lanodan, 5 months ago

And here's a review of my Lenovo T495 nearly 4 years later, pretty much meh overall.

https://hacktivis.me/articles/T495-4Y-later

JauneBaguette, 5 months ago

@lanodan "maybe next one will still be a thinkpad", why not try a Framework model?

lanodan, 5 months ago

@JauneBaguette Frameworks is a bit interesting but when I actually think about it:

• Not that much more repairable, although schematics are nice to have
• Still slim, so probably flimsy
• Barely any ports, it's pretty much a tablet with inserts for adapters. As one that remembers laptops with bunch of ports + PCMCIA it's really weird.
• Bit more focused on open-source
• More expansive (I payed something like ~800€ for my T495)

At the Framework budget I'd probably go for an MNT Reform instead but that one is a bit hard to bet on given ARM and possibly no spare parts if they shut-down (at least it seems very hackable/repairable).