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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 24 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Lol prebuilts were actually cheaper when GPU prices skyrocketed and it may happen again thanks to RAM prices

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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Prebuilts are often cheaper due to the manufacturers selling bloatet crap as "preinstalled OEM Windows" where they get paid to include a bunch of unnecessary software into their images. That way, they can sell their PCs for cheaper while still making a profit.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 17 points 11 months ago*

They also get better parts prices than consumers if they buy bulk.

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[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So things you can easily remove by resetting Windows, ok got it.

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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago

Yes, that has been the conventional wisdom for the last 20 or so years.

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 point 11 months ago

I think the argument is the Steam Machine won't get that advantage because it's running Linux out-of-the-box. There's still some stuff that could be bundled, but I expect it not to do so for money. I don't think the Deck does.

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