/tpg/ - ThinkPad General

Previous thread: If you're looking for purchase advice, state your budget and requirements (e.g. size and performance).
Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P Series if you want the Real Business Experience™

>Other business laptops are welcome in /tpg/ (Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook).

Libreboot-compatible models:
>T60, X60; X200, T400/500; W500.
Modern models:
>X220/X230 - 12", 768p, cheap and light
>T420/T430 - 14", 900p, widely available, socketed CPU, both Coreboot-compatible (Ivy Bridge CPU support on T420); Old keyboard swap on *30 series
>T520/530; W520/530 - 15", 1080p, DTR, 32GB RAM on quadcore models, USB 3.0
>T440p/540p; W540/1 - Last Thinkpads with socketed processors, easily replaceable trackpad (W541 doesn't need trackpad replacement)
>P-Series - 15'' + 17'', 4K display, up to 64GB of RAM, Xeon CPU option. Expensive.

Why ThinkPad?
>Used machines are plentiful and cheap
>Excellent keyboards - tactile feel and quiet
>Great durability: magnesium rollcage for structural integrity, with high quality plastic body panels
>Utilitarian design: e.g. indicator LEDs, 7 row keyboard layout on older models
>Docking stations that easily turns your laptop into a desktop
>Easy to repair (most models), upgrade & maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for every model, spare parts easy & cheap to obtain
>The best TrackPoint, great for those who type a lot or hate swiping their fingers all over a touchpad
>Excellent GNU/Linux & *BSD support

>Hardware Maintenance Manuals (HMM's) and Windows drivers for legacy devices:
download.lenovo.com/eol
>Used laptop guides by xsauc:
dankpads.com
>ThinkWiki - Info on ThinkPads & running GNU/Linux on them:
thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki
>ThinkPad service guides w/ tutorial videos:
lenovoservicetraining.com/
>BIOS logo booru:
biosimage.booru.org/

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Other urls found in this thread:

youtu.be/obAekO75bI0
articulo.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-615078489-lenovo-t420s-battery-new-disco-1tb-16-gigas-ram-cargador-_JM?flash=7dcdf2d6087fcf8782fa76a55751cfd9ff7ba497&noIndex=true
banggood.com/Expresscard-Version-V8_0-EXP-GDC-Beast-Laptop-External-Independent-Video-Card-Dock-p-1009976.html?cur_warehouse=CN
twitter.com/SFWRedditGifs

My newly arrived x220t smells like cigarettes.

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my t430 arrived with the fn key heavily used so at least the guy knew how to use shortcuts

On an impulse I just bought a well kept W500. Now what fun I could have with it? Any gotchas I should be aware of?

Post ThinkPad stickers

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Does anybody know what will happen if I install backlit keyboard in a T430 with ThinkLight? Will they both light up or only one can be used?

I see that you turn on ThinkLight with a Fn+PageUp combination, and the backlit keyboard with Fn+Space, so both should work (???)

any cool add on you can get for an x220? i already have an expresscard to usb3.0 on it and know you can use egpu , is there anything else you can do?

I recently got an x220 tablet and the touchscreen constantly spergs out on me. It'll just randomly start registering clicks all over the screen. It's mainly when it's plugged in but sometimes even without being plugged in.

Is it fixable or did I get memed on?

what tlp command to see this?

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>sudo tlp stat

thank u

Does anyone else have experience with using an egpu with a thinkpad? Thinking about getting a 760, a 220w power supply, a case, and an expresscard egpu. I don't want to have to use an external monitor though, I want it to be at least a little bit portable. I'd be using either my x220 or t420 with it, they have the i5 2520m

Wish someone would have told me how mind numbingly frustrating it is reconnecting the touchpad connector on the T420. It keep just popping out

for me it's the x200 + 1(intel me)

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I took a picture.

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you finally upgraded to an x201 from your x201i?
good job user! :D
are you looking for an x201s? It's my dream laptop, personally.

The touchscreen on mine works flawlessly, maybe try reinstalling drivers or something. I'm using Windows 10 btw.

Who are you???

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also what's the correct™ placement for the meme sticker?

it's always been an x201. not really but i would like to get an x210

i'm me.
like this?

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>it's always been an x201
in that case, what's this?

like i said before the screen died and it was cheaper to buy a complete screen assembly than just the screen. it just happens that it bezel says x201i
i get get with the "i" trigger you autist so much

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msata SSD or mobile internet card

Take a sharpie and paint over the i
problem solved

exactly, but cant use in public with a placement like that.

i could but it doesn't really bother me at all.
why not?

youtu.be/obAekO75bI0

>why not?
Because you need to hide your power level, that's why.

It cycles between modes with fn+space
As in off>backlit low>backlit high>backlit and thinklight
Fn+page up doesn't work on chiclet keyboards

then why go out in public?

So going from an i5 2520M to an i7 2620M/2640M really isn't a good upgrade? I mean on ebay the 2620M are like $50

Thanks for convincing me to fall for this meme guys. Even the pup loves It!

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Anyone know where I can get an ANSI G40 keyboard? I'm in the UK and most of the American sellers on ebay don't do intl. shipping.

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Enjoy!

