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).
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); Quad Core Compatible, Old keyboard swap on *30 series >T520/530; W520/530 - 15", 1080p, DTR, 32GB RAM on quadcore models, USB 3.0 >T440s - cheap ips, great battery life. >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
But when I put it in, I get the 1 3 3 1 beep sequence. And when I put back the old memory in, it boots up just fine, so I know it's not the slot.
Logan Powell
I'm to buy a modern laptop, my x220 is slowly dying and im sick of replacing parts (has new screen/keyboard/etc). I think it's mostly from running too hot all the time..
Few questions, With x1 extreme, should i get 4k? i hear people complain about the brightness of the FHD, but also might be a problem with the 4k being too reflective.. Ignoring price
What CPU should i get? I'm not too concerned with performance, but more so with thermal properties
There seems to be almost no reviews on this laptop, but my chance of getting a discount ends tomorrow..
Joseph Foster
Doesn't that have soldered in RAM?
Kevin Bailey
people like picrelated should be industrially gassed. disgusting race mix that probably doesn't even understand how a computer woks. sad. once the white race leaves this planet all the niggers and mutts will be fighting over mud
Since you a fan. I am probably the only unironical user of the original Thinkpad X1. Been using it since release the internal battery is @25% capacity, every lid (headphone jack, utms module, hdd slot) has fallen off by now and i been running the cpu with liquid metal for ~3 years now. Oh i also have a stash of sealed swedish keyboard frus so i can use the x1 for the next 20 years.
Just bought a fully specced p51. 64GB of ecc ram, xeon, max everything.
The plastic on the top and front near the touchpad are atrocious. The plastic is seperating in a joint in the front about 2mm by the trackpad.
Sub-Par build quality.
Stupid rad specs though.
Connor Martinez
1866 ddr3 is fast enough
David Rogers
Anyone else with an X220 that experiences random shut down? Mine can be in use and it will just randomly shut off without warning, other times it could just be sitting on my desk idle and it will shut off. I have scoured forums and read that this is a noted issue among X220/X230 but conflicting information as to what is the problem. Some state it's a motherboard issue but that's broad, other says it's when it's downclocking/upclocking, others say it's due to a component like WiFi/RAM/Keyboard needs to be reseated.
>Tranny OP >Guys buy this old shit!! >Deliberately hide 33% off portal for Lenovo to shill old Thinkpad garbage. >Constantly spam Jow Forums for no reason because lolwelfare and nolife.
No they aren't you fucking moron, the only reason to buy them is the IBM warranty. Which you don't get with old ones.
Austin Carter
you're wrong
Brandon Myers
EZcare warranty is owner agnostic so I suppose i am.
Good luck finding one still under warranty though faggot.
David Evans
>IBM >new thinkpads
Parker Lopez
stop replying to tripfag
Isaac Long
what would I need a warranty for? these old thinkpads hardly ever break, and are a breeze to work on if something goes wrong
Anthony Adams
I got 2x4GB. The wiki says the laptop can do up to 8GB. I've also looked around online and apparently Corsair/Kingston may have compatibility issues. The one I got ended up being Corsair.
You stupid prick Lenovo Thinkpads come with an EZserv warranty, the legendary IBM warranty, its literally the only reason to buy a ThinkPad.
If your shit breaks you get a fucking overnight air box sent to your motherfucking doorstep out on a saturday and get your fucking laptop back on monday working perfectly.
Dell CompleteCare comes with every Latitude or Precision laptop for 3 fucking years included (2 year extension to 5 is available too) and it's ON-SITE so they come to wherever you happen to be and fix shit.
Hell, CompleteCare is no fucking questions asked: I could take my Latitude, throw it off my balcony, watch vehicles drive over it and shatter it into tiny shards of metal and glass and aluminum and then call Dell and say "I dropped my laptop and it's completely dead, I need a replacement" and within 72 hours I'd have a new one delivered to my fucking door.
IBM had a great warranty long ago but even they didn't do on-site - Lenovo sure as fuck doesn't either at any cost while Dell includes that level of support in the purchase price.
Seriously, I love ThinkPads, I really do, I've owned them off and on since the first one (yes, punks I'm older than you are) but they simply aren't all that.
Whitelists, bullshit, OEM lockdowns, Dell does none of that bullshit and has the best warranty, period.
Deal with it.
Matthew Wilson
Wow that sucks, they won't do overnight air?
Nathaniel Gonzalez
Also IBM absolutely does on-site, its fucking standard on their default ezserv warranty for 1 year.
I honestly think that its amazing that you think that's actually a perk at Dell over Thinkpad and is kind of revealing about how huge a shill you are.
Colton Adams
"trap"
Robert Hernandez
>trap No that thing isn't a trap.
A trap is a guy that looks like a girl, OP is a TRANNY. No different than a cross dresser.
Noah Long
>doesn't understand 3 years > 1 year >doesn't understand that ON-SITE means you don't do anything but call them and they come to you, no shipping shit anywhere or waiting for it to come back
Also, pay attention: IBM doesn't make computers anymore, dumbass, it's Lenovo and that is not IBM, not even a fucking subsidiary of IBM either.
Aiden Gray
Stop being so #rekt dipshit. IBM still provides warranty service for Thinkpads. Not that I would expect some dude your getting a dell moron fuckwit to understand that.
Enjoy your no overnight air shipping. There isn't always a qualified service center nearby, god damn dude. Just stop.
>dude your getting a dell XD
Brayden Gutierrez
that's exactly what I meant
Luke Butler
>boiiissss x270 is comming fhd, nvme, 16gb ram just ~550 usd :^)
Jackson Allen
What's worse, tranny or thumbnail
Christian Ward
x220/x230 tier performance
Aaron Sullivan
Calling a guy a trap implies that you are attracted enough to them that they could trap you.
So, no, it isn't what you meant. You are a faggot.
Austin Bell
I had a brand new ThinkPad arrive at work with a bad motherboard, no idea what the problem was but it kept cutting out, and since it was brand new notMyProblem.rar and called support. They sent out an engineer the next day who turned up at the office, took the laptop apart, fitted a new motherboard, put it back together, and left.
All the parts he used came in IBM-branded boxes, and he was an IBM tech. Needless to say I was confused, so I asked him what the deal was and yes, IBM does indeed provide warranty coverage for ThinkPads. The more you know,
Correct.
Jaxson Torres
/tpg/ ThinkPad General - We've banned trannies Thread here
Jacob King
He cute
Ayden Howard
got any pics of her?
Austin Ortiz
He put it in quotation marks tho.
Kayden Murphy
Why did some other idiot post a new tpg?
Andrew White
Transphobia
Justin Ross
Why would you use a picture of a ugly tranny instead of a trap?
Lincoln Hernandez
Idk it's fun making fun of tripcode.
Ugliest creature ever and he can't even speak properly.
He thinks he's some sort of ThinkPad guru because he can clip a raspberry pi to a bios chip and press flash.
