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Can they make laptops with hinges that don't break?
To be fair, Lenovo also made the ThinkPad. You could throw those down a flight of stairs and they wouldn't break
Source: I once dropped a thinkpad down a flight of stairs.
Thank you for reminding me of Thinkpads. I'd like to track down a used or refurbished one for home use to survive kiddos
Meh I reckon 75% of that was IBM. I also had an ideapad that would survive literally nothing
I've had two Thinkpads ~15 years and neither had hinges break. The first died due to water damage (the water protection can only do so much), and the second has been with me for almost 7 years now. Both were carried around in backpacks, dropped a few times (current one has a chip from falling off the counter onto a hard floor too many times), and the current one has been abused by young children (slamming the lid, standing on it, etc).
If you're buying a Lenovo laptop that's not a Thinkpad, I don't know what to tell you, that's on you.
T-series?
First was T-series, second is E-series because the T-series had eliminated expendability and moved to soldered RAM.
I also got a Yoga, which was a pile of trash. The hinge broke after a couple years, and the CPU was bad when I bought it (only got it because I needed one when I was away from home). I don't know how the other models are, but that experience gives me some sits in serious concerns, especially given how heavily advertised it was.
I have no idea if the current E-series or T-series are worth getting, but the ones I got were pretty good (T440 and E495).
They can, my x230's hinges are still good