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differences in the entry: vendor
Lenovo
differences in the entry: model name
Thinkpad ThinkPad Edge 14 0578-N6U
differences in the entry: subtype (notebook or netbook)
notebook
differences in the entry: architecture
amd64
differences in the entry: does it have a free bios?
no
differences in the entry: can free operating systems be installed?
not-specified
differences in the entry: does the device prevent the installation of wifi cards not-approved by the vendor?
not-specified
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
2011
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
trisquel_4_5
differences in the entry: compatibility with free software
C-silver
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
2.6.35-30-generic
differences in the entry: video card model
Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02)
differences in the entry: does the video card work?
yes_with_3D
differences in the entry: wifi model
Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [8086:0084]
differences in the entry: does the wifi card work?
no
differences in the entry: webcam model
Unknown 2.0 MP integrated camera
differences in the entry: does the webcam work?
yes
differences in the entry: Description
[p]This laptop comes with [a]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoJack#LoJack_for_Laptops | LoJack[/a], a BIOS capability that the user has the option to "disable", even "permanently" if she wants. Since the BIOS is non-free, and we don't know what it actually does, it is conceivable that the phone-home capability could be re-enabled by a malicious BIOS upgrade/modification or possibly even a program.[/p]
[p]From the BIOS: Computrace Module Activation:[/p]
[p]Enables or Disables the BIOS interface to activate Computrace modules. Computrace is an optional monitoring service from Absolute Software.[/p]
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