Ubuntu preinstalled on laptops

[Benj. Mako Hill]

<quote who="john levin" date="Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 06:44:20PM +0000">
> Browsing around today, I found the following:
> 
> "We sell four basic models of the legendary Thinkpad, all pre-built with 
> Linux.
> Each model is available with a variety of options: the starting point is 
> to have the machine pre-configured with Ubuntu 5.10, then there are 
> options for having SUSE 10 instead, dual-booting with Windows, and the 
> usual add-ons like extra memory, USB floppy and CD drives, etc.
> We regret that we do not accept orders for laptop computers from outside 
> the UK."

Excellent!

What it unclear to me is whether you are paying for a proprietary OS
and then just not getting it or if they have worked out a deal where
they are buying and reselling Thinkpads sans OS. I'd definitely be
interested in the latter (I can certainly install Ubuntu on my own)
and it's harder to find than it should be.

Regards,
Mako


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