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> My guess is Microsoft is coercing both OEM's and retailers somehow

Talk to any of the market insiders, that's exactly what has been happening for decades now.



And it actually has been "improved" from back than as well. If I remember correctly, Microsoft used to prohibit OEM having lines of computers other than Windows to qualify as OEM.




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