Open MacBook Pro With the Dead Disk
Open MacBook Pro With the Dead Disk

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The cable on top of the disk was glued on quite well, I spent 10 minutes getting it off without damaging it. That was the hardest part of the whole operation. The rest of it was straightforward.
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Thinkpad x201i with Thinkpad branded sleevecase and extended 9-cell battery (still fits in the Sleevecase)
A wonderful little compact powerhouse. (the X220 even comes with an i7 option!) With 9 cell battery can last you about 13 hours and still very light to carry.
I prefer the T5xx series myself, but could easily settle for these x2xx models.
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very interested in your thoughts on ThinkPad these days, have they retained the build quality? are these built in mexico or china?
Our experience so far has been pretty good, but we have only been buying them for a year now and have about 10 T500′s, 3 x200′s and 10 T510′s. No failures so far. They are extremely robust and all the features just scream business and enterprise. (talking about the T and X series here). I never really handled a pre-Lenovo Thinkpad, but as far as I can gather, things seems to only have improved in the quality and feature set since the Lenovo takeover. The T6x line has some issues with flexing of the chassis under weight, that isn’t a problem anymore with the T5xx series. They retain the famous pricetag though :p
I haven’t owned a Lenovo Thinkpad yet, only an IBM (around the time of the Lenovo acquisition) T43p. It was built like a tank, and has lasted even up to now (after replacing the screen, hard drive and keyboard, I still use it for small tasks at work). Looking to upgrade to a new model, though. Have the X220 in my sights. Have you gotten your hands on one yet?