On: Remote Code Execution on Most Dell Computers

[agumonkey]

it's almost a psychology experiment where brands con you just enough and let you absorb the pain long enough that they forgot and start browsing for a new machine, repeating the cycle

[mro_master → agumonkey]

But then the engineer in you says "I'll objectively choose the best hardware", and you end up with another lenovo. I really think it is the Windows Wizard Warriors that complain about bloatware, I always wipe it and start with a fresh install.

[bayareanative → mro_master]

I don't use Windows, but Lenovos ship without any bloatware. Vanilla Windows plus their drivers. That's it.

[agumonkey → bayareanative]

They used to have malware/rootkits class programs preinstalled not long ago. Unless you mean thinkpads.