I have a gripe with the 80 series. The USB c ports aren’t easily fixable and the laptop only charges through USB c. (also USB pd handshake blanking the screen on 7th gen Intel models, but that doesn’t count).
So for example, my sister fucks up her power dedicated USB C port because shit happens. She’s reliant on the last remaining one to keep working. It’s not on a seperate daughter board like HP, which has some USB ports and the charger on seperate boards. I can replace that. I can’t really microsolder.
Tbh my current work laptop is the same. It’s usbc for charging only.
And it’s not like there’s complicated data lines or anything for the power specific port, it’s USB 2 at best.
T480 still has dual batteries and is plenty repairable / mod-able, thick / tough enough.
I have a gripe with the 80 series. The USB c ports aren’t easily fixable and the laptop only charges through USB c. (also USB pd handshake blanking the screen on 7th gen Intel models, but that doesn’t count).
So for example, my sister fucks up her power dedicated USB C port because shit happens. She’s reliant on the last remaining one to keep working. It’s not on a seperate daughter board like HP, which has some USB ports and the charger on seperate boards. I can replace that. I can’t really microsolder.
Tbh my current work laptop is the same. It’s usbc for charging only.
And it’s not like there’s complicated data lines or anything for the power specific port, it’s USB 2 at best.
Ok. I had a t495 and that thing is just crap. Nice keyboard but it broke fast
Fair enough.