Minifree is selling freedom. coreboot-preinstalled ThinkPad T440p. now with BSD“

Minifree is selling freedom. coreboot-preinstalled ThinkPad T440p. now with BSD“(minifree.org)

64 points by leahlibre 4 years ago | 12 comments

The t440p is a tank and with a 4core i7 still a capable machine and one of the only mobile machines that you can properly tripple boot with Linux, Mac OS, Windows each on a physical HDD. (1x m2 and 2x sata ssds). You can get one for 120 bucks and update nearly everything (don't get the one with Nvidia graphics), spare parts are cheap and plenty. I run a 2560x1440 IPS panel, 16GB RAM, i7 4710mq, 3 disks and a t480 touchpad (needs a slight mod). The only downsides are the missing usb-c and form factor if you are used to ultrabooks.

danieldevries 4 years ago | |

Other downside, no dedicated HDMI port.

Speaking of tanks. I have a T400 from minifree. No PC has ever matched the boot time.

emptyparadise 4 years ago |

>The display is a beautiful 14″ 1366×768 LED TFT LCD

Now that's a bold lie.

occoder 4 years ago | |

I agree that's a sad baseline. However they do have a decent upgrade option which IMHO is a no brainer:

£100: 1080p IPS display (AUO B140HAN01.3 panel, anti-glare matte)

leahlibre 4 years ago |

these machines have osboot, based on coreboot, that replaces proprietary bios/uefi firmware, and a libre OS like linux/bsd with full driver support. encrypted ssd by default. secure, private laptops for people who need it. no proprietary bloatware, just freedom. sales fund osboot development

awiesenhofer 4 years ago |

I love the idea! Just make sure you definitly get the t450 touchpad upgrade or you will regret it forever. Nothing worse than a t*40-series touchpad.

greatgib 4 years ago |

The quality/price ratio looks very good in my opinion.

killingtime74 4 years ago |

“High end” laptop with a processor released in 2013???? I suspect my doorbell or watch has more processing power

aaomidi 4 years ago | |

Yeah but your doorbell probably cost more.

I mean I'm joking but this is also a very cheap product.

madduci 4 years ago |

I really would like to see more modern CPUs supported

hulitu 4 years ago | |

Everybody would love that. But until Intel does not release the sources for ME this is a no go.

rosndo 4 years ago | | |

Yeah, except this is bullshit. “sources for ME” have nothing to do with anything, the binaries can be analyzed without source code.

ME_cleaner can effectively kill ME on newer systems too, leaving a small bit of not scary code that runs at startup.

It’s actually possible to audit ME and have an informed conversation about whether or not the bits left after ME_cleaner are scary.

However, if you believe Intel to be malicious you should be worried about what they might have hidden in the parts of their hardware that can’t easily be audited.