T61 preloaded Linux models question

Hi
My t61 has been recently stoled , so I've decided to buy a new one.
Does anyone know anything about these linux preloaded models?
here's a link:
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/...ndingPage=/All/US/Landing_pages/Info/08/Linux

I expected this to be cheaper, but from what i see here, there is only one t61 model available which costs 1249$ and it it's not exactly what I'm looking for...
Will there be other models available or maybe even an option to buy a customized one?
Thanks for any info you might have

 

Please take a look at this article.

http://lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=134

 

thanks!

"you shouldn’t expect that you should take the retail price of Windows and subtract it from the list price of a similarly configured Windows model. Part of what you are paying for is getting full support directly from Lenovo. That isn’t free for us. Plus, Microsoft does not charge us retail prices to load Windows on our machines anyway."

that's the answer i've been looking for... looks like i won't be ordering this since the price is the same and there are only few models available and all of them are 14 inch...

thanks again