Abhishek Daga wrote:
Assuming that pc manufacturers pay microsoft for the OS (duh..) at a fraction of the retail price and they build it into the cost of the PCs/laptops, SO If we do NOT want the OS supplied by microsoft, do they give us a discount? is there an option for the same hardware config sans operating system?
There is an option, but no manufacturer mentions it much.
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