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Sorry for you bro, I have the same problem but an user told me that you could get rid of the smell by opening your laptop's case and cleaning it.

What model should I get if battery and a good screen are my priorities? I know I could get the parts later, butsince I live in Mexico it may be harder.

Looking for thin, light, new. Is the X1 Carbon well-liked?

told you, bitches love Thinkpads

THoughts?

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Not really
Don't get anything older than a 3rd Gen X1 carbon. That's the broadwell one

Who cares

This.

I don't get it, it's just the proper procedure for cleaning a ThinkPad?

It's circlejerk at this point
>HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE DRAIN HOLES
>HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE ABS CARBON FIBER HYBRID CHASIS
>HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE MAGNESIUM INNER CHASIS

You apparently.

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CAN ANYONE CONFIRM IF AN R40 KEYBOARD WOULD WORK IN A G40

I'LL SNAP OFF THAT FUCKIN BOLT HOLE TO MAKE IT FIT, I JUST WANNA KNOW IF IT WOULD WORK

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Just a reminder that literally no one gives a shit about your 10 year old laptop.

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Dude buzz off

What's the maximum RAM speed X60's can use? My 400 MHz sticks work at 333, dunno if it's due to the sticks or due to the chipset being limited to 333

Mine is just 7 years old.

bump, i'd like to hear people's thoughts on this

Get a quadcore or don't bother.

Yeah i already have the quad core i5 2520m. Sounds like going to the i7 isn't worth it

that processor only has 2 cores

The Sandy Bridge mobile processors with 4 cores have the QM suffix. That one does not.

Oh my mistake

Ok, so I have an X200 with a shitty yellowed screen and an X201 I have collecting dust. How easy is replacing the X200 screen with the X201?

And can I just put my shit X200 screen in the X201 so I can still have two working laptops?

just gripped a brand new battery for my x220 on craigslist for 40 bucks.

How do I get custom bios images on t420?

We settled this two threads ago.

Ovo merch shit

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DOES IT WORK

Is this a good deal? articulo.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-615078489-lenovo-t420s-battery-new-disco-1tb-16-gigas-ram-cargador-_JM?flash=7dcdf2d6087fcf8782fa76a55751cfd9ff7ba497&noIndex=true
That equals 328 dollars.

Does the thinkpad t420 have an express card? Can I use this banggood.com/Expresscard-Version-V8_0-EXP-GDC-Beast-Laptop-External-Independent-Video-Card-Dock-p-1009976.html?cur_warehouse=CN for it?

>use thonkpad in public
>have to take a shit and leave memepad on the table
>laptop still there after 30 minutes because no one wants a 10 year old shitpad
how is that not a plus

I wouldn't risk it, where I live niggers steal literally anything.

Can anyone recommend me a battery for my T61?

Ask someone who just went from an x230 to an xps 13 anything

What are necessary features that a thinkpad should have? IPS screen?
Can I remove the keyboard and insert my tkl mech keyboard in its place how hard would this be?

>BOLT HOLE IN DIFFERENT SPOT
ANSWERED

>COMPATIBILITY
NOT ANSWERED

I'M ABOUT TO ORDER A USED R40 KEYBOARD JUST TO REPLACE THE MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON AND MEMBRANES FOR THE MIDDLE AND RIGHT MOUSE BUTTONS

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Is the T430 screen really that bad? I am going to get the 1600x900 version to have more screen estate, but I am afraid of the quality of viewing.

>As in off>backlit low>backlit high>backlit and thinklight
this is actually false
when thinklight is on, backlit keyboard is off so it goes like this
both off>backlit low>backlit high>thinklight on and backlit off

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How much do you miss the trackpoint

No it's not that bad

Does E570 suck? If yes can u say why?

shitty build quality in comparison to P and W series

为什么联想想要将他们所有的笔记本电脑转换成MacBook?

>bought 9 cell battery for my t420
>it is lighter than the 6 cell one I already have
Did I got scammed?

shoo shoo stinky chinky

I'm white, you Basketball-American.

but is it shitty in comparation to other brands?

...where did you get it from?

My budget is 380 usd. Planning to get a t440s. Thoughts?

Ordered a few X230 and T420s for fun and profit, it's not a meme if you actually do fucking work or like dicking around with hardware.

I wanna make a case mod for one of the X230s something like this, or is a thinkpad anyway enough?

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ebay-like site from my third world country

Where can i get a reliable battery replacement for the x200/230 pref bigger capacity ?


Has anyone gotten a hold of the anniversary edition btw?

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Can I get a purchase suggestion?
I want something small and light (14"), good battery life, just for browsing the internet, no games except SNES emulators and no codework. SSD preferred.

Price as low as possible, $150-200

Is 128gb ssd ok for daily use? I've read that having low size on ssd affects the performance.

T420

What is the maximum price you are willing to pay for a good condition X61?

100 freedombucks

If my x220 usually surpasses 85 ºC, should I change the thermal paste on the CPU?

Is this a good deal for a pre-owned?

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Yes.

Why do you need a 6th gen i7 in a laptop? I'm genuinely curious with what you use it for.

I've never done that, will I succed If I do it by watching a YT video?

just got a thinkpad t60 in decent condition for 45aud lads
no hdd tho

no homo tho.