasons for that with systems targetted at consumers - a) Linux got more support calls - that might not be what you would expect but apparently was the case, b) it costs X to build, manage, release drivers for and update an OS image and this cost was washed across a relatively low number of systems with Linux, and c) consumer Pcs with Windows on have crapware installed that subsidises the cost....

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