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I think we should hack together an open serviceable laptop like Google Project Ara but for laptops. So you can fix your screen, you can upgrade your memory you

by acd 12y ago

I think we should hack together an open serviceable laptop like Google Project Ara but for laptops. So you can fix your screen, you can upgrade your memory you can upgrade the motherboard and cpu change storage, upgrade to never wifi standards when they are available.

q3k 12y ago
Most Thinkpad T/X/W models (well, ones that haven't been turned into cheap Macbook clones by Lenovo) do this. Same for older Dell Latitudes and IIRC some HPs. The machine I'm writing from (a Thinkpad X220) has had its' screen changed to an IPS, the HDD replaced with an SSD, they keyboard replaced to one with a different layout (GB->US), the RAM increased to 16G, the battery replaced to a 9-cell, a 3G modem added and 2x USB3.0 ports added via a ExpressCard module. All done based on a service manual from Lenovo. High-end and professional laptops used to be very servicable and upgradeable, until the recent trend of form-over-function became popular (I'm looking at you, Macbooks and Intel Ultrabooks).