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On 7/13/2015 3:54 AM, Dan Keast wrote:
I wouldn't be worried about spyware too much, there were only a few models that had the bad stuff, none of the Think* stuff had it. The models that did have it all shipped in a three month period. They dealt with the situation pretty quickly, provided a removal tool, and are not likely to want a repeat of that fiasco. I have seen a couple different things on the cheap Lenovo desktop systems. One type of system the CPU is soldered on the motherboard, uses laptop RAM, has one PCI expresss slot that can be used for a Video card or other PCI express card, and uses an external power adapter like the power adapters the laptops take. I would not get one of these for myself, but if it fits your needs, it seems like a decent system and at least in the US you could probably get a replacement power adapter at Batteries Plus. The other type of system is similar, but has an internal power supply, but it does not have the normal power connections that an off the shelf ATX power supply has and not like any of the power supplies I have seen for your standard Mini-ITX systems either. No 24 pin to the motherboard, no SATA, no molex. The internal drives have power cables that run from the motherboard to the drive. That makes it more questionable how easily/quickly you can get a replacement if you have to replace the power supply. Also makes testing power issues a problem if you don't have a spare around. So I would try to find out what type of power supply the system uses and if it uses an internal power supply if it has the standard connections an off the shelf power supply would have before buying one. Later, Seeker |