Consider the humble ThinkPad laptops of yore—machines beloved of corporate types and those just into the unassuming robustness of a laptop brick. Just what secrets are those funky chunky machines hiding in that bulky form factor?
Well, if you're a certain sort of sicko (like me) with deep pockets (unlike me), a custom motherboard bundle costing close to a grand (via Hackaday). The X210Ai from TP Art is designed to fit within the irregularly shaped innards of the Thinkpad X201 and 200, bringing the capabilities of the aging laptops from the tail end of the 2010s up to date.
