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I wonder if this isn't in response to a single large customer. Maybe some film studio has ordered a large number of these and they want official support for th
by loudmax 7y ago
I wonder if this isn't in response to a single large customer. Maybe some film studio has ordered a large number of these and they want official support for the OS of their choice. Since Lenovo is already supporting this configuration for one particular customer, it's relatively easy for them to offer support to anyone else who wants to run the same platform.
- mindcrime 7y agoFWIW, I was a Lenovo employee up until a couple of months ago, and while I didn't work in that division specifically, you hear rumblings. And there is definitely a sentiment among many within Lenovo that wants to push Linux harder, in order to get out from under Microsoft's thumb. It's a delicate dance though, as Lenovo (like all PC OEM's at the moment) is so dependent on MS. And I don't know if this sentiment goes as high as the CEO or not, but I do know that it goes pretty damn high up the corporate hierarchy.
- xur17 7y agoI would love for them to do this. Definitely pisses me off everytime I go to buy a new pc, and have to pay for a Windows license that I immediately wipe from the machine. Any reason they got rid of the blank disk option?
- mindcrime 7y agoI'm not sure. Those decisions were made fairly far from my group. :-(