Comments on: HP unveils a new Intel vPro Desktop; they vow to continue their PC Support

By: techie007(!required)

techie007(!required) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:17:41 +0000

BTW – We got a demo notebook from Intel with it several months ago. Intel Anti-Theft Technology in “non-subscription mode” is awesome, it uses an accelerometer so that if the laptop gets lifted it sounds a shreaking alarm! They told us it’s “coffee-shop” mode. 🙂

By: techie007(!required)

techie007(!required) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:06:58 +0000

My first SU blog reply. YAY!

I didn't take this as an ad. I found it to be very timely, as right now the hype/buzz is crazy about "OMGZ! HP dropping their PC line! All HP resellers r doomed! #Losing".

It was nice to get a direct source that points out that they were simply given permission to spend cash to look into how to deal with a drooping PC market.

Someone did ask the board for this, and it's pretty obvious the idea is to spin it off (to be sold later).

But having said that, nobody (I know of) got caught with their pants down when Lenovo took over IBM's PC line.

No surprises, no one was trying to hide anything or shaft and run with the bucks. Lenovo wanted (and bought) IBM's reseller channel as well.

From our experience, our relationship for notebooks and the occasional PC order has been as good or better ever since.

By: William Hilsum

William Hilsum — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:21:23 +0000

Interesting, personally… forget HP for a minute, I think the anti theft technology in new generation computers is smart but scary… There are a few variations, the main one being Lojack that works basically through a BIOS Root Kit which can reinstall itself on Windows even when you reinstall the OS.

I can’t remember where I read about it originally, but there are a few results that come up when Googling… http://www.freakyacres.com/remove_computrace_lojack

By: Tom Wijsman

Tom Wijsman — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:24:09 +0000

Jay Bazuzi: Any software/hardware related post can be automatically seen as an advertisement. Check out this post which goes even as far as to list the actual prices. Note that this is meant as a counter to the recent HP news and to show Intel's new technology, and thus can't do anything than to actually link to the product of which the news originated; I really don't see how this is a pure advertisement. I could similarly ask you: Why are you advertizing Pico tubes of dielectric grease on your blog?

By: Jay Bazuzi

Jay Bazuzi — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:18:51 +0000

Why are you posting advertisements on this blog?