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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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next's a #thinkpad T14s G1, i5 10th gen, no storage, on-board 16 gigs... are throwing insane amounts of memory errors. like, when memtest starts throwing out error regions it just goes on until the thing locks up, can't even turn it off with the power button. description was "bluescreens", so I assumed faulty RAM but was hoping I can use GRUB's BADRAM to exclude regions; doesn't look like that's happening here

as fixing up busted boards is way above my skillz, this thing will probably be just for parts, of which I identify two -- touch screen (touch supposedly not working?) and the battery (works, no swelling); possibly case, keyboard, etc

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