
Lenovo Group has signed a deal with Microsoft to buy Windows, Office and other software suites for its personal computers in <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2128425,00.asp?kc=EWNAVEMNL051107EOAD">a deal worth as much as $1.3 billion.</A>
The agreement emulates one inked in 2006, worth $1.2 billion over one year, to pre-install Microsoft's Windows operating system software on Lenovo's computers, deemed a major step in China's efforts to combat piracy.