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Why can't I just buy it without being charged for preinstalled spyware? (lemmy.world)
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Shopping for a laptop as a Linux user:

Screenshot from the Simpsons where Otto is talking to Marge and Homer standing next to a window in their house with a caption "Oh wow, windows!... I don't think I can afford this place."

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[-] ordellrb@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

buy from the official website, you can select "no operating system" there. (did that last time from Lenovo's site)

[-] dion_starfire@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

They only offer that option for some models. For everything else, you have to select the Windows version with no added cost, and just eat the loss of the baked-in Windows tax.

[-] noxy@yiffit.net 5 points 4 months ago

please share how I can configure a T14 AMD Gen 4 with "no operating system"

cuz I have never seen "no operating system" on Lenovo's site and I've bought three thinkpads from them in the past four years!

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago

I couldn't find that either. I did find this page for Linux options but only has one laptop. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/d/linux-laptops-desktops/?visibleDatas=857%3A14%22%20-%2014.9%22%2C15%22%20-%2016.9%22

[-] ordellrb@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

is it a region locked thing, i can select it from the german site: "Schau mal hier Junge" https://www.lenovo.com/de/de/configurator/cto/index.html?bundleId=21K3CTO1WWDE2

[-] noxy@yiffit.net 1 points 4 months ago

The US store only has Windows 11 Home and Windows 11 Pro.

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