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		einr on Jan 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I went back to using a ThinkPad from 2012 > So, a CPU upgrade? How is that not what OP mentions? Are you asking how replacing the motherboard in a laptop with a custom third party hobbyist replacement is different from putting a faster CPU in a CPU socket?

hashhar on Jan 10, 2022 | [–]

I think most people are not aware that there was a time when laptop CPUs were replacable and not soldered on.

xondono on Jan 10, 2022 | [–]

I had confused the model with a non socketed one

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