100% agreed. At the “high end” it’s a licensing play to avoid the Microsoft license. At the low end, it’s a weird volume business.
I buy lots of 10,000 and get 50-60% discounts for the cheaper Linux devices. At the low quantity price they don’t make any sense as you can source quantity 1 shitty PCs within a few dollars of a thin client at low volume. Also Chromebooks can help you deliver a much cheaper solution by reducing server side concurrency.
I always suspected that Microsoft did something in the backend to poison the product as PC management is such a PITA and cash cow. For task users, my company is replacing PCs soley because of Windows support. (Aka $30-50/unit to MS)
I buy lots of 10,000 and get 50-60% discounts for the cheaper Linux devices. At the low quantity price they don’t make any sense as you can source quantity 1 shitty PCs within a few dollars of a thin client at low volume. Also Chromebooks can help you deliver a much cheaper solution by reducing server side concurrency.
I always suspected that Microsoft did something in the backend to poison the product as PC management is such a PITA and cash cow. For task users, my company is replacing PCs soley because of Windows support. (Aka $30-50/unit to MS)