it's everything you (and i) want from a laptop -- a reasonably modern (10th gen intel; sadly there probably won't be a more modern one) laptop in an x200 shell (i even ordered a touchpadless palm rest).

it's been my main driver for half a year now without any issues.

I'm currently running a P14s, and while I have a few minor gripes around the fan and thermals overall I'm pretty pleased.

  * 2xTB4, HDMI, 2xusb3, 3.5mm jack,  I could have opted for a card reader if I still used PIV/CAC for Kerberos but I carry a yubikey these days
  * I prefer the newer Thinkpad keyboards, they have less play (as in wiggle) in the keys
  * Linux support out of box is great
  * Display and scaling work well with Wayland (sway)
  * Linux power consumption is great, <4W idle with minor TLP tweaks and blacklisting the proprietary Nvidia driver
  * The touchpad has improved over the years, specifically around the texture of the material and the sensitivity of tap to click
  * The i7 processor is honestly overkill in a laptop

If they made anything close to the expandability of these, I’d be buying that as well.

I know people have upgraded[1] or put a FW13 mainboard in an old T-series chassis before,[2] but several of those features (hw cam/mic kill switches, field repairability, 3.5mm jack, USB-C PD, tall 4K display, Linux support) are already in a Framework, and the rest could feasibly be implemented in a modern case with appropriate accommodations for FW hardware built in.

1: https://kitsunyan.github.io/blog/frankenpad-story.html

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/145f3qc/i_got_the...

I'm torn on this, I've been a longtime Mac user and am due to upgrade my old mbp to something. Imo the current line of mbp is objectively the best hw+sw laptop experience for the money, but at the same time I would prefer to go the foss route out of principle

If the trackpad were maybe 15% bigger and it had USB-C charging it'd be the perfect machine. I'm not even bothered by the screen, 1366x768 is plenty.