Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-13 Thread Andrew Wood
I had a Lenovo ThinkPad i could not get its broadcom wifi to work with debian i think because it had a tranistor based power switch which was off by default and needed windows only drivers to turn it on and then the screen failed when it wasnt very old. Would never consider another lenovo

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-13 Thread Dan Keast
Hi all, I'm currently considering buying new hardware too, if Lenovos have become a spyware delivery tool, is there a happy medium between them and the gluglug Libreboot X200? Cheers, Dan On 13 July 2015 at 02:12, Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au wrote: Hi Lisi, On

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-13 Thread Seeker
On 7/13/2015 3:54 AM, Dan Keast wrote: Hi all, I'm currently considering buying new hardware too, if Lenovos have become a spyware delivery tool, is there a happy medium between them and the gluglug Libreboot X200? Cheers, Dan On 13 July 2015 at 02:12, Andrew McGlashan

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-13 Thread Martin Read
On 13/07/15 14:41, Man_Without_Clue wrote: Chinese made. How can you trust that? Just about every piece of consumer (and quite a lot of not-so-consumer) electronics on the market probably contains *some* non-volatile storage components manufactured in a facility whose management are

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-13 Thread Man_Without_Clue
On Monday, 13 July, 2015 07:54 PM, Dan Keast wrote: Hi all, I'm currently considering buying new hardware too, if Lenovos have become a spyware delivery tool, is there a happy medium between them and the gluglug Libreboot X200? Cheers, Dan On 13 July 2015 at 02:12, Andrew McGlashan

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-13 Thread Jochen Spieker
Lisi Reisz: On Sunday 12 July 2015 23:09:46 Lisi Reisz wrote: Has anyone any comments on either or both of these two for a simple desktop? Email, word processing, browsing, simple photo-editing, recording etc. Unfortunately not. But without looking at your links: you don't need a special

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-13 Thread Jape Person
On 07/13/2015 12:04 PM, Haines Brown wrote: I purchased a ThinkPad (x250) installed Sid using ethernet, and just as I read your message set up wireless. I had to install the driver for the card (firmware-iwlwifi), had to work around the annoyance that the RF-kill switch (F8) has no LED to

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-13 Thread Haines Brown
On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 12:09:21PM +0100, Andrew Wood wrote: I had a Lenovo ThinkPad i could not get its broadcom wifi to work with debian i think because it had a tranistor based power switch which was off by default and needed windows only drivers to turn it on and then the screen failed

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-13 Thread John Foster
Since there are very few specs listed, I will make the assumption that this is a bare box unit. Perhaps with onboard sound and video. This unit in the USA should go for about $150. Don't know your currency exchange rate. I an not a fan of Cellaron processors, but for the lower specs required for

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 13 July 2015 16:03:04 Martin Read wrote: More realistically, the question one has to ask is not the absolute can I trust this equipment? (to which the answer is always no unless you've, say, immersed it in a few dozen gallons of aqua regia or heated it past the Curie point of any

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-13 Thread Joris Bolsens
On 07/13/2015 04:09 AM, Andrew Wood wrote: I had a Lenovo ThinkPad i could not get its broadcom wifi to work with debian i think because it had a tranistor based power switch which was off by default and needed windows only drivers to turn it on and then the screen failed when it wasnt

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 11:09:46PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: Has anyone any comments on either or both of these two for a simple desktop? Email, word processing, browsing, simple photo-editing, recording etc. http://www.ebuyer.com/658955-lenovo-thinkcentre-e50-00-twr-desktop-90bx001huk

Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-12 Thread Lisi Reisz
Has anyone any comments on either or both of these two for a simple desktop? Email, word processing, browsing, simple photo-editing, recording etc. http://www.ebuyer.com/658955-lenovo-thinkcentre-e50-00-twr-desktop-90bx001huk http://www.ebuyer.com/658956-lenovo-e50-desktop-pc-90bx0018uk I

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-12 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi Lisi, On 13/07/2015 8:48 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: But I don't like the loook of this: Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2) Security Chip Again, comments please. I would be more concerned Lenovo for other reasons; helping customers with spyware MITM SSL certs for that reason alone, even

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-12 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 12 July 2015 23:09:46 Lisi Reisz wrote: Has anyone any comments on either or both of these two for a simple desktop? Email, word processing, browsing, simple photo-editing, recording etc. http://www.ebuyer.com/658955-lenovo-thinkcentre-e50-00-twr-desktop-90bx001h uk