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Re:Cleaning My MacBook After 16800 Hours of Use by aspenmayer on Saturday June 20, 2020 @09:52PM (#23589055)
ThinkPads are historically some of the most repairable laptops. They are essentially designed to be taken apart with a single Phillips screwdriver and no special tools.
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Re:Cleaning My MacBook After 16800 Hours of Use by m0xte on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:14AM (#23590871)
Not any more. T470+ are horrible and they’ve started using glue in some of the newer X1’s apparently. I haven’t been blessed with a broken one yet though which is probably good.
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Re:Cleaning My MacBook After 16800 Hours of Use by aspenmayer on Sunday June 21, 2020 @06:51AM (#23591272)
That’s why I said essentially. They could do better, as could most in the industry. Competition is usually good in this regard for most laptops. The thinner they are, the less easy the repair can be.
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Re:Cleaning My MacBook After 16800 Hours of Use by tlavoie on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:31AM (#23597770)
That, and the service manual is online.

Even when asking about a part that was no longer available from them, I received a message from them about what to look for on EBay.

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Re:Cleaning My MacBook After 16800 Hours of Use by geocrasher on Sunday June 21, 2020 @01:18AM (#23590014)
Most HP's and Dell's I've worked on were similarly simple to repair. Thinkpads are particularly good however :)
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