Sunshine (she/her) to [email protected]English • 3 months agoLenovo now ship with Fedoralemmy.caimagemessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1850arrow-down14
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•3 months agoIs this a tariff thing? Like is it suddenly more expensive to license Windows, hence pushing OEMs to offer discount options? Lenovo is at least partially Chinese.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink31•3 months agoNo, Lenovo has offered Ubuntu and at times other distributions preinstalled, for many years. It’s only on a small number of models.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•3 months agoI don’t think they did it at a $200 discount before.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•edit-23 months agoThere is no discount, you are simply not paying for a windows license.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•3 months agoBut 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoThis. $200 is what raised my eyebrows, Windows should not cost them that much when it’s usually “standard”
Is this a tariff thing? Like is it suddenly more expensive to license Windows, hence pushing OEMs to offer discount options?
Lenovo is at least partially Chinese.
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”