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So it's been KIND OF A RABBIT HOLE gang. Fell on a thinkpad meme one month ago on tiktok. I was like "damn that's funny". I did not know anything about computers, nor linux, nor privacy, fully using my gmail on every gafam apps imaginable. And here I am now, having gone full degooglelized writing on that t440p I bought for 40 euros that I brought back to life only using locally bought used hardware :D. Took this one cause it yas cheap and saw it was easy to disasemble and because it has a socketed CPU so the right to repair was more accessible in the future. pumped it with a 4810mq and 16 gigs of ram yith a 500gigs SSD. I'm planing to produce on it as a way to prove to myself I can do music on a popato with opensource DAW and plugins. downside is the battery that last 3 hours max, gonna try to cyrberpunk mod it with a 100w powerbank held in place with velcro on the lower topcase yith a USB-C to slim tip cable If I manage to find one. When I'll feel more confortable with a soldering iron I'll look into building a battery inside the CD bay.

Also need to find an azerty kezboard because this one feels great but the german disposition is driving me mad

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I prefer no/little cable so that way if 90% of the cable gets damaged it’s just another USB C cable. Vs having to repair the existing cable which won’t be pleasant. Plus you can just unplug the adapter and now it’s a USB C for your phone or whatever else.

Good luck finding something as obtuse as this used/locally. It’s an EXTREMELY niche item.

[–] MadZo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I was talking about figuring out a way to wrap I'm 100% gonna have to buy the adapter