/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/ (currently not working, possibly indefinitely)
>BIOS logo booru:
biosimage.booru.org/

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Good source for batteries for Canada anyone? Looking for a T520 battery.

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

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for me its the thinkpad t60p

If I disable the T430's NVS 5400M GPU from the BIOS settings, will the GPU still consume energy and produce heat or will really be turned off?

This is my first laptop with a dedicated GPU and I really don't see a need to having it on this laptop as I mainly use Linux and the weeb games that I play through Wine and VMs work fine with the integrated HD 4000.

I'm going to do install a quad core CPU so I don't want the GPU taking battery life and cooling that the CPU could benefit from.

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Hey all you /tpg/ niggers. Is there a vertical dock out there? I have a T450.

I'm trying to turn my setup into a triple-monitor (with the thinkpad display as the 3rd) and since Mini Displayport adapters that output to more than 1 monitor at a time are stupid expensive, I think I might get a dock.

But I don't want to use the TP keyboard since it'd bring the actual laptop display too close to me, so I'll just hook up an external keyboard, but then I don't want the thinkpad's fat ass to be sitting there taking up desk space with a redundant keyboard. So I really want to just open it 180* and stick it fully upright.

There are stands for that but nothing that uses the docking port on the back.

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I'm hearing popping sound using my Fiio E10k on my X220 running any distro, on windows is less noticeable since the audio interface doesn't cut the sound immediately when there's a pause. is it what i get for buying an USB powered or DAC?

There are a shitload of X201s and X201Ts in my third world country for some reason. Are they still good enough for light use?