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Buy a thinkpad. You can customize them on Lenovos website and save money by removing the operating system etc.
They used to be good. Are they still worth it?
I love my T16 gen1. The P16 is more upgradable but also much more expensive. But basically yeah, you just have to pick the right model and specs.
what's replaceable on them?
Most parts are replaceable, but I think at most only RAM and SSD are upgradable on the newer models. It's truly disgusting that that's become a feature and not the bare minimum.
On the T16 I have one soldered RAM slot and one replaceable. Of course the SSD can be upgraded too.
The P16 (not the P16s which is just a T16) has four upgradable RAM slots and two slots for SSD.
So that's not crazy amounts of upgradability but it's something.
I actually got a Legion Pro 5 instead because it's a lot cheaper but still has 2 upgradable RAM slots and two SSD slots. My only complaint is that the keyboard is less stable than on a thinkpad and it looks like a gaming laptop.
Someday I'll get a P16 though... or else one of those Eurocom laptops, if only they had 16:10 screens and nice keyboards.
They're still some of the best machines out there. Every other machine has gotten shittier at an even more rapid pace.
They are okay, not nearly as robust as before.
That's what I did.
On their site you can order a fully customized machine and they'll even install Linux for you.
I ordered a full AMD laptop with a lot more RAM by saving the Windows tax.
They are solid machines. I just got a Thinkpad P1 Gen 6 from work (1,8kg with a friggin 880 gram 230 Watt power supply that I will not have to carry around, fortunately) and it is great.