Thread: New computer

Are you kidding me? Its the basic business model for all computer manufacturers, and generally common sense in the industry. Labor and physical parts (including their shipping costs) are the most expensive areas of production. Software either makes a profit, or is incredibly cheap to install. Remember, Microsoft gives them Vista for incredibly cheap because Dell has an agreement with them to put Vista on all of their machines (for the most part).

Originally Posted by Kittens!

Are you kidding me? Its the basic business model for all computer manufacturers, and generally common sense in the industry. Labor and physical parts (including their shipping costs) are the most expensive areas of production. Software either makes a profit, or is incredibly cheap to install. Remember, Microsoft gives them Vista for incredibly cheap because Dell has an agreement with them to put Vista on all of their machines (for the most part).

I don't understand how you can argue that some of the money you spend on a dell computer goes towards the operating system regardless of how much it costs dell from microsoft.