To some, laptops should be as portable as possible. But in the case of this ThinkPad subnotebook from 2007, fans of its form factor went to extreme measures to keep the machine usable over a decade later.

Free Geek Twin Cities: https://www.freegeektwincities.org

Sources:
HWM, February 2008.
Middleton's BIOS: https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Middle...

ThinkPad X60 in docking station photo:   / the_portable_thiccpad  
ThinkPad UltraBay hard drive module photo: https://www.carousell.sg/p/hdd-caddy-...
UltraBay adapter with hard drive: https://store.flagshiptech.com/ibm-le...
X61 display upgrade photos: https://geoff.greer.fm/photos/x62/
X61 display upgrade guide: https://ithinkpad.wordpress.com/2011/...
X62 motherboard and left ports photos: https://imgur.com/gallery/2Ei3kMc
X62 motherboard in bottom case; closeup of mSATA drive: https://web.archive.org/web/201803141...
PCper X210 mod article: https://pcper.com/2018/07/51nb-thinkp...
ThinkPad X62 photo: http://mikejmoffitt.com/articles/0048...
X61 Hackintosh: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

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