[ltp] thinkpad without windows?

[Jeff]

On Monday 01 November 2004 01:02 pm, Fiz V=E1zquez 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=20
without Windows than you will for a laptop with Windows. The MS price=20
structure effectively pays vendors to install Windows. If it isn't=20
pre-installed, you are paying the difference plus the cost of installing=20
Linux.