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[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] iw6z5dIg7ZN5bfY@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

$200 less (you save money not buying windows)

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Which makes the win11 pro license $297? That's obscene.

[–] JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Windows licenses ain't cheap. Never have been.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I see 11 Pro straight from MS for $200, why the fuck are they charging almost $300 for it? lmao

edit- someone pointed out it's CAD

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

the same reason they charge 30 for Linux

[–] gigglybastard@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

you can get them for like 20$, probably even cheaper but i paid about 20 not 6 months ago for w11