sure, but everyone will drop something once or twice. and if you’re someone who wants to get 5+ years out of the laptop, and potentially have it last beyond your own use to be used second hand, something that won’t break when dropped would be pretty nice. I really appreciate my T530 which I bought 2-3 years ago, when it was already a 10 year old machine. sure the thinkpads are a bit overkill, but a sturdier plastic frame would help. also, to be honest, i enjoy the aestethic

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I hadn’t thought of that, I mean it’s not like I have a 3D printer or know how to do that but it would be awesome if people started doing third party shells. Could at least make the design and have one printed somewhere I guess edit: oh, the keyboard might be tough though. might be weird to have plastic shell with aluminum keypad