Interesting story about cost of linux vs windows pc's

[Collins Richey]

http://osdir.com/Article3992.phtml

Part 1 of (eventually) a 4-part series.

The summary of this article is: Buying PCs without Windows installed
from "First Tier" vendors is usually more expensive than buying a
similar PC with Windows installed, since "special promotional
discounts" are not available for the bare bones PCs.

I'll be interested in reading the rest of the story.

-- 
 Collins