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In other words, even after turning off all the settings, your data still gets collected.

The rest of the installation process wasn't fun either. It was worded in this weird, condescending tone, like "Let's get everything set up for you", and "Let Cortana help you get things done!".

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Windows Server Essentials is $300. It is a cut down version of server. It's pretty much regular Windows that includes an extra Windows license for an extra VM. If for some reason you needed to run two copies of Windows legally, that brings the cost down to $150 per VM.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes I know what essentials edition is. I just wanted to point out that datacenter edition is very expensive because it's funny.

Btw, essentials is actually 500 USD and standard is 1070 USD

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/pricing

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The price on the MS website isn't the price you can buy it in stores. For example MS lists Windows 11 as $139 when it's $119 at Newegg.

I bought Sever Essentials from Lenovo for $285.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, the price is lower if you buy the OEM versions.

I personally believe the msrp to be the actual price though.