There are very highly placed people at Lenovo (possibly as high as the CEO, but if not, only one or two notches down the org chart) who hate the amount of leverage Microsoft has over them due to the windows hegemony. And those people would love nothing more than to establish Linux as a replacement for Windows and kick MS in the teeth.
But.
Lenovo are between a rock and a hard place. Because today, whether they like it or not, Microsoft does have that leverage. And if Lenovo come out too forcefully in support of Linux (desktop Linux in particular), they risk having Microsoft screw them over. So as much as they might like to start shipping every laptop with Linux pre-installed tomorrow, they really can't. So they have to be selective and strategic about how much they push in that direction.
Source: was a Lenovo employee for a while up through 2019. Little was said about this internally through official channels, but it was all well known. I won't say any more or go into any more detail to avoid the risk of violating some NDA or something that might technically still be in effect or whatever.
I'm imagining it's a similar situation with Intel too, which explains why 90% of their models have Intel mobile processors, despite being outperformed by AMD.
But.
Lenovo are between a rock and a hard place. Because today, whether they like it or not, Microsoft does have that leverage. And if Lenovo come out too forcefully in support of Linux (desktop Linux in particular), they risk having Microsoft screw them over. So as much as they might like to start shipping every laptop with Linux pre-installed tomorrow, they really can't. So they have to be selective and strategic about how much they push in that direction.
Source: was a Lenovo employee for a while up through 2019. Little was said about this internally through official channels, but it was all well known. I won't say any more or go into any more detail to avoid the risk of violating some NDA or something that might technically still be in effect or whatever.