ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Odds are if it says it can't find HD, it usually means your HD is dead.

Allen D S

I bought my first Lenovo 12 years ago and have not looked back. Since then I've had the T, R, W and X series and would not consider any other brand. All are still operational and used for different things. The build quality is excellent and Lenovo's tech support website is easy to use. You can update all drivers and firmware with a single program and they have extensive hardware diagnostics.

willdenise Loc: Tennessee

Have you or anyone you know use Lotus notes

dlwhawaii Loc: Sunny Wailuku, Hawaii

Many of the Lenovo laptops are backdatable to Windows 7. Check out the Lenovo website to find out which models can use Windows 7.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

I was a Lotus Notes application development project manager at JP Morgan in the late '90s.

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

That is Lenovo.

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willdenise Loc: Tennessee

I want to do freelance photo, just me and my wife, i just want something different. What do you think about a two people business using lotus notes on a pc

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mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Using Lotus Notes on a PC to do what exactly? I'm trying to understand how it would be part of a freelance photo business. Lotus Notes, now IBM Notes, is intended as an enterprise wide email, communication, and business application platform. I haven't been involved with it for around 12 years so I can't comment on the functionality in the current version. Are you a Notes developer?

Allen D S

This applied only to certain models of Lenovo which included specific software intended to make the user experience simpler by sharing usage patterns back to Lenovo. It was on the lower end consumer models. While nobody is above suspicion, Lenovo ceased shipping the software and provided a removal tool. Lenovo, like all Chinese companies, has a percentage of the business owned by the Chinese government. This of course leads to the suspicion that the Chinese government could influence Lenovo to create a system for access.

I use Lenovo laptops in secret and above locations, and have an authorization letter for each computer. Never a problem with access.

But as far as compromised data goes, there are two types of companies: Those who know they have been hacked - and those who don't know it yet. I have been told (in computer security classes) that social engineering and sloppy management of passwords account for most breaches. Hardware and firmware backdoors are unusual. And backdoors should be rendered inaccessible by the firewalls and policies of the network. It wasn't always this way, but breaches are pretty much caused by human nature and human errors.

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

I've got 3 Lenovos. 2 laptops and a desktop and I'm pretty happy with them. They've lasted (knock on wood) longer than other brands I've had previously. Service is decent, too. I would
want one with a Terabyte hard drive, though.

Allen D S

My W700 has 2 drives in RAID. I bought (2) 1 terabyte SSD's. Just a bit cheaper than a midrange lens, but it runs well!

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

I would not buy a ChiCom computer.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

I'm sure you'll have to build your own. Good luck finding all the components marked "Made in USA"!

I don't like it either, but that's the way it is.

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

But I don't have to buy a computer from a company owned by the ChiComs.