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haha, a number of years ago I stepped on my W510. It fell out of bed and under the covers without me noticing, it fell screen down and I stepped right on the display flat against the floor. I didn't put my full weight on it before I realized it was there, but I figured it was toast anyway, surprisingly it was fine!

I really miss the Ultrabay as well. I did the same thing, used to use it for a second HDD for extra storage.

Really though I miss the old old days when you could get an ultrabay battery. What do I need in a laptop more than storage? Battery life. I had a Fujitsu Lifebook which had an "ultrabay" (their version of it, at least) and that was the feature I used most for it.

It seemed to disappear all at once, I wonder if it was FAA regulations around flying with batteries that killed it or what.

I cracked the screen on my T430 a few years ago. Stepped on it, much like you. I am far from the handiest guy when it comes to hardware but I was able to pick up a replacement panel online and the replacement was quite straightforward. I ended up handing that laptop down to my son and he got another 3 years of daily use out of it. He'd still be using it now in college but the performance was finally starting to drag too much for some of his software needs.

> Really though I miss the old old days when you could get an ultrabay battery. What do I need in a laptop more than storage? Battery life. I had a Fujitsu Lifebook which had an "ultrabay" (their version of it, at least) and that was the feature I used most for it.

Well, nowadays you can get a power bank with Power Delivery and charge your laptop via USB-C port

It’s a nice idea on paper, but I don’t think there are many power banks that support 100W+ discharge.

Moreover, that’s a relatively recent technology and there was a good decade (or more) between the point when bay batteries disappeared and usb-c charging became any sort of commonplace occurrence outside Apple products.

I have a X1 Carbon that is a few years old now.A couple of years ago I dropped it (lid closed) from about 2 feet up (70cm). And it hit the tiled floor, pointy corner first. I thought "welp here go $2000". But no! A 2x3 mm part of the black surface finish chipped of and I see the bare silvery metal now. Oh and the tile cracked.

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