Ah i see now, “to only support windows” *

I think it depends on the model. I know for example 2017 ThinkPads are excellent with windows, but the new ThinkBooks are seemingly windows-only…

The drivers for the proprietary hardware are all windows only. And, A LOT of the drivers this machine needs are proprietary. It has a fancy camera with good res and some IR…thing on it, but it only works in 480p resolution and has heavy smearing because 1. It doesn’t use a normal free driver and 2. The driver Lenovo made for it to work is only available on Windows as an exe, and I’m really not knowledgeable enough to try to get it to work on a work machine… If you know what I can do please educate me but I’m not willing to guess and then have to pay for the thing… If you want details it’s the ThinkBook G6 17 IML. The camera thing is just an example.

TL; DR for IDOR for the rest of you: it’s basically based on security through obscurity.

I never installed it to begin with

Yea, but the issue is, Windows works because others don’t, like linux. Windows gets preferrential baby treatment from all consumer tech manufacturers… A perfect example is my laptop. I have ubuntu on it. NOTHING works right because Lenovo decided to only support Windows and my employer didn’t check and neither did they agree to invest some of my hours to investigate. Now I’m stuck with it. So i ask: is that Linux’s fault, or Lenovo’s, or whose is it?.. Either way it’s not Linux’s fault…

Reminds of that kid that trips over and eats a class colleague’s entire banana

Me yesterday, except I only thought it figured it out, then found out hours later I must revert back to my workaround because it didn’t really work fully and was fragile as fuck.

So they were enshittifying search engines in advance, so what? AI wasn’t born yesterday.

Filters his wallet

And guys aren’t machines you put kisses into until fancy nails and iPhones fall out (I hang out with the wrong women I know…)

My mother was one of the ones without proper health care and the CEO death triggered a change that put her back on health care… Now I have to deal with her longer because she won’t die. A sad day truly, Luigi said so too

Good luck. Can’t really advise as i never had a phone that expensive but maybe consider one that is compatible with a more private OS like GrapheneOS.

Most people don’t bother evaluating anything and just decide based on feel and uninformed advice.

I’m not sure if the same issues are present in the phone you guys are referring to but I had a terrible experience with a G35. More here https://samartean-rares.com/moto-g35-terrible-software-decent-hardware-117 . Idk use your own judgement ofc but perhaps be wary that what you buy won’t be hot garbage. That G35 that I had truly was hot garbage, but it’s an entry level phone I guess.

This is going to be that one NPC companion that always gets in the way that you need mods to remove, but 10 times worse

Banning comedians and journalists while unbanning shitty misinformation youtubers…Nice

Aiming third person for me is like trying to swim with my nipples

Indie game devs milking their patrons cash be like:

They can take the bloody oil if they solve this shit