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There was this famous guy, which sold custom old Thinkpads, but with newer mainboards and Intel 10th gen chips in it, with custom USB-C adapters and all. At so
by h4ck_th3_pl4n3t 2y ago
There was this famous guy, which sold custom old Thinkpads, but with newer mainboards and Intel 10th gen chips in it, with custom USB-C adapters and all.
At some point he kind of disappeared and rumors appeared that he is now in mandatory military service, but will come back afterwards. Well, that was pre-COVID.
He also knows a friend that backports coreboot to the new mainboards. No idea how they manage to do that in a 2 person project like this. So yeah, all of the laptops they sell run coreboot in it (including the Thunderbolt EC, which is insane amount of work to implement).
Nonetheless the build quality was insanely good, and lots of folks were amazed by what they essentially bet blindly on when they ordered it. The X2100 would be my dream laptop, but I didn't manage to get one in time.
[1] https://www.xyte.ch/shop/x2100-pricing/ https://www.xyte.ch/shop/x2100-pricing/
- accurrent 2y agoHis last post was in 2022. Singapore's national service is 2 years, he'd be out by now. Seems like he probably ran into issues. Also he mentions his university: you can't start university till you've finished your military service.
- lproven 2y agoTry: https://www.tpart.net/ https://www.tpart.net/
- h4ck_th3_pl4n3t 2y agoHoly shit. X210 with an Intel 7 Ultra 165H in it? Damn. I'm sold. Anyone got one of these already or are they still in pre-production?
- lproven 2y agoRight? I am extremely tempted to take some cash from my savings account. I spoke with a chap called Franck Deng and he seems to be taking orders right now.