I looked into all of your comments, and I thank you for it. The coreboot/libreboot way was very tempting, but not competitive pricewise. I no longer have a desktop since the past century, spoiled by three MBPs, and need something robust, light, and performing. I spotted an offer for a new Lenovo T480, i5 series 8, 8GB RAM with an empty slot for easy upgrade, dual storage (!!!) with SSD on m.2 and conventional SATA, dual lithium battery for up to 4 days of work without need to plug the power cord, a 14" display, fingerprint and smartcard reader, and a videocamera. Not happy about the clitmouse, and the meccanical mouse buttons. The best part is the cost: 999€ plus VAT. An MBP with similar specs costs north of 3000€, all soldered in. So long Apple, and hello Lenovo! :-)))
On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 12:37, Rupert Gallagher <r...@protonmail.com> wrote: > I'm done with my 10 years old 1200EUR MacBookPro. It served me well, every > day, but is now falling apart, finally. I would buy a new one if only Steve > Jobs would be alive and keeping Apple inspired. The new models are > meticulously designed to make you suffer: expensive, slow cpu, soldered ram, > soldered disk, small disk, bad keyboard keys, wifi only, must pay extra for > standard connectors. I have 1500EUR for a new laptop. What would you buy with > it?
