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Re:$149 Chromebooks by mark_l_watson on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @03:28PM (#9299218)
Earlier this year I bought an HP Stream 11" laptop directly from Microsoft for $199 (no crapware if you buy a Windows machine directly from Microsoft). The build quality is good, and with a cheap 32gig extra flash memory card it is fine for web browsing and some light weight development (I use IntelliJ). This laptop came with about $140 of free software and services coupons - perhaps if those were not included, Microsoft could approach your $149 price point.
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Re:$149 Chromebooks by Tloewald on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @05:38PM (#9300084)
I doubt you're paying for the "free" software -- it's all loss-leaders. If anything it may be reducing the cost of the device.
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