I've been using a librebooted X200 for 3 years now. It's no overstatement to say that it delivers the most holistically amazing computing environment I've ever worked in.<p>If I'm to buy a new laptop, it must remain "superficially" identical/comparable. I want better performance, but what's ciritcal is getting as much battery life and improved thermals as I can. Even the screen is not as much of an issue to me as those 2.<p>Now I've been looking at some products offered by thinkpad modders, but knowledge of the non free bios weighs some on my mind.<p>Since acquiring this laptop, beside remaining abreast of news about Pine and others striving toward software/hardware freedom, I've totally cauterized myself from the greater consumer tech ecosystem.<p>With the context out of the way, what I want to know is whether it's possible to retrofit a Thinkpad X201 (When I'm casually using my X200, while laying down and watching a video for example, I miss the touchpad), with modern hardware capable of running mostly/all free software. I'm honestly not sure what projects are out there, and which ones are promising. Now although I do crave more performance, the thought of going from this beut to ANY of the machines I see on the market is appalling.<p>In parallel, why do consumers love sodomizing themselves with whatever garbage companies throw at them? What happened to voting with one's wallet?<p>Anyway...
I don't even know how to make headway into a project like this. I'd love a little guidance specifically about retrofitting X201s, as well as about retrofitting any of the prime era thinkpad shells for my needs.