Conversely, I replaced the battery in a T740 last week for a client .

8 screws total, including keyboard, and battery (2, and not glued).

I wouldn’t give this one a 10/10, but 7-8/10, probably.

Nice to work with, captive screws all around the shell, so no lost screws, no bullshit “screws under rubber feet” like HP loves to do…

Only gripe is that the usb c is not on a daughterboard. Or power and ports for that matter.

I have a lower end, but capable gaming laptop. R7, 1Tb Nvme, 32Gb, RTX… It is easy to open, service, expandable, with space for a SATA 2.5, for example. Spill proof, lighted kbd, etc.

It’s kind of built like an old school ThinkPad. A tank.

And that’s why I’m getting rid of it.

The thing IS a tank.

I really use it as a laptop, I do onsite stuff, so I lug this thing around all day. Many use these as “transportable”. I don’t, I have a beefy workstation at home, so the laptop generally lives in its backpack.

So, for me, a professional grade, light but sturdy, and repairable machine is just what the doctor ordered.

If you need rugged, some gamer laptops are pretty tough and accessible, but you will pay the chunk tax.

If you REALLY want rugged, get a proper ruggedized laptop, and carry it around.

Plus the problem of having my data hosted, not just In another country, but In a different celestial body!

Sovol is reasonaby decent

I’m running an AM4 Ryzen 9, with 64Gb of DDR4, and the thing cooks. AM4 is just great.

Yeah, Ive been working on engines (mostly my own, for fun) for decades, and I never knew about brake fluid and glass.

Can it run Doom?

No BTW in that post. I call fake.

It is not. It says what I want to do, and where.

A car wash is a place where a car is washed by a machine, other people or yourself

I didn’t know that, and I have used liters of the stuff. Learn something every day.

Is it just Dot3? Dot4 is more common these days.

BTW, kids, we are talking about brake fluid, so don’t go spraying it on your camera lenses!

Fun fact. Air carbines, with a scope, can be very precise at short-dish range. Essentially a low powered .22, and fairly silent.

You should be careful to make sure you don’t hit glass, as it may shatter.

I wonder why in most jurisdictions there is no licensing needed?

Why shouldn’t dot3 mixed with paint? Just so I know why to avoid it.

It’s well known that Taiwan has all strategic factories mined. If a single Chinese soldier steps on the island, anything industrial of value will be blown to bits. China is interested in the land.

They are banning USB sticks next

I had 3 printers (long story), but sold 2 and kept one, an Ender 5 plus. Of the original printer, there is the frame, a couple motors, the electronics case, and little more. Its now an Endorphin, direct drive sherpa mini, rails, Hybrid coreXY, Octopus Max board, Pi with Klipper… Anyone can take measurements, and make themselves one of these, or a Voron, or a VZbot, or… Good luck, California.

this violates the 2nd amendment

Billionaires or no billionaires, I dont want my data in the US

because we don’t have dozens already. Fix the fucking OS, morons.

Yeah. I got a free HP Laserjet 4 a few years back. 4 pages per minute, smelly (ozone, I think), curled pages like crazy, was fucking huge, no duplex or networking. Actually, if I remember correctly it was parallel only, no USB. Completely repairable though.

Now, for my B/W printing (I also have a Brother color laser, and an Epson A3 inkjet because reasons) I have a tiny Brother laser, that prints something like 16 PPM, duplex, with dirt cheap compatible cartridges. Go ahead and get a LJ4.

I imagine that if you have some obscure specialized printer this may be a problem, though.