had to reinstall macos ;-; i shouldn't mess with recovery partitions lol
@arcade Did you know that #Apple in their very finite wisdom decided to not put their #AEFI / #BridgeOS on a seperate flash but instead shove it onto proprietary flash chips so if your soldered-in SSD dies - and it will inevitably die over use and time - you can't even make the thing boot off an external drive as it's braindead.
Also good luck trying to crack Apple's #CensorBoot and finding a way to write new #firmware to those chips which you can't buy anywhere legally!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qbrLiGY4Cg&t=136s
Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible!

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@kkarhan yeahhhhhhhhits very sucky. Next laptop is def gonna be framework.

@arcade In terms of what you can buy right now, @frameworkcomputer is by far the best option, even if I find it to be a #Downgrade compared to my #X230 as it lacks a toolfree swappable battery...

Something that I for myself declare as non-negotiable for a multitude of reasons...

@kkarhan ohhh fair. I mostly need something light-weight, fast-ish, and with good battery life, as a student. I would love to use an old thinkpad, but it really doesn't work with what I need to do ;-; @frameworkcomputer

@arcade @frameworkcomputer OFC I've to agree with that.

On top of that, I'd not recommend to buy some vintage hardware for productive use.

But if your budget is tight, consider some refurbishers that do take stuff serious and offer tested hardware with warranty for a cheap price...

Granted, the #Framework does come with good battery life out of the box whereas a used laptop "comes with a battery" but may last even less than my #X230t's old battery...