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Why would Microsoft care how much money I spend with my CPU core vendor?



Because Microsoft charges per core:

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


Oh, that's for the server.

Somehow when I hear 'Windows' I only think of desktop use, not servers.




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