<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Alas, no, all the units are being used as is, with secure boot, AMT and all that cruft turned off.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron S.<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 6:21 AM Chris Frey <<a href="mailto:cdfrey@foursquare.net">cdfrey@foursquare.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thanks for the heads-up Ron.<br>
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Side question: have you tried, or do you know anyone who has successfully<br>
tried, using me_cleaner on any of these new laptops?<br>
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- Chris<br>
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On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 01:23:39AM -0400, Ron Singh wrote:<br>
> Not trying to be a shill for Lenovo, but I thought these "Back-To-School"<br>
> prices might be of interest to someone thinking of a new laptop/desktop.<br>
> I was looking for a replacement for my venerable(10yo) T520 15" beast of a<br>
> laptop and found it in a P17, a real mice 17.3" desktop replacement sort of<br>
> thing.<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/uwaterlooca/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p/ThinkPad-P17/p/20SQS27W00" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/uwaterlooca/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p/ThinkPad-P17/p/20SQS27W00</a><br>
> <br>
> For $2200+HST I was able to get an i7, 17.3" 4K 500nits display, Nvidia<br>
> T2000 vid, 16G, 512G SSD, 3 year warranty and a 1-time battery replacement.<br>
> It is the same dang thing that I got 7 of a little while ago for clients<br>
> and those has costed me $2935 a piece!<br>
> <br>
> Many deals on there right now, many machines, new machines, better than<br>
> those on Richese *and* Ix...<br>
> <br>
> I think I got a real fab deal -- embarrassingly though, I will likely use<br>
> it mostly for Zoom meets until I find it in my heart to retire my T520<br>
> trusty sidekick.<br>
> Mint 20.2 Cinnamon will live in it.<br>
> <br>
> Paul, please PM me if this is not an appropriate posting and I will desist,<br>
> hopefully it's OK as I felt the urgent need to share this steal!<br>
> <br>
> Thanks,<br>
> <br>
> Ron S.<br>
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