I like used Thinkpads. I bought a T430s off eBay and used it for several years. Recently I got a T570 from work. It had a screen issue, so I bought a new screen. That didn’t fix it so I bought a new mobo, but it has a loose drive connector so won’t boot. Just now I killed it for good by putting an nvme in a sata slot lol.

Anyway, I need another laptop and I don’t want to buy something new. The t570 did everything I needed it to, but I’m concerned about the design/build quality. What Thinkpads are people running these days that aren’t very old but still solid?

  • Duncan Bayne@emacs.ch
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    5 months ago

    @electric_nan Issue for me is the cost. Frameworks are actually cheap for what they are (compare with a MacBook!) but we could replace our entire family (second-hand, elderly) ThinkPad fleet for the price of one Framework.

    • electric_nan@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      5 months ago

      Yeah I can’t really justify the cost right now either. If I was more patient, I could just wait until we retire another Thinkpad at work :p