https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/lenovos-tiers-of-sustainability/
Lenovo has been focused on sustainability for years now, but its recent innovations are going continuing to push forward.
Ok so their cardboard is reciclable and they use water baser inks and they chill their supercomputers with water, incredible! And also they use futuristic design, wow, surely it's not merely greenwashing!
I think they are so green already that we have to stop them not becoming carbon negative!
And surely they provide everything for their products to not end up in a landfill, right? They are supplying schematics for product repairs so they don't get trashed, right? And all parts can be freely sourced so repairs can be made, right? The futuristic design allows for easy acces for technicians, right? The batteries in their products are removable so they can be changed easily prolonging products life, right?
No? Ahhhh, to bad. But I get it, baby steps! It's important for a multibilion company not to rush, they might bump their heads or something!
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Lenovo has spent the last decade destroying the repairablity of ThinkPads. They've only 'rediscovered' the 'innovations' they stripped from their laptops, like a removable battery, because they are scared of framework.
I offer up the same advice and get the same result. People often thank me for the recommendation. Dells Latitude line, the so-called enterprise grade hardware, cause nothing but trouble for me.
Of all the major PC manufacturers, I have no difficulty believing Lenovo could be a leader in this area because their design and build quality are superior. I have very well used ThinkPad T430s that continues to function well under Linux. It's ancient hardware but it's rugged and well built so it's less likely to end up as e-waste.
I have a very new Thinkpad (X1 extreme Gen 5) and it has been a lot of trouble. Started out with a bad battery which I had to get support to change out. A few months later one of the fans jammed, and instead of being replaceable like on older models, it was welded to the Mainboard, meaning that the entire board needed to be replaced, CPU GPU and all. A few months later, my performance took a huge hit, and I needed to get the Mainboard replaced yet again. The customer support was really great, but they definitely don't build them like they used to.
Anytime someone asks me with help picking out a laptop I say that Lenovo will be great and so far I haven't been wrong.
I love my T430 - built like a tank.
I just had to switch because it became more and more underpowered. Now framework is taking lenovos place.
Lenovos build quality is absolute garbage for a couple generations now. My old T570 work laptop crashed when I picket it up at the bottom right corner. Died 2 months out of warranty. Not repairable (as the SSD controller or something died).
Unlikely I will buy lenovo ever again.
That's a shame but good to know. It was only a matter of time before capitalism realized that the quality was too good and people weren't buying them frequently enough.