Re: [Thinkpad] Current ThinkPads with win2k

M$ rules..
rule one: you must buy an M$ OS for each cpu you sell..
rule two: the OS is bundled with THAT PARTICULAR cpu..
rule three: M$ makes the rules

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Cordially,
Bill Morrow
(from NetFinity Server)
web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
bill@thinkpads.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Wald" <jmwtp@ptolserv.com>
To: <Thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Current ThinkPads with win2k

> On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 17:03:48 -0400, "STeve Andre'"
<andres@msu.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> You could always try to get a windows refund for XP, and
then buy a
> copy of W2K, and download all the drivers from IBM. See:
>
>
http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7040&mode=&order=0.
>
> I really do not understand why laptop makers (especially
IBM) want to
> make it so difficult to buy a laptop without a copy of a
bundled OS.
>
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