Microsoft disclosed that Windows the OEM manufacturer authorization spends: Machine price 5%
In recently Jefferies year technical meeting, the Microsoft strategy was in charge of Charles Songhurst to talk about for the first time never to a public public question, how that was Microsoft is on Windows to the OEM manufacturer charge, Songhurst expressed Microsoft gathered the Windows authorization expense approximately was each machine price 5%.
Songhurt said: “Regarding 1000 US dollars PC, this was a past ten years in base price, we usually are Windows will gather also 50 US dollars working costs, i.e. 5%.”He added that “just started us also to ask itself, if a 100 US dollars PC machine only charges 5 US dollars fee is whether cost-effective, but we realized immediately here does not have 100 US dollars PC machines.”
In view of the fact that the current PC machine selling price between 300 US dollars to 3000 US dollars, 5% charging criteria means 15 US dollars to 150 US dollars expenses generally. June time has the rumor saying that the Windows 7 Starter basic editions the OEM manufacturer price in 45 US dollars to 55 US dollars in the middle, as early as indicated in May’s, 2005 time PC manufacturer, they have paid 15 US dollars to 35 US dollars expenses for each Windows XP Starter.
(This article originates: Family of MyDrivers author actuation: Whinny) 
