[kwlug-disc] Good deals on with Lenovo online

[Ron Singh]

Alas, no, all the units are being used as is, with secure boot, AMT and all
that cruft turned off.

Thanks,

Ron S.



On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 6:21 AM Chris Frey <cdfrey at foursquare.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the heads-up Ron.
>
> Side question: have you tried, or do you know anyone who has successfully
> tried, using me_cleaner on any of these new laptops?
>
> - Chris
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 01:23:39AM -0400, Ron Singh wrote:
> > Not trying to be a shill for Lenovo, but I thought these "Back-To-School"
> > prices might be of interest to someone thinking of a new laptop/desktop.
> > I was looking for a replacement for my venerable(10yo) T520 15" beast of
> a
> > laptop and found it in a P17, a real mice 17.3" desktop replacement sort
> of
> > thing.
> >
> >
> https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/uwaterlooca/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p/ThinkPad-P17/p/20SQS27W00
> >
> > For $2200+HST I was  able to get an i7, 17.3" 4K 500nits display, Nvidia
> > T2000 vid, 16G, 512G SSD, 3 year warranty and a 1-time battery
> replacement.
> > It is the same dang thing that I got 7 of a little while ago for clients
> > and those has costed me $2935 a piece!
> >
> > Many deals on there right now, many machines, new machines, better than
> > those on Richese *and* Ix...
> >
> > I think I got a real fab  deal -- embarrassingly though, I will likely
> use
> > it mostly for Zoom meets until I find it in my heart to retire my T520
> > trusty sidekick.
> > Mint 20.2 Cinnamon will live in it.
> >
> > Paul, please PM me if this is not an appropriate posting and I will
> desist,
> > hopefully it's OK as I felt the urgent need to share this steal!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ron S.
>
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