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Lenovo Announces ThinkPads Preloaded With XP

Posted by kdawson on from the give-'em-what-they-want dept.

BBCWatcher writes "Lenovo just announced new ThinkPad T61 models preloaded with Microsoft Windows XP. Ironically they're called ThinkPad T61 'TopSeller' models. Lenovo says they're aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. The XP TopSellers are available immediately, and the part numbers are 6465-03U, 7658-04U, and 7664-06U (PDF links). "Lenovo recommends Windows Vista Business"? Not so much."

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  1. who cares? by Adolf+Hitroll · · Score: -1, Troll

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    1. Re:who cares? by Adolf+Hitroll · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. Siiigh by BlueParrot · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wish legislators would just get off their ass and prohibit Microsoft from charging different prices for the stand-alone OS and the OEM versions. Sure, if Microsoft were playing nice they should have the privilege to set prices as they see fit. Problem is that they haven't been playing nice, rather they have used their OEM discounts and other bribes ( yeas that is what they are ) to force suppliers into installing Windows on every machine.

    The consequences should be obvious, if they abuse their privilege to set different prices for different customers, then they should lose that privilege, end of story. You don't even have to force the vendors to unbundle windows, if there is a demand for machines without Windows it will sort itself out once you stop Microsoft from preventing it. Simply put, if they can make a profit selling the OS to OEMs for X then they are abusing their monopoly if they demand 2X from regular customers.

  3. WHER TEH LUNIX!?!?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    IM MAD DAT I KANT GET TEH LUNIX ON TEH LENOVIO1!!!!!11 OBYCOTT TEH IBM UNILZ DEY GETS TEH LUNIX ON TEH LAPTOPZORZ!!!!111!!1one

    On a side note, Vista's installed base exceeded the combined install base of both Lunix and Apple after the first week it went on sale. So if Vista isn't succeeding... what does that say about Apple and Teh Lunix?

  4. Re:yes but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If they offered a thinkpad with any other distro other than Ubuntu I might consider it. Honestly, you Ubuntu fanboys are worse than the Apple homos

  5. youN FAIL it?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  6. Wow, how friendly. by Erris · · Score: -1, Troll

    You get to chose one or the other. Forever.

    Imagine you could just move the software you have already purchased from your old computer to your new computer.

    Imagine you could dual boot or run things in virtual machines.

    Imagine Vista worked at all. Opps.

    M$ has made all of the above difficult so they can continue to sell you the same thing again and again. I'm supposed to be impressed by one time use "downgrade rights"? Directions on Microsoft got this one right:

    The whole concept that you have to buy an upgrade so you can downgrade to an older version is perverse anywhere but inside Microsoft
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  7. Re:MODERATORS: Inconsistencies? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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