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Lots of people love the Lenovo X220, which can be upgraded with simple screwdrivers to the latest and greatest processors and motherboards using fan-made mother

Lots of people love the Lenovo X220, which can be upgraded with simple screwdrivers to the latest and greatest processors and motherboards using fan-made motherboards. (That’s how popular they are, fans are making newer motherboards for them. I don’t know the experience, I’m using a very old Toughbook to devel since my needs aren’t great.) What’s with the hinges? I’ve never had one fail. Granted, I’m no road warrior.

meschi 9y ago
Whoa, that sounds amazing. Do you have any links to the new mainboards?
- SlowBro 9y ago
  These should get you started. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16572201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16572201 https://hackaday.com/tag/x220/ https://hackaday.com/tag/x220/
- metafex 9y ago
  Link to the fb group: https://facebook.com/lcdfans/ https://facebook.com/lcdfans/
qume 9y ago
I'm surrounded by fancy machines but the X220 just keeps on finding an excuse to be used. I would say I use it more than any other machine. The thing has a soul. I love it. I took > 20,000 photos today from a cessna using it's inbuilt ethernet port and four machine vision cameras. When you're paying for aircraft time and are bumping around a bit, having that thing on your lap makes you feel like you have a good wing man.
- SlowBro 9y ago
  > I took > 20,000 photos today from a cessna using it's inbuilt ethernet port and four machine vision cameras. That sounds like a cool project. What was the goal?
  - qume 8y ago
    Aerial mapping of terrain using photogrammetry