Lenovo X1 Nano Laptop: i5-1130G7, 13" 2K 450 nits, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Expired

I find the Apple comments a real laugh on this. Once you buy Apple, you are sucked into the ecosystem, which costs a fortune. The parts on the inside are not replaceable (if you don't believe me, read iFixit.com). And the touchbar - Lenovo tried that once - and abandoned it in 2013. I laughed when Apple brought it out.

ThinkPads like this use user-replaceable hard drives, and you can buy enough parts to replace your whole notebook on eBay (I always wonder where the parts come from).

BTW, for those looking at the Apple products at $999 - price buying a bigger HDD or adding memory.

This or my 5th gen X1 Carbon which I absolutely love? It's just now starting to get just the teensy bit sluggish and haven't even ran a defrag, have pretty poor file management and it's 3.5 years old... but this i7 and 16gb of ram - this computer is great..! (mine that is)

I find the Apple comments a real laugh on this. Once you buy Apple, you are sucked into the ecosystem, which costs a fortune. The parts on the inside are not replaceable (if you don't believe me, read iFixit.com). And the touchbar - Lenovo tried that once - and abandoned it in 2013. I laughed when Apple brought it out.

ThinkPads like this use user-replaceable hard drives, and you can buy enough parts to replace your whole notebook on eBay (I always wonder where the parts come from).

I liked using a Mac. When Windows version 1 came out - but since 1988, I've been using Windows. I want to have a more open environment - I laugh when I think of Apple running the 1984 ad - because over time, they have become big brother. Someone needs to throw a hammer at 1 Infinite Loop to see if it frees things up.

BTW, for those looking at the Apple products at $999 - price buying a bigger HDD or adding memory. I bought a P14s (AMD version) in February at a President's Day sale for just over $700, including R7 (8 core), 16GB soldered memory, touchscreen, IR camera, and 256GB drive. I bought a 16GB SoDIMM separately, popped in a 512GB WD black drive, and reinstalled windows (wrote down the serial number first). So with 5 minutes of surgery, have a box with R7, 32GB of RAM, FHD touchscreen, and 512GB drive for about $800. How much will it cost those Fanbois to get those features?

Also, keep in mind that once Apple switches to their own architecture, no more Hackintoshes

Totally false information above. As a thinkpad user myself (I'm typing this on a T460) and fan of the machines, have you actually seen the Thinkpads from the last 3-4 years? You would completely change your tune as to what thinkpads are. The trend for TPs has been to one generation at a time take away the ability to work or upgrade the machines. For example, Thinkpads as recently as mine had 2 RAM slots, all T-series machines since T490 have had only1 RAM slot available with non-removable soldered in memory in the other. While 1 slot is mercifully open on the T series, the X1 Carbon's ram and this nano's, are 100% completely non-removable and non-upgradable. You have a 8gb machine and need 16gb on your x1 carbon/nano? Tough luck, order a new computer.

Taken directly from Lenovo's website for the X1 Nano:

"Memory Slots
Memory soldered to systemboard, no slots, dual-channel capable
Max Memory
• 8GB soldered memory, not upgradable
• 16GB soldered memory, not upgradable"

Which part of "not upgradable" means "replaceable" to the poster above?

T-series used to have only external batteries which took three seconds to replace, then they went to an internal battery/external hybrid (my T460), now they have only integrated batteries which can be difficult to replace for the average person unless you know what you are doing taking apart the case of your machine. The previous thinkpad slim power connectors used an internal wired connection with their own small daughterboard so it was a simple unplug and replace the port with a new one for a few bucks online. For the last four generations since the T480, T-series have soldered to the motherboard USB-C connections, which means that once your power connector inevitably gets loose with the fragile USB-C physical connector, instead of replacing the power connector by itself, you will be forced to either taken on a risky and time consuming soldering job on the motherboard, replace the entire motherboard with a used/new motherboard that will inevitably have the same problem, or junk the entire machine. In order to prevent wear due to this design many thinkpad users buy magnetic USB-C power connectors in an attempt to reduce wear.

Note that whatever is described above is mostly for the T-series. The x1 line is even worse than the above. You would really struggle to argue with someone which parts of an X1 Carbon/nano are any more repairable or upgradable physically than a Mac Pro/Air. Software wise you do have your choice of dual booting Windows/Linux on Windows machines, which you can't easily do on the Mac though, which is nice.

With that said, Thinkpads aren't close to what they once were, but due to their keyboards and chassis durability are still one of the best options for Windows even with the above downsides.

Are you using a Lenovo machine, ThinkBook, or ThinkPad? ThinkPads come with Lenovo Vantage, and that's usually it. You want Vantage - as it will download drivers, etc.