First of all, this is not criticising or taking a cheap shot or really political at all. I am fascinated that a lawyer uses/brings a gaming laptop to trial and I can’t help but think it was contrived as another distraction.

What do y’all think? BTW, how expensive are they generally?

You think she plays League?

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    It doesn’t have to be BYOD. The firm might willing to procure a specific machine for her. Or she might have enough clout to make them get her what she wants.

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      Maybe. It’s also weird because ROG has their led control app, Aura which will auto adjust your RGB based on apps/profiles. She either had a profile set up to do the flashy-lid or it was triggered by an application.

      Regardless, you would think a lawyer who requested such a device would know how to disable that profile and/or how to disable the light show without literally shutting the lid and covering it.

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          Probably should care a little, since lawyers work hard to look “presentable” and “professional” in court. While it shouldn’t affect anything, it does have an effect on the outcome of a trial.

          So it comes back to if she didn’t know how, or if it was intentional

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            Since when does Trump have a history of hiring “presentable” and “professional” lawyers?

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      Considering how much full disk encryption can slow down a machine in daily use, she might have used that as a justification for asking for a “beefier” PC that would slowed down less by encryption.

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        The impact is negligible. It’s a few extra seconds during boot. You won’t even notice during use except maybe for specific IO-intensive workloads. FDE on a modern computer isn’t like the junk from 15 years ago with third party security apps. There’s no reason not to use it.