https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/ A fundamental design flaw in Intel's processor chips has forced a significant redesign of the Linux and Windows kernels to defang the chip-level security bug. Crucially, these updates to both Linux and Windows will incur a performance h...

ThinkPad 13 seems to be replaced by L380. Othwerwise I don't expect anything positive. Just ordinary laptops similar to HP, Dell, Acer ... no single attempt to be the ThinkPad.

Intel to slap hardware lock on Management Engine code to thwart downgrade attacks
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/1 ... ased_lock/

From version 12 onward, ME-equipped chips will defend against patch rollbacks

AMD to the rescue?

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-The-ThinkPad-T470p-likely-won-t-get-a-successor-in-form-of-a-T480p.271888.0.html A recently released blog-post of a Polish Lenovo-partner confirms this assumption. According to digitmedia.pl, the new models ThinkPad T480, ThinkPad T580 and ThinkPad T480s will be ...

Overpriced laptop with outdated CPU generation, not a big deal anyway.

No, it does not work for last post in the thread. It looks like that right after I posted it. It looks like the [X] button is enabled in this forum only but not in the others.

Review of different monitor that use the same panel https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/aoc-u3277pwqu/

The X31 layout is awkward indeed, simply because the keys are smaller, more cramped and a little offset. I feel this myself. For me, having smaller hands, the X31 is the best laptop keyboard ever. Layout, mechanics, colors ... everything perfect. A 12" 3:2 laptop having such keyboard would be a win...

RealBlackStuff wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 09, 2017 8:24 am

last post in a thread can only be deleted, as long as you stay in that thread.

I see, it makes sense.

RealBlackStuff wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:13 am

No time limits.

Ok. I can see the [X] button here but can't see it in other forums. For example my last reply here looks like that, no [X] button.

Is there a timeout for it? That it is not available after period of time? (testing by this post).

My next "ThinkPad" will be small desktop PC. Just waiting for AMD Ryzen with integrated GPU. Currently I use my X220 in dock most of the time anyway. As for possible laptop, I am waiting for Intel 8th Gen refresh of Huawei MateBook X . Or get the 7th Gen if there will be an interesting discount (cur...

Could you please allow to delete your own last post?

Would IT departments of large companies object to purchasing trackpoint-less laptops in the future? I'd expect it because: MacBook doesn't have it People want bigger touchpad People don't like the trackpoint on the keyboard Removing can save at least $1 and can be promoted as innovation Note that t...

Firefox ESR is still supported until June 2018 https://betanews.com/2017/10/05/firefox ... -xp-vista/

Dekks wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 06, 2017 9:20 am

Wrong but that's never stopped you before.

If you know a large company that use ThinkPads (there are very few of them now over there) check how many people actually use trackpoint. It'll give you the answer.

Yes, that is a very relevant question. How does Lenovo consider a clickpad to be more business-like? By cloning other vendor's features and removing unique ThinkPad ones. Do competition has ThinkLight? No, we remove it. Do competition has useable keyboard layout? No, we break it. Do competition has...

I got them and it does not work. It finds the Bluetooth headphones device but it is not able to install it. The headphones works with Windows 8.1 PC and Windows 10 Mobile devices.

It is already fixed

Every piece of software/firmware ever written is buggy. Intel AMT is a rather complicated one as well. And Intel always works actively to fix AMT/ME bugs as they are discovered. It took them 7 years to fix well-known bug latety. Yes, it is complicated, that's why it makes sense to offer an option t...

Ibthink wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 05, 2017 6:42 am

As the ThinkPad 2013 generation and the buttonless TrackPad showed, things are a little bit more complicated than that. There are still enough customers who want a TrackPoint, thankfully.

There were also a lot of them who wanted a real keyboard.

Not sure whether Lenovo 3000 was targeted to (small) business. I think it was rather Edge that has trackpoint. As for removing trackpoint from ThinkPad, we already know Lenovo can do it, if it saves $1 and won't affect sales in total. The number of current ThinkPad corporate customers who prefer tra...

It wouldn't be required if it weren't that buggy. So it is up to Intel to resolve the mess.

https://mspoweruser.com/lenovos-upcoming-non-thinkpad-business-laptop-leaked/ According to the latest leak from WinFuture, it looks like Lenovo is planning to introduce a brand new series of laptops. The Lenovo V730 will be one of the first laptop in this series and it is a business laptop that blen...

Extortion: Dell is charging $20 to let you disable Intel’s flawed Management Engine
https://mspoweruser.com/extortion-dell- ... nt-engine/

New trend to pay for buggy design?

ThinkPad 13 2nd Gen, if you want a new one.

ASLR is broken by third-party AV crap software most of the time.

So the EU becomes totalitarian...by giving more power to national agencies? Moscow had also delegated power to individual communist bloc countries, still globally controlled. Sounds familiar? Maybe you should look at your own country and the problems you face. The Czech Republic just elected its ve...