[Lio]

Thinkpads are great but if I buy a Thinkpad T-series laptop I'm forced to buy Windows with it.

Also it's not supported by the manufacturer. Thinkpads have great support from the Linux community but Lenovo doesn't officially guarantee its use (I would be happy to hear if I'm wrong on that).

[ekianjo]

Dont they have a contract with RedHat to ensure compatibility?

[Hydraulix989]

Yes, in my experience, the only thing that doesn't work is the fingerprint reader:

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Validity-Finge...

[cacarr]

Indeed. Everything works on my X1 Carbon running Arch (via Antergos), except the fingerprint reader.

[johndotsun]

Thinkpads are great if your standards for screen quality are incredibly low. I can't speak for the ones released in the last couple years but seemingly all of the older ones have garbage tier screens. My T430 has a screen that is at best about as good as the screen that came with my 2009 Asus netbook.

[clarry]

My T460s definitely has a garbage tier screen. And garbage tier trackpad. The trackpoint feels like garbage too. And I had to replace the keyboard once because it was garbage and broke.

[kuschku]

You can buy Thinkpads also preloaded with free DOS. (Usually a lot cheaper)

[ac29]

How? Hasn't been an option on the last 2 thinkpads I bought. Just went and tried to customize a T470 and nope, still have to get Windows.

[kuschku]

If you're a student, you can sometimes still get it.

[vertex-four]

You probably can as a business customer? Not sure.

[bluehazed]

You used to be able to, I don't think you can any longer.