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Lenovo Software Update Stealthily Installs Adware
An anonymous reader writes "A recent Lenovo automatic software update has the great feature of displaying annoying pop-up ads for Lenovo products. What's worse, it appears that many users are unable to turn the advertisement 'feature' off, subjecting them to pop-ups every couple of hours. Gee guys, a note about your 20% off sale in my e-mail wouldn't have bothered me that much, but you really had to pop up over top of my PowerPoint slides? I'm sure that all of my office colleagues will be running to order ThinkPads ..."
Imagine your willy being smacked until it bleeds.
J.delanoy.
I have an S10 ideapad - and yeah the "don't show this ad again" checkbox doesn't work. Whats worse is this app has never actually worked for the S10.
Probably last Lenovo laptop I buy (and I've had several all the way back when they were badged IBM machines).
Linux just isn't ready for the desktop yet. It may be ready for the web servers that you nerds use to distribute your TRON fanzines and personal Dungeons and Dragons web-sights across the world wide web, but the average computer user isn't going to spend months learning how to use a CLI and then hours compiling packages so that they can get a workable graphic interface to check their mail with, especially not when they already have a Windows machine that does its job perfectly well and is backed by a major corporation, as opposed to Linux which is only supported by a few unemployed nerds living in their mother's basement somewhere. The last thing I want is a level 5 dwarf (haha) providing me my OS.
Is that even English?
Just out of curiosity what are the advantages of the dc7900 over the dx7500 in your experience? I'm trying to get our business off the cheapo dx2300 and need something that can reasonably be expected to last 5 years and doesn't break the bank for a 60 PC shop.
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