Under some points of view, yes. Under some other points of view, they're becoming absolute trash. They're getting better: - they're usually lighter - they're

Under some points of view, yes. Under some other points of view, they're becoming absolute trash. They're getting better: - they're usually lighter - they're usually thinner - the batteries last longer - unless you're going for desktop replacements, they consume a lot less battery - screen quality is much better - 16:10 are finally becoming the norm - usb-c/thunderbolt is just awesome However... - the mania about thin&light means less and less components are replaceable - they're getting less and less repairable - you basically cannot upgrade them anymore - thunderbolt/usb mostly means fewer ports, all of the same kind... this means that most of the other hardware you already have is trash I still remember fondly: - on the ThinkPad T42, you could swap the cd drive out for a secondary battery, or another hard disk - on the ThinkPad X220 you could have (and I did have) 16GB ram in 2011-2012... Yet ten years later I'm still seeing laptops sold with 8GB ram. - On the ThinkPad X220 you could load up to three disks (internal disk + msata disk + a weird format in the express card slot). Heck, even newer thinkpads are becoming trash. I was on the market for a new laptop and was saddened to see that X380/x390/x12 laptops had soldered ram, and many came with 8GB only... Also the T-series apparently now has only a single ram slot, and soldered ram on board, which means: no dual-channel (worse performance) and if the on-board ram fails you throw away the whole laptop. ---- The framework company gives me hope, but they don't ship to my country yet, so I had to buy a second hand ThinkPad X270 in the meantime... Generally speaking, it seems that (as for example, with the car industry) 99% of the market is ignoring environmental consequences of their choices, in hope to be able to make profits again in a few years. Needless to say, Apple is the worst offender in this space, as they sell things that break very easily and will actively try to get you to buy new hardware as often as they can.