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The work by the LCDFans community, specifically the X2100 mod motherboard [0], was one of those moments that made me do the nodding guy meme IRL the fist time I

The work by the LCDFans community, specifically the X2100 mod motherboard [0], was one of those moments that made me do the nodding guy meme IRL the fist time I saw it. Both the level of enthusiast engineering, and electronics manufacturing services available to enthusiast communities, totally blew my mind. I love mine - I have 64gb of ddr4, a 10th gen intel i7, NVMe SSD, an incredible keyboard, a nice screen, and three interchangeable 6 hour batteries. It was my daily driver for a long time, up until very recently. If they can make a Ryzen-based one I'll be all over it. [0]: https://www.xyte.ch/shop/x2100-pricing/ https://www.xyte.ch/shop/x2100-pricing/

KennyBlanken 3y ago
US$1400 plus ram, plus ssd, plus battery for... ...a bulky, heavy 13" laptop with a horrendously noisy fan, an outdated processor, no bluetooth, no camera when everything is done over video, shitty speakers, shitty 18080p 13" TN 4:3 screen, 6 hours of battery life vs 12-18 in current laptops, and so on. Fool, money, etc.
- ghaff 3y ago
  I don’t think your last line is called for. That said, I would hope no one would read this article and think an x220 is actually a good computer for most modern uses.
  - rijoja 3y ago
    I agree, what it is for me is partly a wish for computer manufacturers to create new computers like them! I.e. computers that are up-gradable, sturdy, has multiple batteries, and so forth! Saying that if you mostly live in a terminal with a ssh connection to another machine, they'll do very well! Thanks for sharing the link to them anyway, I at least appropriate it!
    - jll29 3y ago
      That's the point of repeating what we customers like: hopefully someone out there builds us what we will like, again.
  - SHY_TUCKER 3y ago
    I use my X220 i7 as my daily carry laptop when I am away from my home office, and it is lovely. I have a Windows Drive, Linux Drive, I run all kinds of software. I also have a big new 16" Thinkpad and I am almost never tempted to grab it. The X220 keyboard is so much better than any modern laptop keyboard that it would be funny, if it wasn't so sad. Apple came out with the "Chiclet" keyboard and Lenovo literally flushed the Thinkpad brand down the toilet.

KennyBlanken 3y ago

US$1400 plus ram, plus ssd, plus battery for... ...a bulky, heavy 13" laptop with a horrendously noisy fan, an outdated processor, no bluetooth, no camera when everything is done over video, shitty speakers, shitty 18080p 13" TN 4:3 screen, 6 hours of battery life vs 12-18 in current laptops, and so on. Fool, money, etc.

ghaff 3y ago
I don’t think your last line is called for. That said, I would hope no one would read this article and think an x220 is actually a good computer for most modern uses.
- rijoja 3y ago
  I agree, what it is for me is partly a wish for computer manufacturers to create new computers like them! I.e. computers that are up-gradable, sturdy, has multiple batteries, and so forth! Saying that if you mostly live in a terminal with a ssh connection to another machine, they'll do very well! Thanks for sharing the link to them anyway, I at least appropriate it!
  - jll29 3y ago
    That's the point of repeating what we customers like: hopefully someone out there builds us what we will like, again.
- SHY_TUCKER 3y ago
  I use my X220 i7 as my daily carry laptop when I am away from my home office, and it is lovely. I have a Windows Drive, Linux Drive, I run all kinds of software. I also have a big new 16" Thinkpad and I am almost never tempted to grab it. The X220 keyboard is so much better than any modern laptop keyboard that it would be funny, if it wasn't so sad. Apple came out with the "Chiclet" keyboard and Lenovo literally flushed the Thinkpad brand down the toilet.