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Hello. Many of the older thinkpads were regarded as being peak for the ability to repair and easily see into them at both the hardware and software levels.

I was wondering, what PC, if any, is similar in this regard? Aside from building your own PC ofc. Any opinions are welcome. Thank you.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago (15 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Just carefully read the manual for the model you're interested in. Switching out a keyboard on T14s Gen1 is hell, as an example.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Jesus, it'd be easier to list the parts you don't have to remove.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And with how easy it has traditionally been to do that same replacement on ThinkPad T-series I was shocked the first time I encountered it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

holy shit, it's not just 4 screws anymore?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

The answer is that it depends on the model and that you can't trust the T anymore, the T14 Gen3 (note that it's T14, not T14s) is as easy as always:
https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/t14_gen3_p14s_gen3_hmm_en.pdf

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