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Re: Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025

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Post by sacnoradhq » Mon, Oct 09, 2023, 6:21 AM UTC

autoexec wrote: post #60

Friendly reminder that Lenovo has repeatedly shipped laptops infested with malware and backdoors ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo#Security_and_privacy_in... ) sometimes doing so in exchange for money. They've also hidden malware in UEFI so that even reformatting your hard drive wouldn't help. In one case, after they were found out they first claimed "we have thoroughly investigated this technology and do not fi…

That's unnecessarily alarmist FUD from a decade ago that has nothing to do with today.

Windows 11 installed clean with support drivers has only minimal Lenovo items:

- Lenovo EasyResume Service - enables a grace period before hibernation

- Lenovo HotKey Client Loader - makes the special keys work

- Lenovo Intelligent Thermal Solution Service - fans go brrrrr

- Lenovo Platform Service - (not running)

- Lenovo PM Server - power management coordinator

The only other thing is their user-attended updater, Lenovo Update Service, that doesn't run in the background and doesn't do anything uncommanded. It finds driver, BIOS, and firmware updates. It's optional and you have to install it yourself.

Re: Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025

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Post by sacnoradhq » Mon, Oct 09, 2023, 6:27 AM UTC

bityard wrote: post #118

JTbane wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also the build quality of Lenovo laptops have gone down so much it's appalling.

I used to be a Thinkpad fanatic due to nice build quality and good Linux support. But in the past few years, I have taken to just buying Dell's midrange business laptops. The build quality can vary by model but they are cheaper, ubiquitous, have great support while in warranty, and Linux always runs just fine on them if you pay attention to the hardware you're buying.

The design of T490 was a big "F U, users" from Lenovo.

My magnesium top cased T480 (non-s) with 64 GiB RAM, (4) 72 Whr batteries and the internal one still works and is good enough for the girls I go out with and Windows 11 Enterprise.

Re: Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025

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Post by rfoo » Mon, Oct 09, 2023, 7:18 AM UTC

dns_snek wrote: post #171

hef19898 wrote: post #101

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And he is one of the worst eigjt-to-repair advocates there are, given how often he even gets the most basic stuff wrong when it allows to create attention.

> how often he even gets the most basic stuff wrong Such as? That's an outlandish claim unless you have receipts to back it up. He does get things wrong occasionally, he's only human after all, but he tends to publish very public retractions which is more than can be said for professional journalists.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36148696

Re: Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025

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Post by a96 » Tue, Oct 10, 2023, 8:02 AM UTC

baz00 wrote: post #116

mschuster91 wrote: post #69

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SMD rework sucks if you're not used to it.

It sucks if you are used to it!

Not in my experience.

But dense SMD connectors with heat sensitive parts and damaged boards more than just suck.

Re: Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025

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Post by dns_snek » Tue, Oct 10, 2023, 9:12 PM UTC

rfoo wrote: post #183

dns_snek wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> how often he even gets the most basic stuff wrong Such as? That's an outlandish claim unless you have receipts to back it up. He does get things wrong occasionally, he's only human after all, but he tends to publish very public retractions which is more than can be said for professional journalists.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36148696

You'll have to elaborate. Are you trying to convince me that the lead developer of Graphene (strcat) harassing Rossmann over a tame Youtube comment somehow reflects badly on Louis?

That's certainly a take, but not one that I can ever agree with.