Microsoft will Increase Windows license fees for high-end hardware
It has been mentioned before, different Windows 10 licensing models based on the hardware you use. Currently, there is wordout on the street that Microsoft plans to raise license fees for computers with high-end hardware. High-end doesn't men a fast processor, but also your display and amount of system memory.
The new license model is intended computer vendors and according to the Taiwanese website Digitimes, the change will put further pressure on laptop manufacturers who already suffer from increasing hardware costs. The move is expected to put further pressure on, especially notebook makers, which currently faces rising component costs, according to industry sources.
The sources pointed out that Microsoft revised its licensing plan in 2017 and has set the fees based on notebooks' CPU grades. But for the adjustment in 2018, Microsoft is planning to include key components such as panel and memory as judgment factors for the new pricing the new licensing fees are expected to be implemented after the second quarter, sources noted. However, Microsoft has yest to confirm this news.
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You aren't seeing the whole picture. If you buy an OEM Win10 from a shop, it's more than 100 euros (I guess depending on where you live). You think a laptop costing 199 euros would have a 100 euros OS installed? Of course not. The license cost for it is something like 20 euros if even that. Even if it's the exact same OS version. This is the only way MS can have Windows installed on everything, beginning from the most entry level stuff. Unless you complain about that as well, don't complain about the enthusiast systems carrying a higher license price. People always want to pay less but never more. However, nobody questions why an 8-core CPU should cost more than a 2-core CPU or why 3200MHz RAM should cost more than 2133MHz RAM. An entry level PC is full of entry level components. Somehow it must also have an OS license that's within a similar price range.
I wonder how's the system security in your country? Lots of unpatched software and botnets running? Also, if everybody pirates everything, it ensures domestic software industry hasn't got much of a chance to develop. I presume most people who acquire decent programming skills in your parts want to move abroad. It's a sad state of things for any country.
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And I thought that Windows 10 was meant to be long term ever-present spying solution. Not something people will try and succeed replacing with linux.
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I wonder if vendors add option for Win7 to lower laptop price.
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one word,Torrent.
Simples.
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Who cares? Just get a laptop without OS and put a ... you know, "custom" version of Windows on it.