How much is Microsoft chargings OEM's for Windows 10? Any guesses...

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#206212 14-Dec-2016 15:47

Today I was browsing PB Tech in Chch & I saw two very similar entry level mid tower PCs sitting right next to one another on the shelf. The cases both had USB 3 ports on top & looked quite convenient, but the cases were from different manufacturers.

One system had an AMD cpu 4 gb of ram and was priced at around $455.00 and included Windows 10. The other one was very similar but had an Intel CPU and no Windows 10, and was priced at around $435.00

So, from that very limited bit of research I think the answer might be less than $50.00. What do you think?

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#1687770 14-Dec-2016 15:53

in Russia customer allowed to "return" preinstalled OS.

as I remember it's around 15-20 USD for OEM Win7. So I would get same for Win10

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#1687771 14-Dec-2016 15:53

Not quite, AMD systems are quite a bit cheaper than Intel.

Also would need to know the make/model of the rest of the components as prices vary a lot for mainboards etc, depending on the specs.

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#1687784 14-Dec-2016 16:22

It's been well over a decade since I worked for an OEM (bigger than PBTech, but still tiny on an international scale), and from memory it was about $60/license back then for XP Home then. We were big enough that the COA's came on large rolls of stickers and we had custom media etc.

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#1687796 14-Dec-2016 16:43

Anyone that knows can't say. Anyone who says doesn't know.

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#1687802 14-Dec-2016 17:01

nathan: Anyone that knows can't say. Anyone who says doesn't know.

They can say, they just may not :-P

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#1687805 14-Dec-2016 17:08

looking at the available data it can be deduced that the amount is circa twice as much as half the price.

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#1687832 14-Dec-2016 18:32

Well, out school gets a 500 seat licence for w10, 500 seat licence for office 2016 +developer access to "all the server software we can eat" for about NZ$3,500/year so counting an education discount of 60-70% and dividing by $500...

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#1687843 14-Dec-2016 19:12

kobiak:

in Russia customer allowed to "return" preinstalled OS.

as I remember it's around 15-20 USD for OEM Win7. So I would get same for Win10

Many thanks for that interesting info Kobiak! And to everyone else for their replies. I seem to remember that Microsoft was making it 'zero dollars' for some type of netbooks with very small screens. The zero dollars deal was based on the screen size I think. The good thing is that the percentage of money spent on the Windows OS when buying a laptop/PC has come down somewhat.

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#1687880 14-Dec-2016 19:41

amiga500:

Many thanks for that interesting info Kobiak! And to everyone else for their replies. I seem to remember that Microsoft was making it 'zero dollars' for some type of netbooks with very small screens. The zero dollars deal was based on the screen size I think. The good thing is that the percentage of money spent on the Windows OS when buying a laptop/PC has come down somewhat.

Still charge a crapload to upgrade those devices to non home tho. Not bothered on any of mine, just installed VNC and use that for remote over the lan to them.

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#1689066 15-Dec-2016 08:24

PhantomNVD: Well, out school gets a 500 seat licence for w10, 500 seat licence for office 2016 +developer access to "all the server software we can eat" for about NZ$3,500/year so counting an education discount of 60-70% and dividing by $500...

Apples with Oranges, and MS's educational volume licensing is amazingly generous. When I first left the tertiary IT world and into private sector enterprise I looked at the price differences on things and was like "okay we won't be getting that.. or that.. or that.. or that" :-P

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#1689096 15-Dec-2016 09:03

amiga500:

One system had an AMD cpu 4 gb of ram and was priced at around $455.00 and included Windows 10. The other one was very similar but had an Intel CPU and no Windows 10, and was priced at around $435.00

Those PC's are completely different, so those prices tell us nothing :-)

OEM prices to assemblers (eg PBtech) will be different to major brands (eg HP ) and different to small scale assemblers (ie small shops or
PC tech's buying just a few OEMs)

We'll never know what the big brands like HP actually pay. And as mentioned above , it may be cheaper for small low price tablet & notebooks

Its easy to find the retail price of Win OEM . Work backwards from there .

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#1689162 15-Dec-2016 09:55

Lias:

PhantomNVD: Well, out school gets a 500 seat licence for w10, 500 seat licence for office 2016 +developer access to "all the server software we can eat" for about NZ$3,500/year so counting an education discount of 60-70% and dividing by $500...

Apples with Oranges, and MS's educational volume licensing is amazingly generous. When I first left the tertiary IT world and into private sector enterprise I looked at the price differences on things and was like "okay we won't be getting that.. or that.. or that.. or that" :-P

I believe they are also Upgrade licenses not OEM licenses

Also in the math above, you're forgetting to * by the number of years your using it for