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Oh… My framework laptop is two years old now and it starts showing. Had to replace the fan already (twice in fact) and now some random stuff with keyboard started to happen.

10 year old thinkpad in comparison can still be used both as a daily driver, a hammer and to barricade oneself during the zombie apocalypse

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Those ThinkPads still had a separate magnesium alloy structure frame of course they are indestructible. (Marketing term used to be "roll cage")

That's more or less the reliability of modern laptops for you.

I had to replace the fans in my ASUS after less than two years, but the official manufacturer's parts store was out of stock so I had to rely on Ali Express. After that I had to go through the process of replacing them, which was anything but simple.

You can't buy quality any more, but at least you can have repairability.

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