Discussing desktops at the Collaboration Summit [LWN.net]

Discussing desktops at the Collaboration Summit

Posted Apr 12, 2008 16:43 UTC (Sat) by hmh (subscriber, #3838)
In reply to: Discussing desktops at the Collaboration Summit by iabervon
Parent article: Discussing desktops at the Collaboration Summit

Well, the Lenovo 3000 series is not a ThinkPad, it is not even CLOSE to a ThinkPad, and I'd
guess it doesn't get the same quality of support a ThinkPad does either.

I know of no recent ThinkPad without self-contained ISO images for BIOS and EC firmware
updates.  I just checked, even the brand-new X300 has them.

The only firmware a ThinkPad needs windows to update, AFAIK, is Intel's AMT enterprise remote
management stuff.  I need to find out more about AMT before commenting on this, for all I know
it could even be completely useless outside of a Microsoft Windows world.

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