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Re:I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad by notpushkin on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:52AM (#43568291)
I also have a T420, though not using it regularly nowadays. It would be really nice to get proper USB-C there – using one cable to plug in monitor and Ethernet and charge is really nice.

I’ve wanted to get a T480 for a while now (mainly to do a T25 frankenpad [1] – seems like a nice project), but if it really has those issues with the USB-C ports, I think I’ll pass :-(

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Re:I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad by herbst on Thursday April 03, 2025 @09:17AM (#43569169)
If you'd go that far for fancy laptop soldering a new usbc slot every few years might be non issue for you :)
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