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Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7 <at> gmx.de> writes: |
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> Hello list |
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> so I was about to treat myself to a new Thinkpad. After malware, backdoor |
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> and BIOS rootkit stories at Lenovo’s (which to my knowledge were all |
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> Windows-only problems) I already started looking elsewhere and even |
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> considered bying a used model which existed before all this modern crap came |
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> along, but always came back yet for lack of better alternatives. |
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Why not look at a laptop with one of the newer AMD chips? I abandoned Intel |
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quite some time ago, and even google is purchasing new 64 bit arm solutions |
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from applied Micro (I think that's the company). [1] |
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I'd go arm64 (aarch14-v8) with lots of ram on a laptop. |
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[1] |
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http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/applied-micro-circuits-ships-microserver-chips-in-challenge-to-intel-567805 |
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hth, |
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James |
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