Mastodawn

Techlore Apr 30, 2025

🎉 VICTORY! Lenovo is finally letting customers buy laptops WITHOUT Windows pre-installed in US & Canada!

Freedom to choose your OS is a fundamental digital right! This means:
💰 Lower costs
🌱 Less e-waste from unused Windows licenses
🚀 More freedom for you
💪 Linux Growth

If you're thinking of going Windows-free:
✅ Check out user-friendly distros like Ubuntu, Fedora, or Linux Mint
✅ Verify hardware compatibility
✅ Consider dual-booting as a transition
✅ Join communities for support

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Empterdose Apr 30, 2025

@techlore I'm shocked how much it changes the price. I've long been under the impression that big OEMs are able to negotiate massive price breaks from Microsoft, but that discount slightly exceeds the US$139 outright retail purchase price of Windows 11 Home (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/windows-11-home/dg7gmgf0krt0).

The number I had in my head was $60, which I think was the price difference Dell offered when they tried to sell Linux machines to consumers in the Windows Vista era.

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Empterdose

@techlore Ah, frustratingly, the Canadian discount on a T14s Gen 6 is only CA$104, much less than the CA$189 retail price of Windows 11 Home. Typical.