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Lenovo now ship with Fedora (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

$211?!

Surely that can't be US dollars, that'd be wild. The 24-hour clock also has me thinking this isn't the US.

Looking at the UK site, I'd 100% go for "No Operating System", then install Fedora Workstation anyway.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It is -$140 on the US store, the -$211 is probably Australian dollars.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It's removing 211 dollars from the price

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I know. It effectively means you pay $211 for Windows

Which is is such a high dollar count that this simply cannot be USD, a theory further corroborated by the time being 24-hour format, which is uncommon in the US.

I was simply curious to what type of dollar it is in the image. Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, something else?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Which is is such a high dollar count that this simply cannot be USD

So I haven't used Windows on my own machines in about 20 years, but back when I built my own PCs that seemed about right. So I looked up the price history, didn't realize that Microsoft reduced the license prices around Windows 8.

I remember 20 years ago, Windows XP Home was $199 and Professional was $299 for a new license on a new computer. Vista and 7 were similarly priced.

Since Windows 8, though, I just don't understand their pricing or licensing terms.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

24-hour time is equally uncommon in Australia and New Zealand, but it looks like it could be one of them based on the currency conversion, could also be Singapore though, which has Dollars very close in value to those

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Windows 11 home costs more than $200???

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I’m not that surprised. I believe it costs less on itself but there might be a surcharge for installation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Oh thank you. I didn't see the tiny -.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

211 doll hair?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like $140 US

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For getting better support it might be worth it to pay the 25 £.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I guess it would also signal to Lenovo that Fedora laptops are welcomed