Re: What to 'upgrade' to from a ThinkPad T470?

At Mon, 25 May 2026 10:53:46 -0400 Stefan Monnier <[email protected]> wrote:

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> > My ThinkPad T470 is beginning to show its age I think. It's had a
> > replacement keyboard and a replacement screen in the last couple of
> > years and now (see other thread) one of its disk drives has failed.
> > So I'm thinking about what I might replace it with.
> 
> I'd vote for replacing the disk.  It's much easier and cheaper.  🙂
> Oh, and it's good for karma, of course.
> 

I agree.  So long as the motherboard & processor are still working well, there 
is no real reason to upgrade.  Everything else can be easily replaced.  I 
*guess* getting a machine with a larger screen might be a reason, but 
otherwise...

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> === Stefan
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