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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.
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The Thinkpads are typically quite easy to work on. Lenovo's consumer grade laptops are mostly disposable junk though.
It was the same way with the Dell Latitude and Inspiron lines. The latitudes were stupid easy to work on, but more expensive and business focused. The Inspirons were trash.
Well, depends on how brave you are ...
I've replaced the keyboard on my IdeaPad Flex 5 ... removing plastic rivets and replacing them with superglue isn't fun but it's holding up great so far ...
One of the display hinges crumbled (or, rather, the plastic mount it was screwed into), I repaired it with heavy-duty epoxy ... the screen is held in the bezel with adhesive clay.
The laptop has been heavily used over the last 4 years, including many on-stage shows ... so I wouldn't call it unreliable, and it was ridiculously cheap for what it is ... so I wouldn't call it junk ...
It's good Thinkpads are still repairable but their build quality went to shit in recent years.