will pc-dos be available again for purchase?

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will pc-dos be available again for purchase?

#1 Post by thomas565 » Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:44 am

does anyone know if/when pc-dos will be available again as an OS choice for the T61P?

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#2 Post by BillMorrow » Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:50 am

the word "never" comes to mind.. :)

why would you want PC-DOS anyway..?


OH!, and please let us know what city in the bay area is your location..
please.. :)

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Re: will pc-dos be available again for purchase?

#3 Post by ryengineer » Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:02 pm

toby909 wrote:does anyone know if/when pc-dos will be available again as an OS choice for the T61P?.....snip
Why don't you call lenovo at 1-866-96-THINK and ask?
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#4 Post by qviri » Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:25 pm

BillMorrow wrote:why would you want PC-DOS anyway..?
I haven't checked when it was offered, but I imagine it would be cheaper than Vista/XP/SUSE models. If you have no intention of running any of these, why would you want to pay for them?
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#5 Post by XCoalMiner » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:54 pm

This site says: Status No longer sold, not supported
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#6 Post by ryengineer » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:21 am

XCoalMiner wrote:This site says: Status No longer sold, not supported
A version was being offered on lenovo.com a few months ago.
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#7 Post by whizkid » Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:18 am

IBM used to sell a few ThinkPads with no hard drive at all. You might ask your salesguy if that's an option.
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#8 Post by XCoalMiner » Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:35 am

ryengineer wrote:
XCoalMiner wrote:This site says: Status No longer sold, not supported
A version was being offered on lenovo.com a few months ago.
I'll guess that was the Y2K compliant version, or something newer that that?
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#9 Post by Quagmyre » Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:33 pm

If you really need PC DOS, then you can still buy it:

http://www.amazon.com/IBM-04L5567-PC-DO ... B00002SAGH

It's the latest Y2K compliant version from IBM.

But why not go with free alternatives like FreeDOS or something like that?
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