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Laptop for a High School Student that wants to be able to upgrade and/or repair it

Chuck Gaulke
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What are some recommendations for laptops that are easy to repair and/or upgrade and affordable.  These can be used or refurbished but I would not want to buy from  Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace.  

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Look at modern office systems. Like the Elitebooks from HP.

 

Those things are made to be easily repaired

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I have looked at some EliteBooks because iFixit Rated some 10 out of 10 for repairability.  

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2 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Look at modern office systems. Like the Elitebooks from HP.

 

Those things are made to be easily repaired

And (most?) Lenovo Thinkpad series.

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2 minutes ago, Chuck Gaulke said:

I have looked at some EliteBooks because iFixit Rated some 10 out of 10 for repairability.  

Can confirm, they're what my office uses and they're super easy to crack open and swap something out.

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8 minutes ago, Chuck Gaulke said:

What are some recommendations for laptops that are easy to repair and/or upgrade and affordable.  These can be used or refurbished but I would not want to buy from  Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace.  

As long as you aren't intending on upgrading the gpu or cpu then most modern laptops work. If you go back some years cpu's could still be upgraded too. Don't bother with mxm gpu's sure you can upgrade them but basically every laptop is bioslocked to only support the gpu it's shipped with and maybe one or 2 more.

 

Basically don't get a upgradeable laptop and spend more than just getting a good laptop from the start that is better and cheaper.

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ThinkPad T series is the best bet, though not the "s" models, because they are less upgradable. I'd go with something between the T450 to T480, or if he wants something even more easily repairable, a T420.

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I've heard that ThinkPads have good keyboards which is important to me because it I'm not able to use a mechanical keyboard, like a Model M so I can type comfortably.    

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Yup, one of the best keyboards you can get.

Thinkpad T-series is like THE Business Notebook,, you cant go wrong with it. Unless you dislike Windows or thinkpads in particular.

 

Elitebooks are good alternatives too.

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