Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoLenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptopswww.ifixit.comexternal-linkmessage-square251linkfedilinkarrow-up11.53Karrow-down112cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up11.52Karrow-down1external-linkLenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptopswww.ifixit.comBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square251linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·2 days agoDoes 10/10 mean it’s got RAM and drives accessible without needing to disassemble the whole fucking thing? Nice to see both aren’t soldered onto the motherboard, but we’ve still gone backwards in the last 20 years.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 days agoBack in the day every screw on thinkpads had a series of little symbols on them to tell you which ones you needed to undo in order to get to the ram, storage, keyboard, and fans. Without needing a repair manual. I hope they brought that back!
minus-squareneomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoHoly shit I’ve never heard of this but that’s awesome. I would love to see that nowadays
minus-squarenao@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days ago without needing to disassemble the whole fucking thing well you still need to take the bottom cover off
minus-squareSteamymoomilk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down6·2 days agoNah they soldiered it to the cpu cooler cause fuck you thats why
minus-squareMortoc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoRead the article. They’re using replaceable modules.
Does 10/10 mean it’s got RAM and drives accessible without needing to disassemble the whole fucking thing?
Nice to see both aren’t soldered onto the motherboard, but we’ve still gone backwards in the last 20 years.
Back in the day every screw on thinkpads had a series of little symbols on them to tell you which ones you needed to undo in order to get to the ram, storage, keyboard, and fans. Without needing a repair manual. I hope they brought that back!
Holy shit I’ve never heard of this but that’s awesome. I would love to see that nowadays
well you still need to take the bottom cover off
Nah they soldiered it to the cpu cooler cause fuck you thats why
Read the article. They’re using replaceable modules.