10/10 repairability - T14 Gen 7
3mon 6d ago by discuss.tchncs.de/u/4shtonButcher in thinkpad@lemmy.ml from www.ifixit.com
Here I am considering to purchase a newer used Thinkpad than my latest (X1 Carbon G7) and suddenly they release the most repairable laptop of the decade?
Between this and GrapheneOS+Motorola thing, is Lenovo becoming less shit again? Awesome!
I keep saying this I hope the Motorola that gets release with GrapheneOS (or at least is compatible with it) is the thinkphone. I’ll be so happy using both and announce to the world I’m a chronically online nerd XD
10/10 should be reserved for laptops where all parts are replaceable. including CPUs.
Even Framework requires a whole new mainboard to replace the CPU.
It would be impossible to get that score because no processor manufacture makes them.
Then so be it. Let 9/10 be the highest possible score until some processor manufacturer gets their shit together.
they used to, though. having a slim laptop is good, but having a repairable and upgradeable laptop is better, they should at least give the consumers the choice.
They don’t do it just for slimness. They do it for signal integrity too. It’s the same reason you can’t get the much faster and lower power LPDDR ram in sodimms. Desktops don’t care about low power so they can blast the voltage. But laptops do, especially at idle.
Would you take a CPU that’s say 25% slower and uses 25% more power just to have it be socketed?
A socketed CPU would not realistically be 25% slower or 25% less efficient. your numbers are overly exaggerated. but to answer your question, I would sacrifice a little bit of performance and power efficiency for upgradeability and repairability.
I agree. So a laptop these days should never hit 10, not even the framework laptops. Seeing the guides i'd give this an 8.5 at the highest. Its very repairable, looks very good, but the screen assembly is missing? I need to find an actual review of it from ifixit
I wish they brought something like the LPCAMM connector to CPUs. Money aside, I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Then 10/10 does not exist outside fringe 3d-printed ITX desktop hardware enclosures. If that's your definition, cool. Just don't tell me I should adopt it.
It seems not to be available yet https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/coming-soon/lenovo-thinkpad-t14-gen-7-14-inch-intel-laptop/len101t0154
Personally I will never buy anything made by Lenovo in my life after an ex-girlfriend bought a flex laptop and I had to spend 2-3 hours taking preloaded bloatware bullshit off of it just to get it to be marginally functional
2-3 hours
Really? Why didn't you just reinstall the OS?
they tend to make both shitty and awesome products due to their wide price range, so yeah..
The best service for repairs I ever received was for a Thinkpad. And the devices I most easily for working again myself are alsow ThinkPads