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Originally Posted by Brianrh
I can't but think at times that some laptops and PCs are overpriced for what they actually contain
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That is because they come bundled with an expensive OS.
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Originally Posted by Brianrh
and the present Chromebooks seem to be priced at what to a lot of people seems a fair price for what you get.
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That is because they are exempt from the expensive microsoft and apple taxes.
Hardware used to be so expensive that the price for the OS did not have much impact on the total cost. Now the cost of the OS can be a big chunk of the total price.