[ltp] thinkpad without windows?

[James Knott]

Jeff wrote:
> On Monday 01 November 2004 01:02 pm, Fiz Vázquez wrote:
> 
>>hi all:
>>
>>do you know if there are any way to buy a thinkpad laptop wihtout
>>windows licence? I am not going to use this Operative System, and i dont
>>want to pay something that i am not going to use.
>>
>>thanks.
> 
> 
> Unless IBM has changed recently, you will actually pay more for a laptop 
> without Windows than you will for a laptop with Windows. The MS price 
> structure effectively pays vendors to install Windows. If it isn't 
> pre-installed, you are paying the difference plus the cost of installing 
> Linux.
> 

There are some companies, that will sell a notebook with Linux or no OS, 
for less than the Windows included price.

http://www.angelcomputer.com/