cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoWhy are all the Lenovo ThinkPads either like $500-600 or like $2000?message-squaremessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1message-squareWhy are all the Lenovo ThinkPads either like $500-600 or like $2000?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square44linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenothingcorporate@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·19 days agoReminder: Lenovo got caught putting a rootkit in their BIOS so…you should probably not buy one at any price.
minus-squareSlashme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·19 days agoThat rootkit didn’t affect Linux installations at all, and was never loaded on ThinkPads. Still a shitty move to protect their bloatware at BIOS level.
minus-squareinari@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoStill, doesn’t inspire much trust. Luckily GNU Boot supports a few ThinkPad models.
Reminder: Lenovo got caught putting a rootkit in their BIOS so…you should probably not buy one at any price.
That rootkit didn’t affect Linux installations at all, and was never loaded on ThinkPads.
Still a shitty move to protect their bloatware at BIOS level.
Still, doesn’t inspire much trust. Luckily GNU Boot supports a few ThinkPad models.
Huh?!