This thing is a nice laptop, I have one myself, disabled the mic/camera on it (I do not recommend, this had to be one of the worst laptops I've ever disassembled). There were at least 12-15 different screws.
I was actually able to run two Whonix VMs with honestly good enough performance. I have Libreboot installed on mine. The only reason I stopped using it was because this thing can heat up a lot. Maybe I just didn't apply enough thermal paste? Also, you need Kaptons tape, since in order to take out the CPU cooler, you have to take off the original Kaptons tape, and plus, remove all the gritty padding from it.
In terms of looks, 10 out of fucking 10. This thing looked so modern for its time, and still holds up today.