Why is it so hard to find a decent laptop?
What I want:
- SSD storage
- a CD/DVD drive
What I don't want:
- Windows
- camera/microphone
- intel management engine
Fuck me, I guess.
Why is it so hard to find a decent laptop?
Leo Rogers
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Matthew Morris
Wtf do you need dvd drive for
Easton Kelly
watching dvds?
Cameron Cooper
>- SSD storage
Installable
>- a CD/DVD drive
Deprecated
>- Windows
Removable
>- camera/microphone
Removable
>- intel management engine
Core 2 Duo
If you can't do that stuff by yourself you can always pay someone to do it for you:
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Dylan Long
I love that pic
You made my day op
Levi Taylor
>looking for a laptop with a CD/DVD drive
>in current year
WEW
Stop being dumb a recognize it's not gonna happen. Just get an external player.
Parker Reed
If I get a normie notebook and remove the camera it will look like shit.
Ian Martin
>SSD storage
Pretty much every laptop has one these days
>a CD/DVD drive
You can read disks with USB drives, just buy one and whip it out every 5 years or so when you encounter a physical disk.
>Windows
You can uninstall it.
>camera/microphone
Put tape over it, disable it from bios or open the case and disconnect it.
>intel management engine
Ryzen laptops should be in stores soon.
Julian Miller
>only ships to the US
Dominic Peterson
Stallman must be proud.
Nathan Clark
That's some easy fucking requirements. I got all of those except IME for $100.
unplug it/cut the wires
Benjamin Rivera
compile the kernel yourself and don't include the camera drivers and then tape it because the intel/NSA ME can obviously operate it anyway
Cooper Garcia
Libreboot ThinkPads from minifree.org fit these requirements. Ok maybe they have a mic, but literally every laptop has one. But since it comes with free software you can reliably disable it.
Luke Lopez
Actually removeing the camera is hard, because you need to disassemble the screen. You just unplug it from the motherboard
Bentley Myers
>- a CD/DVD drive
how's life in 2003
Jacob Lee
>What I don't want:
>- Windows
>- intel
So a mac?
Parker Parker
W500. Make sure to install libreboot.
Also, reminder to everyone reading, the core duo and core 2 duo still have Intel ME.
Ryan Jackson
Actually, you're on to something. He might be fine with a powerpc mac. I think some old Macs even have Libreboot support.
Henry Hall
Optical drive is essential dipshit.
Caleb Wright
try this list
libreboot.org
Nathaniel Watson
>deprecated
Does not mean what you think it does
Carter Hill
>anybody mentioning dvd drives
>Sup Forumsnu-males flip their shit
Why am I even still browsing this brainlet board?
Jordan Sullivan
Ryzen has IME equivalent thought.
look for laptops with Bulldozer / Excavator CPUs, or Core 2 Duo