Re: [Thinkpad] Current ThinkPads with win2k

Try:

http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/thinkpad/rseries_byo.html

and aseries_byo , etc.

I think the BYO stands for "build your own".

When you do this, you can pick W2K.
I just configured one like this a few hours ago.

Yours truly,
Bob Meizlik
President
Squak Mountain Consulting, Inc.
206-605-5558
bob@squakmt.com
www.squakmt.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "STeve Andre'" <andres@msu.edu>
To: <Thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:03 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Current ThinkPads with win2k

> Does anyone know if there is a way to browbeat IBM into
> having Windows 2000 on late model ThinkPads? I note with
> horror that all the current models are XP only. Ugh.
>
> I'd *really* like to stay away from XP; I know I can always
> do my own install of things, but I'd like to have a Win2k
> recovery CD. Does anyone know if its possible to get one
> for say the current A31p's? This is a "downgrade" of OS's,
> so I would think that this would be possible. Of course my
> first call in to IBM about this proved fruitless. If anyone has
> done this I'd appreciate knowing how.
>
> Thanks, STeve Andre'
>
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