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Refurbished enterprise laptops like Thinkpads and Dell Latitudes are highly sought after. They generally have better build quality than regular consumer models along with good Linux support out of the box. I've been using refurbed Latitudes for the past decade, works pretty great imo for a fraction of the cost. I.e buy the machine for <EUR400 + some additional sticks of RAM + storage.

Though more and more manufacturers are switching to completely soldered components now, so I guess this won't last long.

Ironically making the device more repairable would be a boon for recycling instead of whatever bean counting bullshit HP is attempting here. Meh.