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Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops (www.ifixit.com)
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[–] LedgeDrop@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

There's a difference between 'repairable' and 'upgradable.'

Absolutely! I've got a Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 (laptop/tablet thingy).

I've upgraded/replaced the ssd - no problem.

Unfortunately, this laptop has an issue with the keyboard: the left section/panel intermittently stops sending inputs. Meaning, keys like escape, a, w, shift, l-control - just stop (even in the bios). I'd read that they keyboard "collects" static which causes problems with certain sections of the keyboard.

I thought I'd see how difficult it would be to replace the keyboard. I watched a teardown video, and of course you need to remove everything... but I lost it when, the person in the video used a heat gun to melt "plastic rivits" that connected the keyboard to the motherboard case. Then with the replacement keyboard needed to remelt the plastic rivits.

This laptop is not repairable. In fact, I swore I'd never buy another Lenovo again as a result. ... but if their focus is on making them repairable (~~and their recent partnership with GrapheneOS~~ edit: oops, that's Motorola and GrapheneOS) - I might be eating crow tonight.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Note that ThinkPad and IdeaPad are practically different companies with how Lenovo acts.

Fully expect IdeaPads to continue to be shit. ThinkPad can do the most wondrous good stuff in the world and IdeaPad will stay garbage.

And yes, I went through the same exact maddeningly shitty keyboard replacement procedure. Never again IdeaPad, though ThinkPad has been fine.

Bonus points, ThinkPad brand never shipped Superfish, and most of the firmware security flaws have been IdeaPad side. It's amazing how half-assed they are with that brand yet pretty competent with ThinkPad.

[–] crabArms@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

oops, that's Motorola

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/d/motorola-smartphones/ Same company, actually, so you were basically right the first time!