Since new business-class laptops are basically consumer-tier

>>62135646
newfag here, can someone redpill me on thinkpads? also, i recall that thinkpads were part of IBM, so how are they now part of lenovo?

>>62135646
this didnt work for smartphones, what makes you think its gonna work for laptops?

>>62135688
tl:dr Business laptops used to be sweat-looking, serviceable, and durable machines that pleased business and hackers alike.

Now they are as disposable as a 300 dollar chromebook.

>>62135688
IBM sold Thinkpad to Lenovo in 2004

>>62135646
i'd honestly love that, but as of now laptop parts are absolutely bullshit, i'd rather glue a monitor and a keyboard to a case.
>>62135688
mean, clean machines that are durable and have excellent nerd support (i.e. linux and bsd).

>>62135787
>>62135732

thanks

>>62135688
They're unusually upgradable and compatible with freedom dinosaur software, but mostly they're cheap for used hardware
Everything else is basically a meme, *Lenovo* has no better build quality than Dell

>>62135691
They are spacier and it might work with smartphones once the technology is available/cheaper.

>>62135732
>Sweat looking
Ew do they look sweaty?

>>62135646

soc designs like raven ridge should make this a lot easier than it has been in the past. The big problem with mobo design will still be there though, routing the ram, but it would greatly cut down everything else you need to do.

>>62135826
>mean, clean machines that are durable and have excellent nerd support (i.e. linux and bsd).

Virtually every Dell Latitude and Precision have Linux as a driver option.

>>62135646
chromebooks
>seabios
>linux support
>long batterylife
>decent processors for a laptop on high end models
you'll obv be buying used so buy older high end models
replace battery cells yourself