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Re:Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide by kyriakos on Friday October 28, 2016 @03:37PM (#12819879)
the problem with this argument is that any manufacturer can be preinstalling spyware in the future and you won't know until it becomes public. Lenovo did but apparently stopped after it got caught. My point is that all OEM's are on the same boat.
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Re:Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide by sliken on Friday October 28, 2016 @05:11PM (#12820756)
Lenovo seems pretty unique and adding ugly hacks to their hardware (like disabling ACHI), and then changing the PCI ID of a "fake raid" chip. So not only does this break linux, but it also breaks the standard release of windows.

So even if you want to install MS Windows from official microsoft media, you can't.

Why would lenovo would disable AHCI (which breaks windows and linux), then mess with a fake RAID (despite having a single storage device).

Seems like Lenovo REALLY doesn't want consumers reinstalling the OS.... makes one wonder.

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Re:Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide by cheiVia0 on Saturday October 29, 2016 @10:19AM (#12824051)
Wasn't it concluded that it was to reduce power usage, and it was Intel that didn't provide a Linux driver?

Edit: http://lwn.net/Articles/701635/

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Re:Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide by fatbird on Friday October 28, 2016 @04:35PM (#12820397)
There's still a pretty big difference between "did install spyware" and "could install spyware". Everyone is a potential criminal; I'm still going to exercise more caution around convicted felons.
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