New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

Re:New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft by freehunter on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @10:22PM (#10343847)

I didn't have a choice, this is what all of my coworkers have as well. Some of them found it so hard to work with that they used their own money to buy a Macbook then gave it to the company so they could use it for their job.

My last job, I had a Thinkpad T520, which was just as thick but a bit lighter and smaller footprint. At home I have a T420, again same thickness but slightly smaller footprint yet. I'm no stranger to Thinkpads. I hope I don't ever have to use another.

Even IBM is disillusioned by the Thinkpads. They created the damn thing and they're abandoning it for Macbooks: http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/5/9099451/ibm-apple-enterpris...

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Re:New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft by munchbunny on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @11:28PM (#10344061)

I'd still disagree on many of the hardware aspects if we're talking about some of their latest X series or slim T series laptops, but you have a point.

I only continued to buy Thinkpads because I knew how to remove all of the Lenovo crapware the moment I got the computer. Especially with the latest privacy issues, Thinkpads are no longer the computers you buy when you just want a solid computer without frills.

The W series and the T520's though... they were always too big to be real laptops and too wimpy to match desktops. It's an awkward place to be.

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Re:New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft by criddell on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @08:57AM (#10345681)

> I knew how to remove all of the Lenovo crapware the moment I got the computer

Except for the crapware they've embedded in the firmware. That isn't as easy to get rid of.

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