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Re:Lenovo: researchers find 'massive security risk' by Mikeb85 on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @04:25PM (#9501559)
Depends on the laptop. Often 'Lenovo' translates to 'ThinkPad', where nearly every component is meant to be accessible and easy to switch out.
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Re:Lenovo: researchers find 'massive security risk' by apenguin on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @05:35PM (#9501956)
Kinda offtopic, but this is a bit misleading. The T4x0s series, for instance, makes it very difficult to access anything -- and the T series is known as one of the good ones!

Also, Thinkpads all have a BIOS whitelist that prevents you from actually using the hardware you just easily installed.

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Re:Lenovo: researchers find 'massive security risk' by dheera on Thursday May 07, 2015 @12:12AM (#9503243)
Wow, wouldn't have guessed. Haven't played with a T4x0s. I have a T4x0p (T440p) and it's extremely easy to access everything. But I just looked at some Youtube videos and the 's' is indeed a world of difference from the 'p'.
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