cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhy are all the Lenovo ThinkPads either like $500-600 or like $2000?message-squaremessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareWhy are all the Lenovo ThinkPads either like $500-600 or like $2000?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square37linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenothingcorporate@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 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-up17·3 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-up2·2 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.
Huh?!
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.