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Re:Apple GPU drivers now in Asahi Linux by goosedragons on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @04:31AM (#33892384)
Metal dents. Metal scratches. And if you get any of the colors other than boring bright grey then it's really easy to scratch. And at least things like keyboard replacement, SSD replacement are easy to replace on ThinkPads.

Nothing's cracked on my W520 yet, and I don't have to worry about plugging in the power adapter damaging the finish like I did with my Space Grey MBP.

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Re:Apple GPU drivers now in Asahi Linux by frosted-flakes on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @07:48AM (#33893700)
I dropped my aluminum body Dell XPS 13 on a tile floor (it was in my messenger bag, but I don't think that helped much). It hit the rear corner and mushroomed the metal quite a bit, but nothing broke. I'm reasonably sure that if it was a plastic body it would have broke.
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Re:Apple GPU drivers now in Asahi Linux by boomskats on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @05:55PM (#33901557)
Most Thinkpads are not normal plastic. The W520 is carbon fiber and glass reinforced plastic over an alloy frame.
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