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&gt;  I don’t care about thin or light at all. I’m happy to carry a few extra pounds; these are my tools, and if that’s the price of durable, maintainable and resilient tools means a bit of extra weight in the bag I’ll pay it and smile. I just want to be able to fix it; I want something I can strip all the way down to standard parts with a standard screwdriver and replace piecemeal when it needs piecemeal replacing. Does anyone make anything like this anymore, a tradesman’s machine? The MNTRE people are giving it a shot. Is anyone else, anywhere?<p>If durable, maintainable, and resilient are your number one priority, maybe you want a desktop. It is trivial to open up the case and replace or upgrade components. Desktops also tend to last longer than laptops. It is harder to transport, but I am sure just like the various mechanics, you can come up with a rolling toolbox for your desktop that you can load into the back of your pickup truck. As a bonus, you can also get higher performance CPU&#x27;s since you can deal with the heat better in a desktop case. I am sure that such a risk could easily last you 10 years, and it does seem like the perfect choice given your priorities.