10/10 repairability - T14 Gen 7

7 months ago by 4shtonButcher to c/thinkpad

Repair guides, disassembly, and troubleshooting information for the seventh generation of Lenovo's popular T14 business laptop. Announced March 2026.

Here I am considering to purchase a newer used Thinkpad than my latest (X1 Carbon G7) and suddenly they release the most repairable laptop of the decade?

balsoft 11 points 7 months ago

Between this and GrapheneOS+Motorola thing, is Lenovo becoming less shit again? Awesome!

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Specter 2 points 7 months ago

I keep saying this I hope the Motorola that gets release with GrapheneOS (or at least is compatible with it) is the thinkphone. I’ll be so happy using both and announce to the world I’m a chronically online nerd XD

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aaa 9 points 7 months ago

10/10 should be reserved for laptops where all parts are replaceable. including CPUs.

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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 7 points 7 months ago

It would be impossible to get that score because no processor manufacture makes them.

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OwOarchist 10 points 7 months ago

Then so be it. Let 9/10 be the highest possible score until some processor manufacturer gets their shit together.

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aaa 2 points 7 months ago

they used to, though. having a slim laptop is good, but having a repairable and upgradeable laptop is better, they should at least give the consumers the choice.

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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 3 points 7 months ago

They don’t do it just for slimness. They do it for signal integrity too. It’s the same reason you can’t get the much faster and lower power LPDDR ram in sodimms. Desktops don’t care about low power so they can blast the voltage. But laptops do, especially at idle.

Would you take a CPU that’s say 25% slower and uses 25% more power just to have it be socketed?

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aaa 1 point 7 months ago

A socketed CPU would not realistically be 25% slower or 25% less efficient. your numbers are overly exaggerated. but to answer your question, I would sacrifice a little bit of performance and power efficiency for upgradeability and repairability.

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TechnoCat 7 points 7 months ago

Even Framework requires a whole new mainboard to replace the CPU.

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DacoTaco 5 points 7 months ago

I agree. So a laptop these days should never hit 10, not even the framework laptops. Seeing the guides i'd give this an 8.5 at the highest. Its very repairable, looks very good, but the screen assembly is missing? I need to find an actual review of it from ifixit

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monovergent 3 points 7 months ago

I wish they brought something like the LPCAMM connector to CPUs. Money aside, I don't see why it wouldn't work.

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00xide 1 point 5 months ago

Then 10/10 does not exist outside fringe 3d-printed ITX desktop hardware enclosures. If that's your definition, cool. Just don't tell me I should adopt it.

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davel 5 points 7 months ago

It seems not to be available yet https://www.lenovo.com/...

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Hxrmit 2 points 3 months ago

Might get this one in 10 or so years when my T495 will be on it's breath

Maybe not, I love my machine too much

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ToastedRavioli 1 point 7 months ago

Personally I will never buy anything made by Lenovo in my life after an ex-girlfriend bought a flex laptop and I had to spend 2-3 hours taking preloaded bloatware bullshit off of it just to get it to be marginally functional

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FireWire400 6 points 7 months ago

2-3 hours

Really? Why didn't you just reinstall the OS?

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hexagonwin 3 points 7 months ago

they tend to make both shitty and awesome products due to their wide price range, so yeah..

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4shtonButcher 2 points 7 months ago

The best service for repairs I ever received was for a Thinkpad. And the devices I most easily for working again myself are alsow ThinkPads

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