[Discuss] My HP Pavilion's HD bit the dust and it is 13 years old, [...]

[Richard Pieri]

On 5/30/2015 5:17 PM, Bill Ricker wrote:
> With Lenovo, the advice i saw is to stick with the models with physical
> mouse buttons, avoid the ones with only trackpad tap. (Lenovo has good
> track record with Linux.)

The ThinkPad line has a good track record with Linux. Lenovo's other 
kit, not so much. My old IdeaCenter had unsupported Ethernet (M/B) and 
WiFi (mini PCIe). My Yoga 13 has unsupported WiFi (mini PCIe) and a UEFI 
device signature check that blocks the use of non-Lenovo cards and the 
firmware is locked to prevent changing this behavior.

Add two recent spyware scandals and my advice is to avoid Lenovo at all 
costs and look at something built on a Clevo chassis.

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Rich P.