it-analysis.com — Until now, to install Linux on a notebook, the user had to purchase a laptop with Microsoft installed, uninstall it, and then install the preferred Linux distribution. One of the things Lenovo's laptops offers via its OS-less HDs is mainstream users a chance to get Linux desktops without having to pay Microsoft.
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Closed AccountSep 1, 2006
Yeah but then they couldn't ride the buzz on the latest "omg linux" digg spam.Not only would anyone serious just buy an OS-less notebook, they'd get it from any of the many places that offer them.The only person/s who'd go the Windows OEM (+$0 to the price) are the ones who want to complain about the ($0) money they "wasted" on something they didn't want but chose to get.
eeanSep 1, 2006
Bah, warez ultimately supports Microsoft. Pirated Windows is one of Linux's biggest competitors and lays the foundations for Microsoft dominance in developing nation.
weaszelSep 1, 2006
lenovo's definitely not the first one to offer os-free systems. PowerNotebooks.com (<a class="user" href="http://powernotebooks.com/)">http://powernotebooks.com/)</a> has had this option for years.
Closed AccountSep 1, 2006
No, I bought a laptop in 2001 and I asked the store to substract the Microsoft license because I wouldn't use it, which they did.
baalzebubSep 1, 2006
stupid gamers they have a one-track mind, 3D gaming, as if there was nothing else happening on computers...some people actually use a computer for work, word processors to type up documents and spreadsheets for accounting and designing a business strategy...
malakinSep 2, 2006
"OR How much they are paid to pre install Demo software."Acer doesn't do this. An Acer system will only have a small number of Acer utilities and a few other things on it. That's one of the things I like about Acer. If you buy a Dell, you end up spending about 90 minutes removing all the crap on it.
fuzzycatSep 2, 2006
Actually IBM Thinkpads have *always* been Lenovo laptops. Oh, and I'm already using suse 10.1 on my thinkpad (t20) and have been for a while now, previously it had ubuntu and prior to that rh 8... although it did originally come with winders 2k......