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Comment by cosmic_cheese | Hacker News Reader

This is great and should be applauded, but repairability is but one aspect of many in a good laptop. I wonder if other aspects had to suffer to achieve this, and if they did by how much. The answer to that question could make or break the laptop for many users.

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The article states:

> Lenovo tells us, “The biggest challenge in getting to a 10/10 was balancing repairability with all the other expectations of a commercial device: performance, reliability, thermal efficiency, form factor, and design integrity. Repairability isn’t achieved by a single change: it requires many small, intentional decisions across the entire system, and each of those decisions can introduce trade-offs.

Yes, however companies say a lot of things. We'll need to see some hard numbers and reviews based on real world usage to know if their claims ring true.

why are you so negative?

Probably because this is not repairability, but rather dividing device into smaller not repairable parts that can be replaced by purchasing parts from the manufacturer at inflated cost.

Is there any laptop that you can replace individual pieces of the motherboard? Laptop motherboards are all the same.

With a steady hand and good hot air station you can replace anything you want. Problem is getting the replacement chips.

Much worse compared to other laptops where everything is soldered and glued together and you have to throw the whole thing away when something fails

All the repairability in the world is moot if the laptop isn't good enough to sell itself on its other merits. If it turns out to be hot and loud or have poor battery life for example, that's going to steer many to buy elsewhere.

My framework hat tips you. Still drains while “off”.

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