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From: Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: xxd -i vs DIY Was: C23 thoughts and opinions
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 22:46:56 +0100
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On 29/05/2024 20:59, Michael S wrote:
> On Wed, 29 May 2024 14:07:00 -0400
> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
> 
>> On 29/05/2024 18:27, Malcolm McLean wrote:
>>> On 29/05/2024 13:10, David Brown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It wasn't the cheapest available, and 64 GB memory (and 4 TB SSD)
>>>> don't come free.  (And I buy these bare-bones.  Machines with
>>>> Windows "pre-installed" are often cheaper because they are
>>>> sponsored by the junk-ware and ad-ware forced on unsuspecting
>>>> users.)
>>> Yes, I got a job at Cambridge which didn't work out (Cantab dons,
>>> much less tolerant people then their counterparts at another
>>> university, but that's another story). And I was given a brand new
>>> Windows machine, and told that we had to use Linux. So I installed
>>> a Linux version which ran on top of Windows. No good, I was told.
>>> Might cause problems with that "interesting" set up. ...
>>
>> They're quite right in that regard, as I can testify from personal
>> experience.
>>
>>> ... So I had to scrub a brand new version of Windows.
>>> It felt like the most extravagant waste.
>>
>> Keep in mind that, as David pointed out, the "waste" was probably
>> negative. You got a better price on the machine than you would have
>> otherwise, and erasing that malware gave you more space to put useful
>> stuff on your machine.
> 
> May be, for laptps that is true. But for mini-PCs it is very different.
> Windows is surprisingly expensive in this case. OEM license is sold for
> ~75% of retail license price.
> 
Exactly. Windows costs a fortune. And Microsoft spend billions 
developing it.

Baby X can't compete.

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