[Tfug] Thinkpad passwords and loading Linux

[Gordon Zaft]

 I don't know about the Linux aspect, but I have a T43
for work and it is a sweet machine. I don't know what
your issue is with the hard disk password -- it seems
to me to be a very valuable feature considering how
often laptops get stolen.

G

--- sitkaa at email.arizona.edu wrote:

> I had about decided to get a used t40 or t40p on
> ebay. I am concerned about
> their passwords, though. It seems that many people
> are having problems with
> Thinkpad passwords, particularly BIOS passwords
> which can inadvertently get
> loaded up, and subsequently forgotten. Is this
> something which is easy to deal
> with, or should I avoid buying a used Thinkpad?
> 
> Here is some juice for the discussion: I wish I
> undestood it more than 
> I do. Is
> this stuff easy to do?
> 
> I gotta admit, new thinkpads are just too expensive
> for me to justify one of
> them. Even with the sale that they currently are
> having...
> 
> Is is it worth it to get a pre-password Thinkpad?
> 
> Or is this just getting ridiculous, and I should
> look into some other 
> make (like
> Dell)?
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
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Gordon Zaft
zaft at zaft.org

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