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Someone recently gifted me a ThinkPad. It is hands down the most awesomely satisfying piece of computing equipment I have ever owned. Of course, I wouldn't dre
by interfixus 10y ago
Someone recently gifted me a ThinkPad. It is hands down the most awesomely satisfying piece of computing equipment I have ever owned.
Of course, I wouldn't dream of running this or any other real computer with a pre-installed OS.
- glogla 10y agoIf only thinkpads had non-rubbish screens and touchpads. Actually, I could probably learn to use the nub, whatever. Just give me reasonable screens on something under 2000 USD.
- VT_Drew 10y agoDoesn't matter if you re-install the OS. They spyware was baked into the BIOS. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/12/lenovo_firmware_nasty/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/12/lenovo_firmware_nas...
- interfixus 10y agoI do not reinstall "the OS". One charm of this ThinkPad is it works superbly with some Arch Linux on it.
- VT_Drew 10y ago>I do not reinstall "the OS". >it works superbly with some Arch Linux on it. These 2 statements contradict each other. Either you reinstall the OS (OK maybe you didn't technically REinstall, but most people would call installing a different OS "reinstalling the OS") or you still running the default OS.
- interfixus 10y agoInstalling a different OS is not 'reinstalling' The BIOS thing was specifically targeted at Windows installations, a thing I havn't bothered with since the previous millenium.
- nunez 10y agoReally? Which one? I've used the T450, one of the W series ones and an X1 Carbon, and neither of them were very satisfying
- interfixus 10y agoIt says T440p on the cover. I am clearly not representative of anything. I was given a MacBook at work once, and forced to use it. I hated that shitmachine with a passion.
- nunez 10y agoOh, wow; why?