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I was under the impression that Lenovo supplies a lot of computers to government and enterprise contracts around the world. Was Superfish only installed on con

by jhou2 12y ago

I was under the impression that Lenovo supplies a lot of computers to government and enterprise contracts around the world. Was Superfish only installed on consumer oriented devices, like the ones typically found at Best Buy? I realize most large enterprise would re-image their computers before deployment. I'm shocked that Lenovo would release such a statement. The damage to its credibility is significant.

rdtsc 12y ago
Yes, it was only installed on their consumer oriented machines. Their T model Thinkpad don't have it installed. Now the question is of course what else are they installing and what other yet undiscovered issues we'll find. It sounds like FUD but so far based on their response, they seem either incompetent (stupid) or malicious. And I don't exactly like either...
- ZanyProgrammer 12y ago
  I never quite got this distinction between consumer and non consumer machines, when you can buy high end ThinkPads (but not the blocky T models) at a retailer, and are just as nice as big old blocky good old ThinkPads. I'm really interested if a high end (but "consumer") ThinkPad like http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Yoga-i7-256GB-Signature-Edition-2-in-1-PC/productID.306276200 http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Lenovo-T... that you can buy at a retail store (in this case, a special MSFT Store version that has plain Windows supposedly on it) was infected.
  - rdtsc 12y ago
    I loved (well still do) my T model. It has a strong magnesium case. Very solid. Heck it lasted 7 years. Including travel and other abuse. It didn't have bloatware crap installed (as say US govt or big companies would not like that). It came with a smart card reader and such. Had a fingerprint scanner (back when there were not common). Initially also they didn't have all these "consumer" models (Y,G,W,...).
  - emodendroket 12y ago
    Consumers are often willing to buy poor, unreliable equipment to save a couple hundred dollars, but most businesses are not willing to do that.

by jhou2 12y ago

rdtsc 12y ago

Yes, it was only installed on their consumer oriented machines. Their T model Thinkpad don't have it installed. Now the question is of course what else are they installing and what other yet undiscovered issues we'll find. It sounds like FUD but so far based on their response, they seem either incompetent (stupid) or malicious. And I don't exactly like either...

ZanyProgrammer 12y ago
I never quite got this distinction between consumer and non consumer machines, when you can buy high end ThinkPads (but not the blocky T models) at a retailer, and are just as nice as big old blocky good old ThinkPads. I'm really interested if a high end (but "consumer") ThinkPad like http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Yoga-i7-256GB-Signature-Edition-2-in-1-PC/productID.306276200 http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Lenovo-T... that you can buy at a retail store (in this case, a special MSFT Store version that has plain Windows supposedly on it) was infected.
- rdtsc 12y ago
  I loved (well still do) my T model. It has a strong magnesium case. Very solid. Heck it lasted 7 years. Including travel and other abuse. It didn't have bloatware crap installed (as say US govt or big companies would not like that). It came with a smart card reader and such. Had a fingerprint scanner (back when there were not common). Initially also they didn't have all these "consumer" models (Y,G,W,...).
- emodendroket 12y ago
  Consumers are often willing to buy poor, unreliable equipment to save a couple hundred dollars, but most businesses are not willing to do that.