said by Black Box:said by Itguy2016:I have 6 Lenovo Thinkpad Twists (one for each family member). I consider these to be one of the best laptops ever made with a huge caveat.. As they come installed by Lenovo the OS is totally compromised and full of rubbish. So the first thing I do is format them and they become remarkably good laptops.
Do not forget the spyware dropper baked into the factory BIOS. No matter what the user did, the Windows install was reinfected after each reboot. »
Lenovo collects usage data on ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and ThinkStation PCsThis kind of crap permanently and irrevocably disqualifies a brand in my books.
That's why I put the caveat however this problem is largely overstated and irrelevant in my case. If you dump their OS, and set the bios on Legacy+UEFI boot, then the problem is solved. This nonsense they used required a task event to reinstall itself if it was removed. But since the machine was totally wiped - the problem goes away. Thinkpad Twists haven't been made for a couple of years. I tend to purchase the i5 variant with 25GB SSD(boot) and 500GB HDD(data), pull out the crappy 5400RPM HDD and drop in my own SSD and fresh-install windows after turning on Legacy+UEFI. Problem solved, you have an amazingly fast productivity hybrid notebook/tablet for around $250. That's why I have 6 of them.
However, realize that there has never been any evidence this bios tampering happened on the 'Thinkpad' line. In fact the company I work for owns hundreds of them and we've had engineers digging into them for a couple years now not finding any issue.
Steve Gibson read a note from a listener saying that while Lenovo was corrupting their consumer PCs, they have kept their hands off the ThinkPad line.
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