IBM/Lenovo T60 memory upgrade

I bought a T60 for my boss a while back, and have just finished putting in another memory module. Man, I knew this was the lower end of their laptops, but I had no idea it would feel so cheap.

To get at the memory, you take out a few screws on the back, then lift off the palm guard below the keyboard. It's flimsy plastic, and it's hard to get back in the right place - doubly so, since it feels like instead of clicking into place it's going to break. And you need to remove the ribbon that connects the touch pad and fingerprint reader in order to fully remove it; when putting it back in, it looks like it's going to get crimped. That can't be right.

I had been considering getting one of these, despite having fallen in love with my other boss' Dell D420. But this just makes me think that the extra money for the D420 would be worth it. Of course, I haven't had to crack that one open yet…