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by dagaci 3562 days ago
There seems to be a lot of hurt and over-excitement about this!

It's not even possible to re-install Windows on this machine let alone Linux.

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/forums/forumtopicprintpage/boar...

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/forums/forumtopicprintpage/boar...

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And why would Microsoft be behind blocking Linux and windows installs, and reinstalls ...

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2 comments

Microsoft: "You can't change the operating system on the computer you bought. But we can." (ref Win 10 forced installs)
I'm not convinced but your argument doesn't really pan out. Microsoft own Lenovo wrt what OS installs are made: by preventing any OS install except the factory one they can guarantee such devices will start at Win10 and only change if MS deem it. If they allowed reinstalls then users might be able to install Win7 or another OS.