[ale] stupid pricing games

[Robert Coggins]

My experience with Dell and trialware hasn't been bad.  HP/Compaq 
however!  They make me cringe when I see everything loaded on there when 
I pull it out of the box.

Rob

Richard Bronosky wrote:
> I'm convinced that they actually make more money by loading all the
> trialware than they pay for the MSFT OS.
> 
> On 6/25/09, Ned Williams <nedj10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ever since Dell started offering MS alternatives they have always been
>> higher priced for some mysterious reason.
>>
>>
>> Without sounding like a smart alec? Doesn't it save you money to buy the
>> vista machine, install what you want and then try for the windows refund?
>> worst case is you don't get the refund? But you still get the cheapest
>> machine?
>>
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