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Lenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installed

At least in the U.S. and Canada, that is.

This was brought to my attention thanks to a Reddit post where a user (presumably a resident of Canada), had posted how Lenovo was shipping laptops with Fedora and Ubuntu at a cheaper price compared to their Windows-equipped counterparts.

Others then chimed in, saying that Lenovo has been doing this since at least 2020 and that the big price difference shows how ridiculous Windows' pricing is.

Cutting the Windows Tax

When I dug in further, I found out that the US and Canadian websites for Lenovo offered U.S. $140 and CAD $211 off on the same ThinkPad X1 Carbon model when choosing any one of the Linux-based alternatives.

Lenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installedLenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installed

US pricing on left, Canadian pricing on right.

Interestingly, while the difference in pricing is noticeable, your mileage may vary if you are looking for such laptops on the official website. Not all models from their laptop lineup, like ThinkPad, Yoga, Legion, LOQ, etc., feature an option to get Linux pre-installed during the checkout process.

Luckily, there is an easy way to filter through the numerous laptops. Just go to the laptops section (U.S.) on the Lenovo website and turn on the "Operating System" filter under the Filter by specs sidebar menu.

Lenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installed

Yes, it's as simple as that. You can do the same for the various official online regional storefronts that Lenovo runs to see whether Linux-based operating systems are being offered on their laptops in your country.

Closing Thoughts

It is good to see that Lenovo is offering Linux in its laptops. In fact, there is another big-name laptop manufacturer, Dell, who also does something similar with its Ubuntu-certified laptops, but both have the same constraint of having limited options for buyers.

Also, as far as I know, Dell doesn't reduce the pricing if you choose Linux instead of Windows. Correct me if I am wrong in the comments.

Nonetheless, I think these manufacturers could do a better job in marketing these Linux-based alternative operating systems to general consumers, showing them how they can save big when opting for these instead of the pricey and bloated Windows.

Otherwise, we might have to start observing Windows Refund Day again.

💬 Your take on this? Would mainstream users benefit from having Linux pre-installed on their laptops?


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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I really don’t understand the liberals war on legal

Because legal gun still increase the rate of violence in a society. Criminals also have easier time acquiring them when the supply chain for them is right there.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's a whole load of gaslighting and disinformation. You are not entitled to guns and they will be taken away.

If you see an article about an instance of tragic Canadian gun violence in the news the perpetrator will (or should if accuracy is intended) be described as in possession of illegal firearms. They always are.

Bulltshit the firearm used in the case of a father murdering his wife, his grandfather and himself a few months back was completely legal. Guns make it too easy to destroy the lives of others and their ownership is positively rated with violence, as Canada has one of the highest rates of gun violence in the OECD. Having legal guns makes it much easier for criminals to acquire them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Proportional representation is a family of electoral systems.

It is only the party-lists system that lacks the local representation as the single-transferable vote and mixed-member proportional retain it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (5 children)

First-past-the-post is the joke not Jonathan Pedneault. It’s dirty to attack the small parties when the liberals and conservatives hold too much power.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Yup, he said wanted to withdraw from his DOGE activities due to the recent news. IT'S WORKING!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

One reason why the 2 parties have consistently the most support in the public is because they have rich donors who can consistently maximize their donations while everyone else has to balance donating with their budget.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's the same "conservative protection" gang who opposes proportional representation then victim blames us for "splitting the vote" until they decide to beat everyone up with their bad policies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Soon people will have to go out of their way to acquire gasoline options.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (8 children)

It would be really nice if people supported them instead of the corporate liberals.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

That comment was shockingly quick haha

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Move them and Wikipedia to Denmark please!

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