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1. A. (qyliss@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2019 07:44:20 EDT A.

   If you’re not in my particular niche communities, you might not know about the community that exists around old ThinkPad laptops. But I’m going to tell you about it, because I think it’s awesome!

   ThinkPad laptops from years ago are enduringly popular, because they have great support from free software, and they’re extremely repairable.

   Not only are new or used parts extremely easy to come by, people are even designing new parts for these old machines, so you can upgrade rather than replace!

   1. solariiknight(ஆனந்த்) (solariiknight@social.systemreboot.net)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2019 09:11:11 EDT solariiknight(ஆனந்த்)

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      wow! Amazing. I bought a second hand thinkpad T420 and its doing fine for 4 years with only minor problems! I try to encourage others to buy second hand also.
   2. Morten J.-J. Zölde-Fejér (mjjzf@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2019 10:08:28 EDT Morten J.-J. Zölde-Fejér

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      @qyliss changing a keyboard in an older Thinkpad is so intentionally modular that it is mind-blowing if you are used to something like HP or Dell...