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?
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?
10/10 should be reserved for laptops where all parts are replaceable. including CPUs.
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.
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.