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I can't make any statements regarding quality, but regarding soldered RAM, unfortunately this practice has spread outside of the X1 Carbon lineup. The ThinkPad
by linguae 6y ago
I can't make any statements regarding quality, but regarding soldered RAM, unfortunately this practice has spread outside of the X1 Carbon lineup. The ThinkPad X280 and X290 have soldered RAM with no DIMM slots, and the ThinkPad T490 has soldered RAM but with an extra DIMM slot for some upgradeability (compare to my T430, which has no soldered RAM and instead has two DIMM slots). There are still some ThinkPads that don't have soldered RAM, such as the P53 and the P1.
Regarding storage, on the other hand, I don't believe the ThinkPad lineup has gone down the road of soldered SSDs, not even in the X1 Carbon lineup.
- buggeryorkshire 6y agoCan confirm, my X1 Carbon doesn't have a soldered SSD. Best laptop i've ever had tbf and works wonderfully under Fedora 32.
- noisy_boy 6y agoYes X1 Extreme as well - two DIMM slots and two non-soldered SSDs. Pretty much future proof for atleast 4-5 years for me.