The package wasn’t at my entrance too, it was just on the sidewalk 😕
Fwiw, this is the only time the UPS driver has left the package in that spot. Normally it’s right next to the front door.
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Lol thats just what happens if you follow Orion. Quit due to that but left before the rollout of the camera. I assume it was delivered and he just had to take a picture to complete the stop? Maybe didnt realize it until the next stop
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PSA: Lenovo has gotten in trouble for hidden Chinese malware on their laptops, multiple times.
Careful with their hardware; it’s no longer the company that built the name.
Lenovo is shit. They really aren’t worth a damn anymore.
I’ve had fingerprint driver issues with my expensive Lenovo Yoga, and AHCI driver issues with an expensive Lenovo ThinkPad. Support is non existent, and if you do manage to find any help through their channels, they don’t help and don’t care.
My next laptop will be with Framework or some other company that doesn’t try to screw me.
Which brands are actually good these days, apart from Framework? I already avoid HP and Acer.
System76
Everyone is suggesting Dell, and I agree, with one caveat:
Order from their business division. Those machines are designed not to be a hassle, because they want return business customers. Dell business machines have no bloat, and consumer-grade extras often come as standard features on business machines. Just better all-around, even the designs.
Only catch is, you need a business license to order this way, or a friend with one.
I don’t have my own business, but my workplace allows us to buy personal products through some of their suppliers like Zones and CDW, using the company’s corporate discount (but paying with our own personal credit card). I wonder if that’d be sufficent to order a Dell business laptop. They usually use Lenovo ThinkPads, but might also have a business Dell account or rep I can order through directly… I’ll have to check.
Dell XPS might be good but I’m not sure, somehow I doubt it.
Macs of course will work properly, at the expense of having to use macOS.
My trio used to be Apple, Dell and Lenovo. But now it’s Framework and Apple.
Dell XPS is good, they even have one which ships with Linux pre-installed. So, no worries about driver compatibility, at least on that version. In fact I believe this is the laptop presently in use by Linus Torvalds, fwiw.
What is not to trust about Dell?
I just worry about driver support as I do for Lenovo. They’re probably fine, but again, I haven’t used a Dell in a while.
Since when can macs only run macOS?
The M2 chip is ARM, it just adds some hurdles. I think there’s some work being done for dual-booting Linux on the M2 chip, but as for Windows you have to use Parallels in macOS.
Older Macs with Intel processors will of course run any OS no problem.
Wow I hadn’t even considered that. Thanks.
Doesn’t Windows 11 have an ARM version?
Yeah but it doesn’t work on macOS, only Surface Pro and Raspberry Pi, and a few others I think.
Most companies in my country use dells, they’re pretty nice in general. At least with unix
Toshiba is technically still around but they make a bunch or random electronics for appliances and servers
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It was firmware-level, and installed itself. Reinstalling the OS was not a solution.
https://thehackernews.com/2015/08/lenovo-rootkit-malware.html
Seems Linux would be immune
Lots of OEMs now ship Dolby software and drivers preinstalled but without download packages available so you can’t do a clean install without losing features you paid for. ASUS is guilty of this one as well as having other software tied to the factory install ID. It’s always a good idea to take a factory condition backup or the machine before paving it over with a clean windows install.
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You’re not wrong. Personally I take a backup of the drive in its factory state and then install Linux - I’m over Windows in general.
I think you’re referring to IBM. Lenovo has always been suspicious.
Wait til you hear where Lenovo came from
Oh please tell me, Secret Squirrel.
Fromunda.
As another commenter hinted at, “Thinkpad” used to mean IBM laptop; Lenovo bought the name (and PC division of IBM) for that reason, and they don’t mind if people think they’re still IBM, because OG Thinkpads were the bomb. This is what I was getting at.
It’s bananas that the IBM association is just gone now, because the name was huge in the 90s. Sometimes a fella can really feel old.
