Hi! 230+ series are kinda ugly as hell. I would recommend new 201 or 220 with i7/ssd onboard.
2017-02-26 12:26 GMT+03:00 Florian Ermisch <florian.ermi...@alumni.tu- berlin.de>: > Hi Florian, > > the maintainability of the x2?? Thinkpads > dropped from great to good(ish) starting > with the x230. With the recent ones you > have to remove the bottom half of the case > to access anything but the rear battery*, > see [0]. > But at least the x250 and the x260 have > dedicated buttons for the trackpoint again. > With the x260 support for a 16gb RAM stick (now DDR4) in the single slot is > now official > but it's not clear if you can have both a 2.5" > (7mm thick) drive and a m.2/NVMe SSD. > The option of having an m.2/_SATA_ SSD sure > is gone from what I've found. > > You may also want to look at the slightly > bigger t440 (14") which can have both a 2.5" > and a m.2 drive and also (officially) supports > 32gb of RAM. > > HTH, Florian > > PS: Yes, I've been looking at the new > Thinkpads a lot lately, but I rarely carry > mine around so 14" isn't a problem - and > also want lots of RAM for ZFS & bhyve ;) > > *) The optional integrated front battery still is a "Field Replaceable" > Unit, > just not as easy to swap as the rear one ;) > > [0] > http://www.laptopmain.com/how-to-disassemble-lenovo-thinkpad > -x260-to-upgrade- > ssd-and-ram/ > <http://www.laptopmain.com/how-to-disassemble-lenovo-thinkpad-x260-to-upgrade-ssd-and-ram/> > > Am 26. Februar 2017 09:19:32 MEZ schrieb Florian Obser < > flor...@openbsd.org>: > > I need some help since I'm terrible with hardware... > > > > So my x201 main hacking laptop is getting old and benno@ is always > > mocking me for the amount of gaffer and stickers that are holding it > > together. > > > > Long story short, I'm in the market for a new thinkpad. > > Yes it has to be a thinkpad. I require the pointing stick and 3 > > physical mouse buttons. > > > > On the x201 I like the ease of changing the HDD and battery. I would > > prefer if that was the case with the new one. > > > > So what's the done thing here? I'm not a hardware hacker, so I want a > > kinda fully supported one. That means accelerated X and working wifi > > (this is probably not an issue with stsp@'s hard work). Also I'm happy > > with the size of the x201, I don't want to lug a brick around, so that > > means an x series laptop. As a first approximation assume that money > > is > > not an issue. > > > > Thanks, > > Florian
