IBM laptop

[Scott Allen]

On Sun Jan 15,2006 01:10:42 PM Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> Scott Allen wrote:
> 
>> On Sun Jan 15,2006 12:01:06 AM Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>> 
>>> IBM never publicly offered a desktop or laptop PC without
>>> the Microsoft tax; its high-end models wouldn't even give
>>> you the option of the less-expensive XP Home.
>> 
>> 
>> IBM did sell a laptop with Linux installed.
>> 
>> <http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-4PEJF4>
> 
> I sit corrected. I would note that the example above must have 
> taken some digging; the system Scott indicated came preloaded with 
> Caldera OpenLinux.

Ok, how about a laptop that was certified to run RedHat Linux:

<http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/2059.wss>

On Sun Jan 15,2006 12:01:06 AM Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> My support calls were always met by polite reminders that
> official Linux Thinkpad support has never existed.

If they ever tell you this again, you may wish to point them to these 
links.


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