That’s why I was confused - nobody said anything in this particular thread about Thinkpads, and you said “Wait till you hear where Lenovo came from” after I’d mentioned IBM.
If you were saying “Guess what, Lenovo came from IBM,” I’d essentially just said that.
Apologies for the confusion, and the late reply. I see what you mean; my comment could have been worded far better.
Exactly because of stuff like the above, I’m just returning from a long break from social media. I’ll do better. Thanks for highlighting the issue, take care.
Hey no problem! And I didn’t mean anything by it; my reply could have been read with snark included, and I definitely didn’t intend it. Good on you for taking breaks when you need to. You’re good people, and the world needs more of you.
What about ThinkPads?
You mean the laptops made by Lenovo that security researchers found hidden spyware on?
https://boingboing.net/2015/09/22/yet-another-pre-installed-spyw.html
Build quality and user-serviceability not what they used to be.
Let me introduce you to the fully soldered made in China Thinkpad Z series. Thinkpad is no longer a safe choice without carefully checking the model.
and this is why i infinitely prefer having them just leave the package at whatever store nearby handles packages, it means i can just pop over real quick whenever i have time rather than having to be home to answer the door or, if i had a yard, worry about where the fuck the delivery person kicks it to.
but of course in the us 90% of the time this would mean having to drive half an hour to walmart or whatever, car-dependent suburbs are so nice
It’s why I refuse to order anything from the USA if it’s not shipped via USPS. If it doesn’t transfer to Canada Post so it gets safely delivered to the post office or my community mail box then fuck that shit.
Yeah but if it gets lost, they have to replace it, and if they leave it in a terrible place that’s ripe for theft I can claim I never received it. Stealing from multi-billion dollar corporations is always morally correct. Plus, I get free shit out of it and they stop doing that pretty quickly :)
I’ve experienced some package fuckery but I never have had someone throw it in my yard or anywhere besides near an obvious entrance.
Just because people post about a weird thing doesn’t mean it will happen to you.
Yeah, I wish more people just shipped with Canada Post. They’ve got secure boxes to leave packages right with your mail (they just leave a key in your regular mail slot so you can open it, then you stick the key in a slot when you’re done). Or if there’s no space for your package, they have post offices all over the country, and you can pick it up from the one closest to you.
They do have overnight shipping, too, though most of the time I’m in no rush and would rather it be shipped efficiently than quickly. Fill that plane and/or truck before you send it to me, that’s cool.
I just get important shit that I’m worried about potentially staying on my porch delivered to my work address. There’s always someone there when a package would be delivered.
They’re probably pissed from taking the ferry out there for a single package 😂
It came from Lenovo so I’m guessing it was something expensive too lol
Where I live if something’s on the sidewalk it’s totally cool to just pick it up and walk off with it depending on how close it is to the street…
Don’t worry, he’s on Bainbridge Island where it’s illegal to be poor.
It was just a dock, so not terribly expensive but expensive enough to hurt if it got lost.
If it did get lost, I think Lenovo would be successful with claiming against the shipping insurance (assuming it’s insured) given the proof of delivery is just a photo of someone else’s yard, meaning they’d be able to send you a new one.
It’s not just a photo of someone’s yard without the package in it. I’m pretty sure that photo is in motion.
Yeah, I put shit out there for people to take.
The trick is to put a sign on it saying ‘$20’ because someone will “steal” it.
Lol, same trick I use.
I mean, as far as locations go, that’s definitely “Other”.
Looks like this guy grew up playing Paperboy on the NES.
Looks like he took the photo while running away from the lady with the shoe or the grim reaper.
That’s a sweet looking Lenovo lawn you have there!
Bainbridge! I love taking the ferry over there!
I’d just like to drawn attention to this sentence from the accompanying Nature article.
Scientists doggedly followed post-reproductive Ngogo females to collect samples of urine as it showered from the trees.
So, if you’re wondering why we hadn’t found out yet, it involved camping deep in an uninhabited rainforest and waiting for an elderly chimp to drain her bladder on you.
