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> since Lenovo has been caught in the past shipping laptops with spyware Are you referring to [1]? Since I will be installing OpenBSD on this machine, I won't
by vtail 8y ago
> since Lenovo has been caught in the past shipping laptops with spyware
Are you referring to [1]? Since I will be installing OpenBSD on this machine, I won't be affected by it. I do have to trust their BIOS, though, and unfortunately there is no easy way around it on modern hardware, unless you want to limit yourself to something supported by e.g. coreboot.
> manufactured by a dishonest company, in an authoritarian country
Macbooks are manufactured in the same country, but yes, I do understand your sentiment re: "dishonest" company - very few Chinese manufacturers can be fully trusted, as e.g. Chinese government has a lot of coercion power.
[1] https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-S-Series-ThinkPad-Yoga/Lenovo-Spyware/td-p/2174928 https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-S-Series-ThinkPad-Yoga...
- plainOldText 8y agoYep, I was referring to that. You are correct, you won't be affected, since you run a different OS. I personally just couldn't stomach that a manufacturer would engage in such sneaky practices. So, maybe you're fine for now (I envy you slightly for enjoying such a well designed piece of non-Apple hardware) but will you trust the X7, X8, etc? Especially with the escalating US-China trade war.
- vtail 8y agoI do believe there is an increasing demand for privacy, so hopefully in 4-5 years, if I need to upgrade my machine, I would still have a reasonable choice.