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[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No, Lenovo has offered Ubuntu and at times other distributions preinstalled, for many years. It’s only on a small number of models.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't think they did it at a $200 discount before.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

There is no discount, you are simply not paying for a windows license.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

This. $200 is what raised my eyebrows, Windows should not cost them that much when it’s usually “standard”