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RE: https://defcon.social/@yuman/117461794260545847

so I got a batch of busted laptops. various issues, price was right and even if the descriptions are off, very unlikely I'm gonna lose money. am presently a NINJA -- no income, no job so this should help, keeping busy, being productive, whatever. or so I'm told

so the plan is to #diy whatever #repair is needed and then try to offload them

will add to this thread when any one is done

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#righttorepair #macbook #elitebook #probook #thinkpad

first one, hp #elitebook x360 830 with a 10th gen i7, one key looks slightly damaged and scuffs on the display cover, no issues wrt functionality

open it up-- holup, when did hp start using T5 screws?! they're still retention screws, praise the dark lord. case needed some finagling to pry open but it went okay. no RAM (single slot, booo!) or SSD, the battery is in there, looks OK. break out the only DDR4 RAM module and SSD I got, out of a #dumpsterdiving find and...

the thing is awesome. the display, a 13" IPS matte touch affair is beyond anything I've ever used, absolutely gorgeous. the 6-core/12-thread i7 that boosts to 4.7 GHz has got to be the fastest thing I ever ran. keyboard and touchpad fully operational and very nice, this thing would be a joy to use

not sold on the convertible thing though, find it awkward to hold it with the keyboard folded back and see no use case for it. does it come with a pen, could be cool for drawing and stuff...? gnome is way better with touch than it was just a few years ago but still nowhere near the fluidity and intuitiveness of Android and iOS

would totally keep this, but rent needs to get paid so I've put up an ad and hope for a quick resolution

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