Lenovo Announces ThinkPads Preloaded With XP 192
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."
Dell too. (Score:5, Informative)
This is news? (Score:5, Informative)
And we're not some large megacorp either -- we buy maybe 2-3 computers every 6 weeks.
Re:Dell too. (Score:3, Informative)
They're hardly pushing it (see quote below), but it's still very much an option.
Re:Why Won't MS Do Dual Licensing? (Score:5, Informative)
The OEM versions of Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate include downgrade rights to Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64, and Windows XP Tablet PC.
From here [microsoft.com]
I have one since September (Score:1, Informative)
How is this news? (Score:3, Informative)
yes (Score:5, Informative)
Windows 2
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Me
Re:But... (Score:5, Informative)
Try http://www.emperorlinux.com/mfgr/lenovo/toucan/
Already upgraded. (Score:3, Informative)
After reading about the 1% perf increases of Vista SP1, I decided that wasn't good enough and nuked Vista, and installed XP - it's like I've weighed anchor and hoist ye misen mast.
Re:But... (Score:3, Informative)
From personal experience with Thinkpads, they are quite Linux-friendly. My old R51e has full hardware support in Linux. The latest version of Ubuntu works fine, in particular, and so does Debian.
Re:This is the end I tell you! (Score:4, Informative)
M$ has many other products like SQL Server, Exchange, Windows Server, and Office that bring in the dough, even if Vista totally fails...