The package wasnβt at my entrance too, it was just on the sidewalk π
Fwiw, this is the only time the UPS driver has left the package in that spot. Normally itβs right next to the front door.
PSA: Lenovo has gotten in trouble for hidden Chinese malware on their laptops, multiple times.
Careful with their hardware; itβs no longer the company that built the name.
You mean the laptops made by Lenovo that security researchers found hidden spyware on?
https://boingboing.net/2015/09/22/yet-another-pre-installed-spyw.html
As another commenter hinted at, βThinkpadβ used to mean IBM laptop; Lenovo bought the name (and PC division of IBM) for that reason, and they donβt mind if people think theyβre still IBM, because OG Thinkpads were the bomb. This is what I was getting at.
Itβs bananas that the IBM association is just gone now, because the name was huge in the 90s. Sometimes a fella can really feel old.
Thatβs why I was confused - nobody said anything in this particular thread about Thinkpads, and you said βWait till you hear where Lenovo came fromβ after Iβd mentioned IBM.
If you were saying βGuess what, Lenovo came from IBM,β Iβd essentially just said that.
It was firmware-level, and installed itself. Reinstalling the OS was not a solution.
https://thehackernews.com/2015/08/lenovo-rootkit-malware.html
Lots of OEMs now ship Dolby software and drivers preinstalled but without download packages available so you canβt do a clean install without losing features you paid for. ASUS is guilty of this one as well as having other software tied to the factory install ID. Itβs always a good idea to take a factory condition backup or the machine before paving it over with a clean windows install.
Lenovo is shit. They really arenβt worth a damn anymore.
Iβve had fingerprint driver issues with my expensive Lenovo Yoga, and AHCI driver issues with an expensive Lenovo ThinkPad. Support is non existent, and if you do manage to find any help through their channels, they donβt help and donβt care.
My next laptop will be with Framework or some other company that doesnβt try to screw me.
Which brands are actually good these days, apart from Framework? I already avoid HP and Acer.
Are Toshiba still around?
Dell XPS might be good but Iβm not sure, somehow I doubt it.
Macs of course will work properly, at the expense of having to use macOS.
My trio used to be Apple, Dell and Lenovo. But now itβs Framework and Apple.
Everyone is suggesting Dell, and I agree, with one caveat:
Order from their business division. Those machines are designed not to be a hassle, because they want return business customers. Dell business machines have no bloat, and consumer-grade extras often come as standard features on business machines. Just better all-around, even the designs.
Only catch is, you need a business license to order this way, or a friend with one.