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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
Windows 11 Hero Surfaces on a white tableWindows 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.
Argyle13 @Argyle13@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩

Saw the data here, on Statcounter: gs.statcounter.com/…/united-states-of-america. But now that I have searched it, it seems that maybe this spike is related to bots masquerading as Linux traffic pcworld.com/…/linux-didnt-actually-hit-10-percent….

Who knows, but indeniably, Linux is gaining attraction progressively.

StatCounter Global StatsDesktop Operating System Market Share United States Of America | Statcounter Global StatsThis graph shows the market share of desktop operating systems in United States Of America based on over 3 billion monthly page views.