Notebooks run intrinsically with Windows OS. Sure, there are vendors out there who sell laptops and notebooks with Linux pre-installed, but generally they come equipped with Windows OS. With Thinkpad T60p laptops though, something has changed. Lenovo and Novell saw it fit to have them go the Linux way.

CAD and EDS engineers will now find relief in the Lenovo and Novell fusion called Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED 10). If everything goes right, there are only good things that can happen: engineers will have an improved mobile environment where they can work out their designs and check e-mails simultaneously.

They will still be able to get away from their desktop PCs because of the mobility it offers. Intel is a proponent and knew that the Linux-based notebooks aren't really meant for hardcore Linux users. But even so, the market for Linux users will eventually grow, as this new concept offers more mobility for them.