Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@simonzerafa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>simonzerafa</span></a></span> I mean obviously <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reuse</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UseLonger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UseLonger</span></a> is better and if your options are <em>"corporate surplus" or nothing</em> then I'd never judge.</p><p>To me it's just that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> as a brand has really died as every single Device is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/downgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>downgrade</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/repairability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repairability</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/upgradeability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>upgradeability</span></a> compared to my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/X230Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X230Tablet</span></a>:</p><ul><li><p>They have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SolderedDownRAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolderedDownRAM</span></a> even on P-Series <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Workstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workstation</span></a> machines, not just cheap cheap <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lenovo</span></a> consoomer devices.</p></li><li><p>Batteries ain't toolfree-swappable anymore!</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWAN</span></a> modules are worse (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fibocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fibocom</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/850GL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>850GL</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMM7360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMM7360</span></a>)</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> support gets worse and neither Lenovo nor <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ubuntu</span></a></span> feel responsible on a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a>-certified Workstation"</em> (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>P15v</span></a>)</p></li><li><p>Less &amp; Worse <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Docking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Docking</span></a> options.</p></li><li><p>Most machines don't offer Linux or to eveb to opt-out of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> noone should pay their overcharged premium for (in fact <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <em>pays</em> Lenovo $25 for every <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/preinstall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preinstall</span></a> so they don't ship Linux, they don't even pay the $10 for an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OEM</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UEFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UEFI</span></a>-Key, much less the $135+ of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemBuilder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemBuilder</span></a> version they charge for!)</p></li><li><p>...</p></li></ul><p>Personally, I wish I had €.€€€.€€€ so I could just develop the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NUCbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NUCbook</span></a> and be done with the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Laptops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laptops</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Notebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Notebooks</span></a>!</p>