1.5 years ago I went ahead and upgraded my retired workplace laptop, a Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E743 from 2014: - bigger 500 GB SSD, resized system partition (

1.5 years ago I went ahead and upgraded my retired workplace laptop, a Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E743 from 2014: - bigger 500 GB SSD, resized system partition (no re-install necessary) - replaced the dual core CPU with a quad core model (Intel Core i7-3612QM, 35W) - replaced its really crappy keyboard with a backlit one from a later model that fitted https://www.facebook.com/gernot.kieseritzky/posts/10223665918984357?__cft__[0]=AZXrCOPjeaRbamy-JkC-73sdOvzmS8DyLyoe_wqUHMZ8mqt_yZNE1K4x1xGMx_I7RxHNlkubIjxGoirdAwk_biCkojTFlr48xdjbj9iOl-ZllJTI951yZl0lRbxyU7GW01M&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R https://www.facebook.com/gernot.kieseritzky/posts/1022366591... All in all the upgrade cost me about €200 (about US$230) and the laptop is still up and running, used daily for home office and private stuff (including streaming of retro games on Twitch). Replacement batteries are easy to come by but we still had some unused spares at my workplace. Unlike the Thinkpads these laptops are kind of an underdog when it comes to its modding community. But these things are actually quite hackable. I wonder if I could have even tried to plug in a 45W model of the same CPU mentioned in TFA to get even more processing power and maybe modded the cooler that is a bit too loud for my taste.