AWTM_James: “Excuse you, that penguin guy has a name” — Plamenu

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Mereo@mereo@piefed.ca

Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware

www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/amid-ram-price-hikes-microsoft-reportedly-raises-windows-license-cost-forcing-oems-to-hike-prices-even-further-on-hardware

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Windows CentralWindows 11 license fee hikes contributing to higher laptop prices, says reportA new report claims Microsoft has raised the cost of the Windows license by up to 10% for certain OEMs, which is much higher than usual.

starblursd@starblursd@lemmy.zip

Replying to @⁨mereo@piefed.ca⁩

A mid-ram price hikes Linux has decided to double its license fee. It will now be available for $0

Theoriginalthon@Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨starblursd@lemmy.zip⁩

That’s twice as much as I was paying, I’m going to write a strongly worded email to that penguin guy

AWTM_James@AWTM_James@sh.itjust.works

Replying to @⁨Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world⁩

Excuse you, that penguin guy has a name

⁨Aug⁩ ⁨11⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨00:46⁩en

PattyMcB@PattyMcB@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨AWTM_James@sh.itjust.works⁩

Tux has had enough of this bullshit