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Lenovo Switches To Windows 10 Signature Edition Image For Its Future ThinkPad Laptops (mspoweruser.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Ahead of tradeshow CES 2017, Lenovo today announced major changes coming to its ThinkPad lineup of laptops and PCs. First, Lenovo has decided to ship 2017 ThinkPad models with Microsoft's Signature Edition Windows 10 right out of the box. So, users don't have to worry about bloatware anymore. Signature Edition PCs are clean, fast and protected. The second big announcement is that Lenovo is now offering optional Intel Optane 3D drives on select ThinkPad models. Due to the small capacity, initial Optane M.2 drives will be used for caching in the ThinkPad T470p, L470, L570, T470, and T570. Third, Lenovo is moving to the Microsoft Precision TouchPad drivers for consistent touchpad experience across ThinkPad devices. The Windows Precision Touchpad drivers provide high precision pointer input and gesture functionality.
Now, the question is, is this going to be take two of the same BS they tried to pull, using proprietary drivers and disabling boot to other devices, in order to force users to use windows 10 and eliminate the ability to boot off of another OS, and failing that, to even see the hdd due to said drivers not being available under linux?
Spearfish and so called drivers that are really malware software that keep re-installing themselves through the Windows Store puts Lenovo in my DO NOT BUY list.
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I can still dual boot this to linux.... right??
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
I would like a laptop that is clean, fast, and protected from Microsoft's update mechanism rebooting it while I'm using it.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
You can't, that's one of the major complaints, you can't just set it to a small number of hours you'd be very unlikely to be using the computer.
Also, why the hell does it need to reboot to install updates? Ubuntu et al don't unless you update the kernel, which 99% of the time you don't.
Real answer to GP: disable the Windows Update service. Re-enable it once a month and manually run updates, then disable it again. Just make sure you don't forget.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
You can avoid unexpected Windows 10 updates by setting the network connections to be "metered connections".
Windows will then avoid downloading updates in the background because it thinks you are paying a lot for the bytes.
Google "windows 10 metered connection"