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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 20-Mar-2025 16:33:42 JST 翠星石
   What do people even do with the HDD cage in thinkpads?
   
   Clearly you want to recover the HDD if it's any good, or take it apart for the magnets, but why don't they wack the HDD cage right back in there?
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 20-Mar-2025 18:32:56 JST 翠星石

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     The businesses just throw the HDD and cage right into the grinder without having the decency to undo merely 4 screws and shove the cages back in don't they?
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 20-Mar-2025 19:00:00 JST 翠星石

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     • LisPi
     @lispi314 Provides more sales?
     
     The Chinese have undercut any of such market with their cheap clone HDD cages.
     
     It's just laziness - you can sell a thinkpad for more if it includes a cage.
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     LisPi (lispi314@udongein.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 20-Mar-2025 19:00:01 JST LisPi

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     @Suiseiseki Doing it that way also provides more sales. I wouldn't be surprised if it's policy pushed from the top for that reason.