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[–] 190 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

HP laptop: please remember to log out of your the laptop in case someone else needs to use it.

Edit: Management took offence at the language of the previous memo.

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    [–] 154 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    HP laptop: your company has no idea what it's doing for it's entire technology department

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    My last 3 jobs all used HP... No major issues.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Boot up from external device and watch it wipe non-windows boot entries (yes, even with secure boot off) and then not automatically find any other EFI files so you have to navigate to them manually. Oh, and the only way to add them back is efibootmgr tool, or if you want GUI, Bootice in Hiren's boot (yes that's still a thing).
    At least that was experience with HP 255 G7.

    As for another one, a mini PC, the UEFI setup seems to have limited HID driver support. Basic cheap keyboard seems to be a must. DO NOT DISABLE SECURE BOOT IF JUST THE MOUSE WORKS!!!!! Upon reboot, it will ask you to confirm disabling secure boot by TYPING in something. Every time. Even if you reset UEFI with the motherboard pins.
    At least that was experience with HP ProDesk 400 G3 mini.

    But hey, I also had issues with Dell, I think Optiplex 7020. It was unable to boot via internal DVD drive. I tried 2 of them, both fared the same, no problem reading and burning discs in OS. I tried a USB DVD drive, that magically worked. What?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Yeah but a random (non IT especially) probably wouldn't need to boot from an external device, would they? As for the UEFI changes, a random employee shouldn't be in the BIOS either I would think.

    I'm really curious on those, I don't do that sort of thing these days so sort of wondering how impactful it could be. Outside of the random person who thinks they should change them but that's got to be pretty minimal and IT should lock it down anyways.

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    [–] 79 points 2 years ago (31 children)

    Siemens PG: forget about making a resume ever again.

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  • [–] [S] 79 points 2 years ago (23 children)

    Had to look it up, the version with a handle killed me

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Unironically love that. There's a CD drive but what is that next to it? Is it a Zip drive?

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    The SSD slot. You can easily swap the ssd without having to open the computer. It takes a couple of minutes.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Oh, that's actually kind of cool. Is that for the primary drive or for swapping additional ones in and out?

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    For the primary. It is really useful when your ssd dies (happens more often than you'd think) and you need to keep working because you are operating in a situation where you can't afford to lose the time that would be required to swap disks opening the laptop. We have at least one spare ssd in my office always ready to be swapped in case of emergency.

    There are also a lot of cool features on them:

    They come with 4 usb ports, 2 ethernet ports + wifi, 1 dvi port, 1 dp, 1 serial port, 1 mpi/profibus port, pcie expansion, dvd unit and bluetooth (which is a given). They also, as per manufacturer warranty, can stand a fall from 1-1.5m without suffering damage.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    If it’s the primary, do you keep those drives with OS pre-installed on them, or is there like… some sort of bios-like built in to hold the ummm… OS image..? And what about the programs and files and stuff? All vpn/network accessed?

    Hopefully you can sort out what that is asking.. I know just enough about computers to fix Linux problems.. if other people have posted about them… usually… with significant effort.

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    [–] 67 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Panasonic Toughbook: You're gone get wet and dirty.

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    [–] 60 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Lenovo replaced with Dell when the startup I work at was purchased by a multinational a year and a half ago. They’re closing our office down and moving operations out of state in June.

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    [–] 40 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can confirm. Currently on year eight, always with Lenovo.

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    [–] 39 points 2 years ago (12 children)
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    [–] 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    My last tech job gave me a Microsoft Surface, which possibly explains why I was hired with the promise that things would be really busy, barely did anything for a year, and then got let go because there just wasn't enough work to justify retaining my position.

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    [–] 30 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Used to have a ThinkPad decades back. Still remember Howard comfortable the typing was.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Imagine getting a new job. You come into the office on the first day. Instead of handing you a laptop, they just give you a chair in the break room. You'll be working off a linux distro that's been installed into the door of a smart fridge.

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    [–] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I was able to choose my own Lenovo. Twice. 14+ years at the same place.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Sadly Thinkpads no longer are what they used to be. I got the X1 Extreme Gen 5 couple of years back and have had all kinds of problems with it. Blue screens, problem with fans sometimes getting stuck at 100%, constant problems connecting to the dock, not to mention bad battery life... My coworker had to get a warranty replacement when the usb-c port stopped working without any apparent reason only after a month of use. And other coworkers with newer models are also reporting issues.

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    creepily accurate in my experience.

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Union.

    HP but it switches with Dell every 5 years.

    My peers have been there 20+ years. No one's dumb enough to get fired. I only got this job because someone retired.

    The people are awesome. I hope to God I can work here another decade.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What if it is an IBM ThinkPad.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    what if you get to choose?

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    I have a ThinkPad and this checks out

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My company is using Lenovo, and a bunch of my colleagues were already working there 20+ years ago, now I've got a permanent contract too... I think it might check out.

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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Special rule:

    Thinkpad but with 1600x900 resolution on the 24" screen and full hd on a 22" screen in the office.

    That buys you only around 2 years from personal experience.

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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What about a Microsoft Surface?

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