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May 13, 2008

Can a Windows PC Really Be Cheaper Than a Linux Box?

“So not only does the $50 discount get you a smaller disk drive, it also gives you an OS that takes up more of that disk drive.”

A Windows machine that's cheaper than a roughly equivalent Linux version? How could that be? That's the question making its way around the Linux blogs these days as Asus has begun selling a version of its Eee ... via TechNewsWorld

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