Re:Malware found on laptops given out by government
by willyt on Sunday January 24, 2021 @05:42AM
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The government has commissioned a contractor to supply these to all the schools in England and it turns out they haven’t done it properly. I would not be surprised if the next thing we will find out is that the company that provided these laptops is owned by a friend or family member of whoever the politician is that’s in charge of this as our current government is incompetent and deeply corrupt.
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Re:Malware found on laptops given out by government
by happymellon on Sunday January 24, 2021 @06:38AM
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These are really bad netbooks which we have apparently spent £420 per laptop on based upon £96 million for 230,000 laptops.
https://geo-computers.com/geobook-1e/
They are £199 from Currys. They don't even try.
Re:Malware found on laptops given out by government
by imtringued on Sunday January 24, 2021 @10:24AM
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It doesn't make sense to skimp on these devices. The amount of value that a £420 laptop could have provided is much greater than whatever this thing is.
It's like the boots quote from that disc world book. If it is cheap and crap you will buy it again and again. If it is expensive and good you'll keep it for a long time. Especially nowadays when Intel fails to improve performance of laptops.
Re:Malware found on laptops given out by government
by happymellon on Sunday January 24, 2021 @11:43AM
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> I would not be surprised if the next thing we will find out is that the company that provided these laptops is owned by a friend or family member of whoever the politician is that’s in charge of this as our current government is incompetent and deeply corrupt.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
https://goodlawproject.org/update/computacenter-laptops/
> more than three quarters have come from Computacenter... it's founder [is] Sir Philip Hulme