> Why are you treating Lenovo and Thinkpad separately? They're the same company, even if there's some internal separation (that Lenovo can violate as they wish).
Because historically they are two different entities.
Lenovo acquired Thinkpad, but Thinkpad remained largely separate from other Lenovo products.
The drivers are not the same, the hardware is not the same, the production lines are probably not the same, warranties are not the same, the customer service is not the same.
And the product quality is significantly different.
There is therefore no reason to consider that Lenovo and Thinkpad are the same thing.
Please notice that: Thinkpads are used in the ISS, but a Lenovo product would never enter in the ISS. Even here they are considered as different entities.
> More worrisome part of the feature is that it injects software that updates drivers, firmware, and other pre-installed apps onto Windows machine – even if you wiped the system clean. So even if you uninstall or delete the Lenovo's own software programs, the LSE hidden in the firmware will automatically bring them back as soon as you power-on or reboot your machine.
That Lenovo, not Thinkpad.
But I talked about Dell and Thinkpad, not Lenovo products.
There are evidences of malware insertion at Lenovo, so I don't trust Lenovo products.
That's not the case at Dell or Thinkpad.
Because historically they are two different entities. Lenovo acquired Thinkpad, but Thinkpad remained largely separate from other Lenovo products. The drivers are not the same, the hardware is not the same, the production lines are probably not the same, warranties are not the same, the customer service is not the same. And the product quality is significantly different.
There is therefore no reason to consider that Lenovo and Thinkpad are the same thing.
Please notice that: Thinkpads are used in the ISS, but a Lenovo product would never enter in the ISS. Even here they are considered as different entities.
> More worrisome part of the feature is that it injects software that updates drivers, firmware, and other pre-installed apps onto Windows machine – even if you wiped the system clean. So even if you uninstall or delete the Lenovo's own software programs, the LSE hidden in the firmware will automatically bring them back as soon as you power-on or reboot your machine.
That Lenovo, not Thinkpad. But I talked about Dell and Thinkpad, not Lenovo products. There are evidences of malware insertion at Lenovo, so I don't trust Lenovo products. That's not the case at Dell or Thinkpad.