Posted on 08/15/2006 3:56:43 PM PDT by Gomez
San Francisco (CA) - Lenovo continues to transform IBM's former PC division and adjust the characteristics that determine the look and feel of the computers. After adopting AMD processors in certain models, Lenovo now also offers a prestigeous Thinkpad notebook time with a pre-installed Linux operating system.
Linux and Thinkpad notebooks always appeared to have a love affair, at least in numerous user communities, but IBM never actually offered such a system. So far, the installation and configuration required substantial effort and research on sites such as ThinkWiki to get a stable system up and running. But if Linux is what you need on your Thinkpad, then things have gotten a lot easier today.
Lenovo today announced at the Linux World conference that it will be offering a version of its flagship Thinkpad model T60p. The notebook comes typically with Windows XP, but is now available with Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 software as well. Lenovo hopes that especially people involved in engineering and applications will find a Penguin-powered mobile computer attractive enough to shell out some extra dollars.
And the Linux T60p doesn't come cheap. While the regular T60p starts at about $1920, the Linux version, which is described by Lenovo as a workstation, will cost at least $3100 as a 14" model and $3200 as a 15" system.
According to Lenovo's website, the Linux 14" T60p comes with a Core Duo T2700 (2.33 GHz) processor, 1 GB of memory, a 100 GB hard drive a 256 MB ATI FireGL V5200 graphics chip, a DVD burner, 802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi, a fingerprint reader and a 9-cell Lithium Ion battery. A similarly equipped Windows T60p is offered by Lenovo for about $2360, which makes the Linux option a rather pricey choice
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They're charging MORE for the Linux one??? WTF?
Could save some money and buy the Windows based one then download SuSe.
Zackly, or Mandrake. But I can't figure why the Linux one would be more. I assume it's the same hardware platform, so the only difference in their cost in the Winblows license (or the absence thereof). So what the heck?
The new "Linux-enabled" Lenovo laptop launched this week at LinuxWorld will not actually come "pre-loaded" with Novell SUSE Linux, a high-ranking Lenovo official said today, contradicting some industry reports stating otherwise.You can read the rest of the article at the above link.Together with Novell and Intel, Lenovo formally unveiled the new PC at a press conference on Tuesday, following months of industry speculation about an impending Linux announcement from the mobile PC maker.
In an interview with LinuxPlanet, Rajat Aggarwal, Lenovo's worldwide product manager for ThinkPad T Series, said that Lenovo will sell the new T60p laptop both on its Web site and through its direct and indirect sales channels.
All of Lenovo's distribution partners will be in on the T60p action, include D&H, a new distributor just signed this week, according to Aggarwal.
"But we are not pre-loading it with Linux," he told LinuxPlanet.
Still, Lenovo will be breaking new ground with the level of support given to Linux by a major laptop manufacturer, according to the worldwide product manager.
I guess you can put down your chicom pom poms now.
Thank You, Dear Leader!!
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