Windows tax (Re: [ltp] T40 / Pentium M and Linux)

[Pam Huntley]

>> What happened when you tried Pam Huntley's suggestion?
>> "It's my understanding that if you call up a sales rep and talk to
>> the them, you can buy a model with a "DOS Entitlement Certificate" (or
>> something like that), although it doesn't come pre-installed.  It's not
>> on the website, but I know they do this for special bids and I was told
>> it should be available for anyone.   Of course, that's just word of
>> mouth, but it's worth a shot."
>>
>I'll TRY it the next time I want to buy a machine

So, I actually bothered to try it, I called up the sales line on the
website, and it's definately not available for just one machine  :-(
*goes to find the marketing people to grumble at them*

Pam

(and of course the opinions presented here are just mine, not IBMs etc)