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10/10 repairability - T14 Gen 7 (www.ifixit.com)
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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?

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[–] aaa@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

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.