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Re:Intel Compute Stick by TazeTSchnitzel on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @07:16AM (#8850073)
I don't think it's evil corporate forces. They wanted a "budget" one with lower specs and realised they could reduce the price further by removing the Windows license.

I doubt it's actually that much of the price tag.

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Re:Intel Compute Stick by morganvachon on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @09:26AM (#8850614)
Considering Microsoft is giving away Windows 8.1 "with Bing" free for small devices[1], I doubt the OS has any bearing on the price difference.

[1] http://www.howtogeek.com/195934/what-exactly-is-windows-8.1-...

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Re:Intel Compute Stick by mkingston on Thursday January 08, 2015 @08:43AM (#8856291)
You're probably right. I didn't mean evil corporate forces. I will certainly concede that I used the wrong term. I was earnestly curious what the justification was. I should've said "business justification" or some such, given the (reasonable) interpretation of what I actually said.
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