Falling Hardware Prices Favor Linux

An anonymous reader sends us to a blog posting arguing that, as hardware prices fall below $250 for laptops and desktops, Linux should gain as the Microsoft tax stands out in sharper relief. "In previous years, if you were spending US$1500 and up on a laptop, the Microsoft tax you were paying didn't seem like such a big deal. XP or Vista was pre-installed, fairly convenient... But as the price of hardware for small basic machines comes down, (think under US$250 by the end of next year), then software price starts to become a big issue. Why would you pay the price of your new laptop again just for the software, when all you want to do is really basic things?"

MS Tax?

[El Lobo]

This is one of thos cliche phrases that are, oh boy, so stupid, it's not funny anymore. i don't pay any MS tax! I GLADLY pay to use their products. Even if there are free ones. I like Windows (and am VERY PROUD of being a Windows user), I like programming for Windows, I love Visual studia and .NET. So I am a custommer not a tax payer. End of the story.

Re:Serving the diners or the cooks?

[Odiumjunkie]

> and they have no aspirations to be master chefs. That's just as well, Halo 3 won't run on linu... oh.

Re:MS Tax?

[Anonymous Coward]

You don't pay taxes!?!? Where do you live?

Re:Look for a price drop

[dokebi]

I can has cannibilize U in So-viet Unyonz.

Re:dell regarding linux and windows

[maxwell demon]

So the true way to get Linux to the masses would be to write Linux crapware, and then pay the computer vendors to put that Linux crapware on Linux laptops?

Re:Frist!

[jpfed]

Asus's eeepc (awful name)

Aye- triple "e".