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   The comparison you make is bogus.  It's not your fault.  The article =
Joe referenced is misleading and in the case of the prices outright = wrong.

   If someone were to make the effort to visit the HP India site they =
would find that the actual prices for the Pentium 4 systems are 38,990 =
(http://www.compaq.co.in/store/storeModel.asp?familyid=3D205) and 30,990 =
(http://www.compaq.co.in/store/storeModel.asp?familyid=3D215) exclusive =
of tax and freight.  Particularly noteworthy is that HP asserts=20

  Prices mentioned below are exclusive of Monitor and all Presario =
machines have to be bought along with Presario Monitors.=20 The prices for
the two options for monitor are 10,000 and 13,000.

   Also particularly noteworthy is that not only does the system that =
includes Windows also include Microsoft Works, Microsoft Money, and =
Norton Anti-Virus, it also includes a printer.  The Linux system comes =
with none of this.

   There are Athlon systems described at =
http://www.compaq.co.in/store/storeModel.asp?familyid=3D217 and =
http://www.compaq.co.in/compaqD315 then =
http://www.compaq.co.in/HPepp/product_list.asp.  Here the price of the =
system with Windows is 36,990 and the price with Linux is 33,990.   =
3,000 rupees is about US$62.50.  Not a bad price for Windows XP Home = Edition.

Rich

  "Gregg Nemesure"  wrote in message =
news:3e14fde6{at}w3.nls.net...
  "Randy H"  wrote in message
  news:3e14fb8f{at}w3.nls.net...


  > Makes me wonder who pockets what of that almost 25% upcharge for the
  > MS OS-especially when you consider the OEM is usually the one who =
gets
  > stuck having to support the OS....


  How do you get 25%?

     (39,990 - 30,990) / 30,990 =3D 29%

  Anyway, is the operating system the only thing different between the =
two
  systems?

  --
  Gregg


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   The
comparison you make is =

bogus.  It's not your fault.  The article Joe referenced
is = misleading=20
and in the case of the prices outright wrong.
 
   If someone were to =
make the=20
effort to visit the HP India site they would find that the actual prices = for the=20
Pentium 4 systems are 38,990 (http=">http://www.compaq.co.in/store/storeModel.asp?familyid=3D205">http=
://www.compaq.co.in/store/storeModel.asp?familyid=3D205)=20
and 30,990 (http=">http://www.compaq.co.in/store/storeModel.asp?familyid=3D215">http=
://www.compaq.co.in/store/storeModel.asp?familyid=3D215)=20
exclusive of tax and freight.  Particularly noteworthy is that HP
= asserts=20

 

  Prices mentioned below are exclusive of =
Monitor and all=20
  Presario machines have to be bought along with Presario Monitors.=20
  

The prices for the two options for =
monitor are=20
10,000 and 13,000.
 
   Also particularly =
noteworthy is that=20
not only does the system that includes Windows also include Microsoft = Works,=20
Microsoft Money, and Norton Anti-Virus, it also includes a =
printer.  The=20
Linux system comes with none of this.
 
   There are
Athlon systems =
described at=20
http=">http://www.compaq.co.in/store/storeModel.asp?familyid=3D217">http=
://www.compaq.co.in/store/storeModel.asp?familyid=3D217 and=20
http://www.compaq.co.in/compa" target="new">http://www.compaq.co.in/compa=">http://www.compaq.co.in/compaqD315">http://www.compaq.co.in/compa=
qD315 then=20
http://www.compaq" target="new">http://www.compaq=">http://www.compaq.co.in/HPepp/product_list.asp">http://www.compaq=
.co.in/HPepp/product_list.asp. =20
Here the price of the system with Windows is 36,990 and the price with = Linux is=20
33,990.   3,000 rupees is about US$62.50.  Not a
bad = price for=20
Windows XP Home Edition.
 
Rich
 

  "Gregg Nemesure" <nemesure{at}mindspring.com>">mailto:nemesure{at}mindspring.com">nemesure{at}mindspring.com>
= wrote in=20
  message news:3e14fde6{at}w3.nls.net..."R=
andy H"=20
  <randy_holcomb{at}attglobal.netmailto:randy_holcomb{at}attglobal.net">randy_holcomb{at}attglobal.net
A>>=20
  wrote in messagenews:3e14fb8f{at}w3.nls.net...=
>=20
  Makes me wonder who pockets what of that almost 25% upcharge for =
the>=20
  MS OS-especially when you consider the OEM is usually the one who =
gets>=20
  stuck having to support the OS....How do you get=20
  25%?   (39,990 - 30,990) / 30,990 =3D =
29%Anyway, is=20
  the operating system the only thing different between the=20
 
twosystems?--Gregg

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