Oh hey! I used to have a Latitude E6430! I’ve seen my college buddy’s E6420 and they’re not too far apart (we’d get these upcycled laptops when we’re lucky from a local e-waste company).

I can vouch for their ruggedness. Definitely not on par with Thinkpads, but they’re pretty up there.

I didn’t get the chance to upgrade much aside from the RAM and SSD, handed it down to a friend in need while upgrading my arsenal to Thinkpads.

One thing that bothered me is how heavy it is for a 14 inch laptop; that bezel is humongous. Also, it stings then I touch the palmrest wrong while charging.

It does shows signs of aging, but not as bad as the other laptops of the same era.

I haven’t heard of the T480 display problem until now, but then again, I’ve never had it myself.

Yup, WDR4300 on OpenWRT is the way to go.

Had that running on my main router until a newer one came along. Now it’s still going strong, but as a wifi repeater.

The newer ones are actually less well-built.

I have a T14 Gen 3 from work to confirm with. It’s definitely not bad, but not as rugged.

Meanwhile, for personal use, I got a X230, and a W530, and they are much more solid. A lot of people said that T480 is the “last great Thinkpad”, but I don’t have one so I cannot confirm this.

Careful now, they are too old to be secure. I’d switch to TL-WDR4300.

Hell yeah!

Don’t go in there, man.

Damn, I’d definitely use that wallpaper!

How old were you back then?

How about if we take the legs, then burn the rest to ashes so it would reemerge.

They’d dip them in wine.

Dibs on the prime rib!

Sure, use something that already stands for WordPress.

TIL indeed.

Why don’t you tell us your background & context, the ones that make you ask this question?

But it rhymes better with sneak :)

Sometimes the config files might clash tho between distros with their own software sets.

Good riddance.

Proprietary products.

I am a big fan of free & open source, and I believe as much as possible should be open source, especially the essential ones, but at the same time, people need to get paid.

Sounds like a hella inefficient 2.0L.