/tpg/ - ThinkPad General

you will go to bed forever

what are /tpg/ approved games?
what are people playing after they get a thinkpad

go away

hey check out my fat fucking cock

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It's also the middle of the night.

Coreboot games.

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My budget is 800-1k. Give me the best thinkpad I can get. Mostly going to be used to bring to school to finish up degree.

Used to be that we would get 3 or 4 /tpg/ threads a day but now its around 1 every two days.

r/thinkpads is where everyone has migrated to because filth in here only think that "modern" means X220.

SAD but I'll give an upvote.

Looking to get my first Think pad
>Budget
500$ or less
> Main use
College/Productivity

I'm very new so please throw as much info as you want my way! I'm learning as I go. I have a Lenovo Yoga (that's dying on me) with Xubuntu on it. Been using that for school. Touchscreen and the ability to fold into a tablet is kinda nice but w/e. Please rec me some stuff!

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For that budget you'd be better off with a macbook pro.

Get a refurbished X1 or X240-50. Nothing older than that.

>T550 is getting delivered today

Mama Mia.

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I've been through a macbook air 2013 and a macbook pro (2015?). I'm not going that route again. They were nothing but headaches.

T480/T480s are the best all rounders imo, you may need to stretch your budget a little but it's worth it.

>T480s
I'll take a look into it. thanks, user

Just got a 1st gen x1 carbon for $175. Did I do gud anons?
>tfw you cant upgrade ram and you only have 4gb

Quick question lads. Is it possible to upgrade the cpu in a x200?

How about you try using google before posting here. Also no cpu soddered on

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Hipsters In Denial General

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Wow you really wrecked those nerds epic style

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Truth is knowledge

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Go and buy the latest fagbook you NPC

>ubuntu
>gnome
xd

Just bought a w520 for 300$, refurbished. These things are dirt cheap for the power packed into them

Bought a used t450 for like 350usd
Should I really install linux? Win10 runs fine

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No

>t450
get a t8100 14" t61 from ebay, a core 2 duo x9000, 8gb pc2-5300, and a new 9 cell battery. itll cost like 200-250 max and last you a good few years. plus, youll be able to upgrade to a t60 body with a uxga ips flexview for a few hundred. then, you can sell this "frankenpad" for like 600 bucks once youre done with school.

yes
don't listen to this faggot

it's your laptop, do whatever the fuck you want with it.

i have an x1 carbon gen 2 with 512gb ssd and like really good 3K screen (2880x whatever) i want a better laptop tho is 530 the best one? I am not sure if i could put an amazing screen on it tho?

would like 2gb graphics if possible (to run solidworks)

What video games do you play on your Thinkpad?

>inb4 vidya is for virgin manchildren

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Are P50 FHD display any good? They have the specs I need but they are more like desktops than a laptop that you can carry on.

I recently got a T60 in pretty good shape and decided t use it for my classes.
It came with a T2300 and a 120 gig hd. I threw in some more memory, installed mint and everything works great except video playback in firefox.

I get weird diagonal screentearing and i'm wondering what it might come from.

Do any of you have a clue as to what causes this issue?

I'm trying to replace my L470 trackpad, but I can't find any information on how to disassemble that part.
Even the hardware guide says it's not a replaceable unit: ok1.de/thinkpad/HMM/l470_hmm_en_sp40m11960.pdf

Can anyone help me about it? Any videos or guides?

I need a 9 cell battery for my x230, I bought my x230 with a fake battery that only lasts 1 fucking hour How do I find a legit seller in Europe or china ? is every seller on ebay a fucking a jew faggit??

Anons I need some advice on colouring my Thinkpad's body
>I want to paint all the red accents green
>Replace the red nipple with a green one
>Replace (paint) the my enter key with a green (or black) one
Never done anything like this, it's a small undertaking but i'd like some advice on where to start and what materials I might need.

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They are pretty damn expensive but If you want a legit Lenovo one you can buy it direct from their website.

>2018
>Core2Duo

Damn, that sucks. They didn't even supply the original? I'm thinking of buying a 2nd 9 cell for my T540P.

My C2D P8700 works great for everything I do.

Your standards must be really low user.

will tp help me escape the botnet
if so then i guess it doesnt matter why one i get x/t series

My old laptop is about to die. Thinking of getting one. Found a W520, Core i7, Intel HD and Nvidia Quadro, for around 290 bucks. Should I bite the bullet? I heard the ones with Nvidia are usually bad, but thought it was only with GeForce?

I haven't been able to stomach Core2Duo/Quad since 2014. It's so slow by comparison with modern processors. Like running a Pentium III.

do you have experience using any Thinkpad models that are accompanied by the numpad? are there any models that fall under the Real Business™ umbrella?

T540P has a numpad, it's perfectly serviceable.

are there any swaps or upgrades that are recommended. thinkwiki shows it ships with 3 different screen resolutions, but only designates one as IPS.

