Lenovo is doing a reversal when it comes to the repairability of its ThinkPad T series: The new Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 features two SO-DIMMs and a user-replaceable internal battery. To prove its progress in modularity, the Chinese manufacturer had it reviewed by iFixit - the new ThinkPad laptop scored a near perfect 9.3/10.

  • Saff@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Well I look forward to seeing the result. Quite frankly the t14s we have is stupid, the easily replaceable keyboard of the t460 days are long gone, and the WiFi card that has failed 3 times already within my company is glued to the mobo. Anything that lets me do a quick repair myself instead of having to phone a call centre and book a technician will be highly appreciated.

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      2 years ago

      Because external batteries take up precious space to attach. Internal ones can just sit there with maybe a few screws.

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        2 years ago

        yeah, but the t480 isn’t too thick and it had external batteries

        I feel like we’re just making laptops thin for the sake of it which I don’t like