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Someone mentioned here in Hacker News a few weeks ago that he managed to buy a Thinkpad without OS and with a Windows' refund.

shmerl 12y ago
Do you remember what country that was in? I know in France there was a major victory in court against Lenovo and Windows bundling. So may be there the situation is better now and Lenovo can't get away with forcing the Windows tax anymore.
- farresito 12y ago
  I can't quite remember, unfortunately. What I know for sure is it's possible to buy a Thinkpad with MS-DOS (which is cheaper) and then install Linux or whatever OS you want. If I'm not mistaken, the user I was referring to said something about contacting Lenovo and providing them with the Thinkpad build that you wish but asking not to include an OS. I can ask for you if they do something like that. I still have the email of the person that I spoke to three or four years ago when I had some problems when customizing my Thinkpad, and she was extremely nice.
  - shmerl 12y ago
    > What I know for sure is it's possible to buy a Thinkpad with MS-DOS (which is cheaper) and then install Linux or whatever OS you want. I've heard they offer FreeDOS, but only for corporate customers. > I can ask for you if they do something like that Please ask if you can.
    - farresito 12y ago
      Hello! Hopefully you have not forgotten about this. I sent an email yesterday and got answered today. This is what the rep told me: > Unfortunately we no longer offer our laptops without an OS. We do get the operating systems at a discounted price so I can see what I could do as far as pricing on a new system for him. If there is a specific configuration you had in mind that would be perfect! That way I can see what the pricing would be with me. Let me know if you are interested on more info or what me to forward you to her.

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Someone mentioned here in Hacker News a few weeks ago that he managed to buy a Thinkpad without OS and with a Windows' refund.

by farresito 12y ago

shmerl 12y ago
Do you remember what country that was in? I know in France there was a major victory in court against Lenovo and Windows bundling. So may be there the situation is better now and Lenovo can't get away with forcing the Windows tax anymore.
- farresito 12y ago
  I can't quite remember, unfortunately. What I know for sure is it's possible to buy a Thinkpad with MS-DOS (which is cheaper) and then install Linux or whatever OS you want. If I'm not mistaken, the user I was referring to said something about contacting Lenovo and providing them with the Thinkpad build that you wish but asking not to include an OS. I can ask for you if they do something like that. I still have the email of the person that I spoke to three or four years ago when I had some problems when customizing my Thinkpad, and she was extremely nice.
  - shmerl 12y ago
    > What I know for sure is it's possible to buy a Thinkpad with MS-DOS (which is cheaper) and then install Linux or whatever OS you want. I've heard they offer FreeDOS, but only for corporate customers. > I can ask for you if they do something like that Please ask if you can.
    - farresito 12y ago
      Hello! Hopefully you have not forgotten about this. I sent an email yesterday and got answered today. This is what the rep told me: > Unfortunately we no longer offer our laptops without an OS. We do get the operating systems at a discounted price so I can see what I could do as far as pricing on a new system for him. If there is a specific configuration you had in mind that would be perfect! That way I can see what the pricing would be with me. Let me know if you are interested on more info or what me to forward you to her.