[ltp] Purchasing a Thinkpad without OS?

[Kristian Berge Nessa]

Hi all,

Does anyone know if, and in case: - where - it is possible to buy a Thinkpad 
without OS on it?

As we're going to install our own choice of operating system on it anyway, my 
company has no interest in supporting the development & continued existence 
of the inferior system that usually comes preinstalled.

I had to bite the sour apple on my current T60p, which incidentally was 
purchased only days before the Lenovo/Novell agreement, but for my next 
less-urgent secondary laptop I'll not give in that easily.

Even this much hyped SuSE-supported T60p I have had no success in finding 
anywhere in the "real" world. I was actually dreaming of a X60s this time, 
but wondering whether querying every dealer on the planet would do any good, 
or if I should give up straight away. Has ever a Thinkpad left the Lenovo 
assembly line (figuratively speaking... :P ) without a preinstalled OS?

Anyone like to report their stories of success or failure on this matter?

-- 
Regards,
Kristian Berge Nessa
kristian@cavatina.no

Cavatina Software AS - Systems development & Free Software consulting
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