Lenovo vendor locking AMD CPUs to their boards: what's going on?

[Kenrou]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1473757975588265992

 

[EarthDog]

That's..... annoying AF... wow.

 

[Kenrou]

 

[freakdiablo]

Uh... Why?

If I buy a Lenovo, yank the CPU, and toss it on eBay - that's still a sale for Lenovo...

Is the idea that the eBay buyer will run out and buy *another* Lenovo system just to use their eBay chip?

Edit: helps to check the Twitter thread in the OP

It's "required for Secure Boot", really?

 

[WrkBoot]

Yeah, I just heard about that yesterday. That's some sheeet