On 17 January 2011 10:24, Alan Lord (News) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alanslists@gmail.com">alanslists@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Erm, I bet Tesco/PC World buy a shedload more machines than Linux Emporium could ever do and so will get much better volume discounts on the hardware even before you take into consideration the crapware kickbacks I mentioned above.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>So why don't Linux Emporium, then, simply go to PC World, negotiate a deal for multiple PCs (50 £299 machines I am sure they'd give them for £200 or thereabouts, maybe £250 at a pinch) and then merely install Ubuntu and put the price back up to £299 again?<br>
<br>£50/machine profit, can't be bad.<br><br>Sean<br></div></div>