A 10/10 repairability score doesn’t happen by accident.

[ifixit@mastodon.social]

A 10/10 repairability score doesn’t happen by accident. Lenovo’s newest ThinkPads prove that laptops can be powerful, durable, and actually repairable.

Swappable batteries, modular parts, and one of the easiest keyboard replacements we’ve seen. Learn more about what makes these laptops amazing, at the link below.

https://www.ifixit.com/News/115827/new-thinkpads-score-perfect-10-repairability

[commanderred@chaos.social]

@iFixit do they have anything soldered? Knowing Lenovo there has to be some kind of downside

[thor@mast.ttk.is]

@iFixit What is awesome about Lenovo Thinkpads is that good repairability is nothing new. They have ambition for doing things right, inherited from IBM, while others spend time shaving dimes off of the dollar - creating a microscopic blimp in the profit in favor of unrepairable trash for the customers. (Toshiba, Acer, I'm looking at you!)

[rafa_font@mastodon.online]

@iFixit There are several 10/10s now in your database. Have you considered turning it to 11?

[oldwoofian@beige.party]

@iFixit Out of curiosity, I looked at the guide on how to replace the motherboard on my Microsoft Surface Pro. I think I'll not even start to consider do8ng this.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Microsoft+Surface+Pro+6+Motherboard+Replacement/144316

[thibaultmol@en.osm.town]

@commanderred @iFixit I would assume that the cpu is probably soldered to the motherboard. but ram and storage are removable as per the blog post

[tootbrute@fedi.arkadi.one]

@iFixit neato! certainly will consider this or Framework for next laptop. Finally some easy to service laptops.

[harrymutt@social.vivaldi.net]

@iFixit

Yep, buy a good laptop that is easy to repair, not glued together, install the only OS that guarantees your freedom, and laugh at those ignorant people who believe promises made by US tech gangsters. THAT's how to protect your digital souvereignty.

Same with phones. Buy a Fairphone, install an OS like /e/OS on it (or buy it pre-installed) and enjoy the freedom from those megalomaniac tech giants who use your data to manipulate and oppress you.

[parabenaparaten@mast.lat]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@iFixit/116175855387969471

@iFixit I think it's #Lenovo also that recently ditched #Windows in favor of #Linux for their laptops

[schmittlauch@toot.matereal.eu]

@iFixit
My main reason to move away from thinkpads was their allow-list for WLAN and mobile data modules, that meant you could not use standard replacement parts but only those specific "official" modules that were already available at the launch of the product. These spare parts often were not available just a few year later, resulting in an inability to replace a broken WLAN module.
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[schmittlauch@toot.matereal.eu]

@iFixit So what does
"We noted a similar lack of modularity on the Wi-Fi module, where repairs or upgrades will be impractical at best.”
mean here? Is the Wi-Fi module soldered? Or does exchanging the module with a perfectly fine newer one still result in a system refusing to boot?

[ratel@mastodon.social]

@iFixit yes but

[ljrk@todon.eu]

@iFixit Uhhh, LPCAMM2 is very nice indeed! I'd still have a hard time not missing the insane battery life and fanless performance of a MB Air, that kinda spoiled me. And yet...

[joel@gts.tumfatig.net]

@iFixit TIL about LPCAMM2 form factor.

[buherator@infosec.place]

@iFixit Do you see any improvements on the keycap front? My perfectly good ThinkPads become unsuable because keycaps break all the time and I can only order full keyboards (*if* I can find any!).

[truls46@mastodon.social]

@ParabenAparaten Lenovo hasn't "ditched" Windows. They are still selling their Laptops with Windows pre-installed by default.

It has been possible to buy their Laptops with Linux pre-installed for quite some time already (or without an OS).

[ariarhythmic@ohai.social]

@iFixit lol sloppad in pic

[dazo@infosec.exchange]

@thor

Lenovo certainly has been one of the better ones for many years. But they have had models, including in the T series, where you basically had to replace a huge part of the laptop for a minor thing.

My X1C Gen 8 got a new motherboard because of a broken USB-C port. A T14 Gen 1 had to replace the complete top-part of the frame as the keyboard was glued to it - and to replace it, you had to unscrew basically every single component inside the laptop; everything was attached to this frame.

Also, the overall quality seems to have dropped after the T460 models. I've had one service on a T450 and a T460. But had 3 services on the X1C Gen8 and 2 services on the T14 Gen 1. Currently, a X1C Gen11 has behaved nicely and properly, but that's also the newest one. Issues typically occurs after 2-3 years of use.

That said, the T14 Gen7 and T16 Gen 5 improvements begins to look more like the good old T4xx series again, in regards to repairability. That's definitely a good step in the right direction. Now that just need to happen with the X and X1 series too.

@iFixit

[badrihippo@fosstodon.org]

@iFixit I'm kind of not buying mainstream (closed-hardware) laptops for now, but damn, if I wanted to then this would be the one I'd choose. I thought the ThinkPad line was in decline and I'm glad to hear that isn't entirely the case!

[hagbard@corteximplant.com]

@iFixit Auge @frameworkcomputer