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Apple and Lenovo have the least repairable laptops, analysis finds (arstechnica.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de
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[–] 31 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Interesting, Lenovo must have a wide spread over their product range, then ... at least quite a few of their products are amongst the top scorers on iFixit repeairability scores ... changing the keyboard on my IdeaPad was a different story, though 😅

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  • [–] 29 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    The Thinkpads are typically quite easy to work on. Lenovo's consumer grade laptops are mostly disposable junk though.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    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 ...

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