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Keyboard servicing on newer models

My daily workhorse is my trusty T420.  At 4 1/2 years old it’s not the prettiest ThinkPad out there, and it’s definitely had lots of use.  But one thing I love about it is the serviceability.

I’ve had the case open a number of times to clean the heatsink & fan, replaced the HDD a few times, and just today I had to unclip my spacebar in order to get grime out from underneath.

Are newer models with island-style keys as easy to service like this?

   

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  5.       Steve Dowe the biggest complaint I've heard on the new stuff is soldered RAM & the fact you have to take the base off completely and thats not easy and the plastic pins are fragile unless you know how to do it.
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  6.       Steve Dowe the biggest complaint I've heard on the new stuff is soldered RAM & the fact you have to take the base off completely and thats not easy and the plastic pins are fragile unless you know how to do it.
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  7.       Yes, the soldered-on RAM does puzzle me.  Assuming the CPU has a dual channel memory controller, how does it handle one "DIMM" being 4GB and the other being 8GB?!
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  8.       Yes, the soldered-on RAM does puzzle me.  Assuming the CPU has a dual channel memory controller, how does it handle one "DIMM" being 4GB and the other being 8GB?!
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  11.       I have a macbook and I run windows on it, but I have always wanted the thinkpad t420. I see my classmate has one and put a ssd in it and is loving it . How is your battery life ?
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  12.       I have a macbook and I run windows on it, but I have always wanted the thinkpad t420. I see my classmate has one and put a ssd in it and is loving it . How is your battery life ?
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  13.       I mainly run mine "on the mains", so don't often run a battery from 100% to ~0%, but roughly speaking the new, authentic 9-cell battery I recently got was quoting around 5 hrs 30 min or so.  

    This is on Linux, so I expect Windows might squeeze another 30-60 mins due to better vendor support and driver optimisations, etc..

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  14.       I mainly run mine "on the mains", so don't often run a battery from 100% to ~0%, but roughly speaking the new, authentic 9-cell battery I recently got was quoting around 5 hrs 30 min or so.  

    This is on Linux, so I expect Windows might squeeze another 30-60 mins due to better vendor support and driver optimisations, etc..

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