200 off is incredible

Let's see who considers the Linux options when they see they can get the same machine for 200 bucks cheaper. I hope other brands start considering doing this too.

They always refused to reimburse the cost of Windows licences before this even if it was illegal in the country you lived in. I'm very surprised.

$211?!

Surely that can't be US dollars, that'd be wild. The 24-hour clock also has me thinking this isn't the US.

Looking at the UK site, I'd 100% go for "No Operating System", then install Fedora Workstation anyway.

Oh nice, and down $200? Yes please

And you save money? Oh man, the path of least resistance just changed.

This should be standard in stores. If people could save that much, they wouldn’t choose Windows haha

It looks like (at least here in the U.S.) that this is the only model that allows selection of the OS. I looked at cheaper models of different product lines by them and they all include Windows 11.

I don't understand why companies don't offer more Linux options these days, there's zero excuse

Would be nice if started with Linux as "included" and then added the 211 for windows.

Wow. $211 is a steep discount. People are going to buy with Linux just to save money, some will try it (because it is there), and some may like it and stay.

At the very least, people may learn that Windows is no easier to install (or even harder).

Awesome, I wish more computer manufacturers did this and actually gave you the ability to choose the OS to ship your PC with, especially with how much cheaper it is to not include Windows with activation. Wow.

Is this a tariff thing? Like is it suddenly more expensive to license Windows, hence pushing OEMs to offer discount options?

Lenovo is at least partially Chinese.

you save 200$ by not having window$ in it?

$200???????

The year of the Linux desktop is upon us?

I like this picture.

It's the usual upscaling method, but in this case, there is a way to get the price down from the default....

Can't wait to see how they manage to fill fedora with bloatware too

That's a funny way of sayin' that a Windows Home license costs $211.00.

I thought they'd done this for years (on certain Thinkpads anyway)? Still I'd rather install my own than trust Lenovo to install it for me.

I'm pretty sure they've been doing that for a long time. The other more business focused OEMs too.

*$211 CAD