Pay less for the OS? it is so invisible in the end cost of a system (35 dollars?) that no one notices.
Look at the overall price difference between a Windows machine and a Linux machine from Dell or HP and you can see why the vast majority purchase the Windows machine:
35 dollars for a machine guaranteed to work as expected is a bargin in today's economy.
People are NOT willing to be stuck with an underperforming machine to save 35 dollars these days, the choices are made much more carefully.
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