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

[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

[philip@social.simplexity.quest]

@iFixit good news about thinkpads? That‘s a welcome change.

[pt1997@floss.social]

@HarryMutt @iFixit or Shiftphone

[tock@corteximplant.com]

@OldWoofian @iFixit

[zettpunkt@mastodon.social]

@iFixit Did someone steal the trackpoint cap or what's going on in that picture?

[vp9kf@mastodon.social]

@iFixit Your 'out of 10' scale needs recalibrating because there's plenty that's not fixable in this 10 scored unit. Then there's the Lenovo crapware which counts them out completely.

[kerplunk@mastodon.scot]

@iFixit

Lenovo’s newest ThinkPads prove that laptops can be powerful, durable repairable.

My T410 2.53-GHz Intel Core i5-540M proves all that too, and still runs well with antiX Linux and ICEWM.

Sound is medocre, screen acceptable.
Had to replace the dvd drive and wireless card, fitted an SSD to improve performance. Must replace battery.

Very easy to work on.

Daughter has W520, i7

Palm rest cracked, common issue, warranty refused which really angered me.

[thor@mast.ttk.is]

@dazo @iFixit I'll agree that they have some machines that could have been done better, but their overall good over bad is in the high numbers. I have a P53s, T15g1, a couple of Thinkpad Yogas (pre-forking of the Yoga brand) and a really old m-class CPU (next step after C2D). All of them have turned out to be 💯in terms of servicability. Even the oldest one which had a effed DSP. I could mute the DSP with a stick in the 3.5mm jack and just use a USB audio card instead.