Newegg: $105 I'm still a little confused though as to what, exactly it is that you don't get with the system builder edition that you would get with the full retail version.Īrs Technica had a nice article explaining the differences when Vista was released: "Buying OEM versions of Windows Vista: the facts" any Dell monitor that somebody with a $3,000 desktop would purchase) but they will run into the problem that, because they are on a Mac Pro, their windows applications would run faster in a VM than they would on a cheap PC(and since cheap PCs rarely have graphics worth anything, even the notoriously virtualization-hostile task of gaming won't work better). Users of Mac Pros are ever so slightly better off particularly if they are using a third party monitor with multiple switchable inputs(ie.
I haven't even dared to look at displayport KVMs. Standard 2 or 4 port VGA/PS2/USB KVMs are cheap but DVI/USB KVMs are kind of pricey. You'll also need another set of peripherals, and the desk space for them, or a KVM.
With a cheap PC, you'll get VGA or DVI, which means that you'll need either another monitor, or an active converter. Suddenly, your HP box or Asus netbook or whatever it was you purchased for the cost of the OS it runs starts to look annoying.Įven if you have a Mac desktop, you are going to run into issues: iMacs can function as monitors but only if the input source is Displayport. If you are using a laptop, you are likely carrying it around at least sometimes. However, that probably won't be of too much use to your average mac user contemplating windows: The bulk of Macs sold are laptops. You definitely can get a fully functional, if not very exciting, wintel box for about the cost of a Windows licence. While I'm sure that they would all prefer that it be cheaper, I doubt VMware and company are much worried.
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