Linux scores with ex-girlfriend, Lenovo Thinkpads
There’s something irresistible about Linux. Maybe it was the rock hard stability that brought Lenovo back, or maybe it was Linux’s wide open arms.
Whatever its reason for coming back, Lenovo has “promised ThinkPads with pre-installed Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10” which just started shipping, according to DesktopLinux.
The shocker here? Prices between Linux powered laptops and Windows Vista or XP aren’t much different. Windows machines start at $949 while Linux machines will start at $979. Hopefully that doesn’t mean Lenovo is a gold digger because Linux is more of the homegrown sort who has lots of protective friends. Does that mean Lenovo can honestly get Windows Vista or XP for $20?
It sounds like a decent machine for getting work done, “the ThinkPad T61 with SLED 10 Service Pack 1 will come with the Intel Core 2 Duo T7250. The T61 laptop is powered by a 2.0GHz processor with an 800MHz FSB (front-side bus) and a 2MB Level 2 internal cache. For memory it comes with 1GB of DDR2 SDRAM (double data rate 2 synchronous dynamic RAM).”
Novell is stepping in to provide support directly for customers, which is a large part of its overarching consultative business model.
Michael Applebaum from Novell mentioned “we’re very pleased to see our work with Lenovo reach the market and begin bearing fruit for customers around the world. The Lenovo ThinkPads with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop pre-loaded allow customers to reap the security, usability and flexibility advantages of Linux with the comfort of knowing it is pre-installed and fully supported by their hardware provider.”
Thinkpads have shipped with Linux installed before, here’s hoping the honeymooner phase lasts longer this time.
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