Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 6 个月前Lenovo now ship with Fedoralemmy.caimagemessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1855arrow-down14
arrow-up1851arrow-down1imageLenovo now ship with Fedoralemmy.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 6 个月前message-square149fedilink
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up31·6 个月前No, Lenovo has offered Ubuntu and at times other distributions preinstalled, for many years. It’s only on a small number of models.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 个月前I don’t think they did it at a $200 discount before.
minus-squareTrollception@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-26 个月前There is no discount, you are simply not paying for a windows license.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 个月前But before if you didn’t want Windows, I think Lenovo just pocketed the change. And OEMs don’t pay anywhere reat retail for a Windows key.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 个月前This. $200 is what raised my eyebrows, Windows should not cost them that much when it’s usually “standard”
No, Lenovo has offered Ubuntu and at times other distributions preinstalled, for many years. It’s only on a small number of models.
I don’t think they did it at a $200 discount before.
There is no discount, you are simply not paying for a windows license.
But before if you didn’t want Windows, I think Lenovo just pocketed the change.
And OEMs don’t pay anywhere reat retail for a Windows key.
This. $200 is what raised my eyebrows, Windows should not cost them that much when it’s usually “standard”