Idea for laptop manufacturers: Instead of plastic riveting your keyboards into the palmrest assembly use some little screws instead already damn ittt (or even better, do it the oldschool way again and make them removable from the top). So few models do this, it's so frustrating
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@Shrigglepuss the thinkpads are top removable but you have to shift over a flimsy plastic frame to access the screws, and I've broken/deformed that frame too many times...
@Shrigglepuss even the Framework's process doesn't seem great, lotsa little screws though https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Keyboard+Replacement+Guide/83
@f0x There's some Dell laptops very similar to that, it's a pain but at least still less wasteful and expensive than having plastic rivets while maintaining a high quality slim design (I do appreciate why this change has been made, even if I don't really agree with it ha)
But then Dell's Concept Luna currently has an upper assembly with the keyboard/palmrest/touchpad combined so that's a step backwards if anything in terms of waste (but not ease of repair? Complicated!)
https://www.dell.com/en-us/blog/pushing-the-boundaries-of-sustainable-pc-design-concept-luna/
@Shrigglepuss yeah I guess the Framework does something similar to the latter too, where you could also replace the entire top assembly and it's a lot easier, just 5 screws on the bottom and held on by magnets
@f0x So you can buy in replacement parts and repair it either as a pre-assembled upper assembly, or the keyboard on its own? That's an interesting compromise I can get behind for people of different skill/comfortable levels
@Shrigglepuss yep, it's mentioned at the start of the how-to as well, quite nice
@f0x Good stuff! Hopefully that sort of thing becomes the norm beyond expensive hobby laptops in future, they're setting a good example
@f0x yup! There's a few different styles of Thinkpad keyboard and most of them are easy to damage while removing them grr. A few are ok or pretty normal tbf, but there's some real rotters too