[ale] Way to go Lenovo (not)

[Jim Kinney]

Wipe the drive and install Linux. Problem Solved.
On Feb 19, 2015 9:10 PM, "James Earl Smith" <feenix3k at aim.com> wrote:

> Oh joy I have one of these lemons. What should I do with it :-(
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I do recall the sale.  Here at work we now only have Dell and HP
>> (plus Sun and Apple, too.) though I think there are some areas where
>> Lenovo-as-Thinkpad still shows up.
>>
>> On 2015-02-19 11:02, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> > Recall that Lenovo made all Thinkpads for IBM for years.
>> >
>> > Hmm. Dell probably lobbied to approve the sale to Lenovo as Dell picked
>> up the Federal laptop sales.
>> >
>> > On February 19, 2015 1:58:17 PM EST, Alex Carver <
>> agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:
>> >> I do wonder if there's a slightly darker purpose for the installation
>> >> considering Lenovo is in China.
>> >>
>> >> On 2015-02-19 09:42, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> >>> Another good reason to NEVER USE THE INSTALLED OS.
>> >>>
>> >>> ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS wipe the drive and install your own OS from
>> >> known
>> >>> good media.
>> >>>
>> >>> But, hey! It's for windoze (l)users so it must not be a critical
>> >>> machine.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 09:20 -0800, Alex Carver wrote:
>> >>>> On 2015-02-19 09:17, Alex Carver wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>
>> http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/lenovo-pcs-ship-with-man-in-the-middle-adware-that-breaks-https-connections/
>> >>>>
>> >>>> And once you read that article, read their corporate statement.
>> >>>> http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1929
>>
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