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Lenovo Will Sell Ubuntu Laptops In India

Posted by timothy on from the choice-of-freedom dept.

puddingebola notes the news, as carried by Tom's Hardware, that Lenovo will soon ship laptops preloaded with Ubuntu in India. "The first of these systems will be the Lenovo Thinkpad L450, featuring only one of two CPUs, but the selection may widen over time and expand to other countries ...Overall, switching to Ubuntu reduces the system cost considerably. Currently, the standard L450 system with Windows 8.1 Pro utilizing a Core i3, 4 GB of RAM, and a 500 GB HDD costs 59724 INR ($943.02 USD). An Ubuntu version of the system with the same hardware specs, however, will only cost 48000 INR ($757.91 USD).

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  1. I doubt the hardware is identical by ITRambo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The price difference is over three times what Lenovo pays for Windows Pro. I find it hard to believe that the two machines have identical Core i3 models. The link to Tom's Hardware only states that the Ubuntu version is a Core i3 500U while the Windows machine specs does not state the CPU model.

    1. Re:I doubt the hardware is identical by alvinrod · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It does seem rather unlikely that a copy of Windows is being billed/valued at $185.11 or that Microsoft would even charge anywhere near that much, especially considering how much they've been lowering their product cost in order to stay price competitive lately.

  2. India?? by Dega704 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well when the hell are you going to sell Linux Thinkpads in the U.S., Lenovo? I had to settle for buying an x131e Chromebook and flashing the firmware.

    And what is with this 'Cheaper alternative' nonsense? Last I checked, Linux users don't choose it because they are cheapskates; if anything they are more likely to buy higher end hardware

    Disclaimer: I am fully aware that there is probably a higher demand in India, but I still had to rant.