$149 for an operating system? At least M$ is smart enough to make a profit.
I used to design disk drives. We sold an 15 GB drive for $50 OEM price.
And then Compaq would resell the drive in a system for a lot more. All the
disc drive companies were barely making it. Then I work for a
semi-conductor company as the apps engineer for the DD world. We closed the
division as the DD manufacturers wanted the silicon for cost or less. So
they laid us off and closed the division. At least M$ is still profitable.
And if you figure $149 is bad, I remember $25,000 per DEC VAX 780 system per
operating system copy. And I also paid (well company paid) $9000 for
Matlab. The Hardware suppliers overall are really stupid when it comes to
pricing and business. Bought a DVD player lately? High-tech hardware
suppliers are not very sensible.
Bill

"Rich Conley" wrote in message
.. .
Sorry to be a pain in the ass...but you know what bothers me about that?
of the
304, 149 of that was you paying for windows XP...

I hate monopolies.

Craig Baugher wrote:

Well Dave, I have a $162 in my rod fund right now. Primarily, to be
honest,
because I saw a great deal by Dell on a computer:

Dell Dimension 2400 Micro-Tower: Intel® Pentium 4 Processors at 2.20GHz
with
400MHz FSB, Premium Audio, Intg. NIC Qty: 1 Unit Price: $304.00 Service
Tag:
1G9S141 Dell Dimension 2400 Micro-Tower: Intel® Pentium 4 Processors at
2.20GHz with 400MHz FSB, Premium Audio, Intg. NIC
Microsoft® Windows XP Home
128 MB DDR SDRAM at 333MHz
No Floppy Drive
40 GB EIDE Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
56Kbps Data/Fax Modem
48X CD-RW Drive
Resource CD
Dell Media Experience Software
Dell Support 2.0 Software
DELL Picture Studio Paint Shop
DELL JUKEBOX BASIC
McAfee 4.5 Security Software - 90-Day Trial
AOL 8.0 ISP Software
Microsoft® Works Suite 2003
PAINT SHOP PRO 4.0 STANDARD
Dell Support 2.0
MOD,KIT,CDSK,AOL9.0,BUDROM,DAO .01
USB Pritner Cable
Logitech PS2 Mouse
Altec Lansing ADA215 Speakers
Shipping Material
QuietKey Keyboard
Resource CD and Documentation

So I bought it! Sorry, couldn't help myself.

--
Craig Baugher