Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem

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From: SMS
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:50

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On 19/07/10 1:15 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:41:33 -0700, SMS<scharf.steven@geemail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I know that Dell has (or used to have) a way to buy their machines
>> without any OS and the price was reduced slightly.
>
> It's still there as an N-Series PC with FreeDOS in the box (not
> installed):
> <http://www.dell.com/business/desktops#subcats=&navla=&a=80770~0~1791343>
> The problem is that some of these machines cost more than the
> equivalent with Windoze installed.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_n_Series>

As well they should. The Windows machines almost certainly have a lower 
net cost to Dell. With the Windows machines the manufacturer gets paid 
for loading trial versions of various applications onto the machine. 
There is a likelihood that the purchaser will add applications like 
Microsoft Office to the machine. The machines can be manufactured in 
much higher volumes without having the annoyance of managing the 
distribution of a very low volume SKU that almost no one wants to buy. 
The Windows machine must be priced competitively with similarly equipped 
Windows machines from other manufacturers.

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