I got a x230, but the screen endend up being a little too small. Is there any other model with a bigger screen, same upgradability, and not too big of a pain in the ass to carry around?

Forgot to mention, I don't do gaming or anything like that. I only care about screen size and battery life.

Posting from my T60.

Stop recommending ThinkPads from 2013 onward, retarded Apple apologists.

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I can hear the sound of popping monster cans from here boomer.

only the 3k display is IPS

I have the 1080 one. It's not a very good panel, but it's usable.

What is the best thinkpad in price performance ratio?

T440p

T420 are widely available and thus cheaper than their counterparts.

My 540 will fight your 440, sonny

...

Why would I do that? I'm not a Mac/Thinkfag

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>tfw x201

keyboard feels good man

what about screen swaps with the T540P? after market an option for 1080p ips? would you have to buy/upgrade with the listed 3k as an only option?

I dunno, I'm using the 1080 TN panel. I think you'd have to do some digging around to find a compatible 1080 IPS display, it's not standard.

given the thinkpad populations on Jow Forums and reddit, is the Jow Forums /tpg/ incarnation carried over from redoot or is the association switched?

Irrelevant. With how bad /tpg/ is, you may change one with the other and there wouldn't be a noticeable difference.

I would even say some Reddit users have come across over here, because "Jow Forums is for shitposting, Reddit is for serious discussion". That's how unintelligent they are.

Where's the trap?

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just bought a 440p

now what

I have a t450 with the following specs:
-i5-5300u
-250GB SSD
-8GB RAM (can upgrade to 12 with what I have lying around)
-768p meme screen

Will it be able to run AutoCad for 2D stuff? I have some monitors I can plug it into at home, but at that point I might as well just use my desktop.

I'm looking to grab a laptop for casual browsing, some programming, etc.

I have an Acer c670 chromebook and its getting a bit long in the tooth. I'm looking to spend $300 or less, I just want something to slap linux onto that I can take with me places, use it on the couch, etc. I have a decent desktop at home. 14in is fine, don't care about screen size.

Any recommendations? My one thing is the screen has to be > 768p, that's become unusable.

i want to spend less than 350 dollars. i want vga and 8gb ram. i want to use windows 7.

what do? the smaller the better.

Ive been using my x220 since 2016 and im interested in getting the larger t420.
ebay.com/itm/IBM-LENOVO-THINKPAD-T420-LAPTOP-i5-2-50ghz-8GB-128GB-SSD-DVDRW-Windows-10-Pro-PC/311439017491?_trkparms=aid=555017&algo=PL.CASSINI&ao=1&asc=20150817211623&meid=0272366051c24a458b9ae3d44c569628&pid=100505&rk=1&rkt=1&&itm=311439017491&_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226
Found this one on Ebay. Is this a good price?

no

My t480 arrives on Monday. Probably gonna dual boot it with Ubuntu 18 and windows 10. But I leave for trip on Tuesday morning so I gotta wait until I get back to really play with it. What a tease.
Any recommendations on how much space I should leave for Windows?

hdmi is okay too

they dont even show you the condition lol

Is t420 with 1600x900 i5 2520m worth 195€?
I found a guy selling this. This would be my first Thinkpad, gonna use it for programming.
How's battery on this?
The one included holds ~4 hours, according to seller.
Can I libreboot it?

x20 is only corebootable.

So I can't remove botnet from t420?
x20 probably has shit display, right..?

I had a x220t running linux when I was studying aero. Did all of my 3d solidworks and abaqus on a windows VM with 0 issues. As long as you don't do anything complex you'll be fine

as far as i understand, coreboot is removing the botnet, but it's a bit more bloated than libreboot.
by x in x20 i meant any number like 2, 4, or 5, not an actual model.

there are t420 models with nice displays

Kerbal Space Program

I thought you meant x series
Any significant difference between libreboot and coreboot?
And what is esata USB?

Anons, what are we gonna do in 5-10 years when our x220/t420's are obsolete? I'm scared

51nb.com

What is the X220 orignal charger like?

Probably just a standard 65W brick for thinkpads from that era.

Libreboot is 100% free, coreboot removes most of the botnet but a tiny bit remains.

From 1 to getting a gf, how hard it is to install libreboot?

It requires cutting your dick off.

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It's easy on T60 and X60. On other models you need to open the laptop and use a raspberry pi to flash the chip.
youtube.com/watch?v=1K5jo9gk9LQ

I guess I'll have to order RPI then... I assume it doesn't have to be RPI? It can be a chink knockoff?
Yeah, I know that story. (s)he has mental illness.

Anything that can be used as a SPI programmer is fine. You'll also need a SOIC clip and some cables, check the install guides on the website.
libreboot.org/docs/install/

>the most supported distro
>most based DE
I see no problem there