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Why ThinkPad? >Used machines are plentiful and cheap >Excellent keyboards - tactile feel and quiet >Great durability: magnesium rollcage for structural integrity, high quality plastic body panels >Utilitarian design: 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 TrackPoint™, great for those who type a lot or hate swiping their fingers all over a touchpad >Excellent GNU/Linux & *BSD support
Highlights of the ThinkPad T490 Healthcare Edition include: FIPS-201 Fingerprint Reader by Crossmatch offers industry standard Personal Identity Verification RFID Reader by RF IDeas leverages existing ID badge infrastructure for simple and secure logon process Lenovo ThinkShutter, standard on both the RGB and IR cameras, physically covers the webcam preventing unwanted snooping The optional 14-inch FHD display features ThinkPad PrivacyGuard with PrivacyAlert that protects confidential patient data from “over-the-shoulder” prying eyes The system includes an anti-microbial surface treatment for infection control ThinkPad T490 HE features the latest Intel 8th Gen Intel® Core™ processors, Dolby® Audio Premium™ and Cat 9 LTE WWAN for secure connectivity across a hospital campus Weighing just 3.41 pounds (1.55kg) and with up to 16 hours battery life, the T490 HE offers all day power with the mobility to move between environments
x220 Debian, Lenovo ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3 - no DVI listed by xrandr or arandr (should be listed 2). WTF anons? Why i cannot into dvi on this machine?
also blank screen even at boot time
Nathan Barnes
reminder that there are no other laptops that would survive delicious loli pee
VGA-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Jason Reed
>ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3 is your charger 135w?
David Hernandez
>LVDA-1 I meant LVDS-1
Josiah Sanchez
You again? How many times is the loli-pee-poster going to strike before we can lurk without fear again?
Julian Jackson
whats wrong with loli pee
Alexander Davis
90W
VGA works
Jonathan Murphy
RIGHT-HAND EXHAUST LOL
Jack Reyes
Jow Forums please help me i was gonna buy this perfect x220 but some shit happened with my paypal, it got sold and now there just nothing like it on eBay. All i do is refresh and refresh over and over again on eBay with no result
Jaxon Bailey
well the dock is supposed to use a 135w charger so it could be a power issue
what's wrong with it? it feels superior to when I had exhaust on the left and it would burn your hand whenever your hand was on the left side of the keyboard during high load, the muh mouse hand gets warm from the vent argument is fucking retarded just move a mouse to side and it's literally non issue
Newer Validity fingerprint scanners don't really work yet. I've recently bought an A485 and the only project trying to implement it github.com/nmikhailov/Validity90 pretty much says it (06cb:009a) isn't working at all yet, not even in a prototype fashion, last update to the project being 11 months ago. I believe this affects at least the T480 as well, and maybe a couple of others.
Austin Baker
tfw no magnesium lids on my t420
Luis Lee
Do you swap ctrl and fn?
Brayden James
Are there any good non-stock alternatives?
Dominic Baker
what do you mean
Kevin Cooper
Any good link or video or advice on how to install this? >classic keyboard on T430 btw I was told it was just drop in, but my options are >grind off shit, but i fear of damage or >take off the entire palm rest and install through there To which I found out the palm rest is cracked on the mouse pad, go figure
I'll probably go with the first option as the last time I tried to take off the palmrest, it either cracked where the mousepad is or enhanced it to being broken. Thanks for the advice senpai.
Cooper Kelly
just bought my 1st thinkpad >tfw shipping takes a week ;-;
Dylan Stewart
Does the x230t's 3 cell even exist? Having a battery that didn't jut out of the laptop would be nice.
Owen Morales
yes t. palm ctrl user
Jacob Murphy
When I installed the classic keyboard on my w530, I used a pair of wirecutters to bend then snip off the nubs. It fits adequately.
Is it worth it to upgrade my T520? I've got the low-end model, except I've upgraded the ram a little bit. If so, >Where can I buy a matte 1080p monitor? >what cpu is it worth upgrading to?
I would buy the one with the SSD since you're gonna spend that much for the upgrades anyway.
Adam Allen
Do all **20 keyboards work on the T530? What about **10 or earlier?
Jose Smith
So when it's on one side, it does in fact warm your hand, but when it's on the other it's "no that doesn't happen silly"?
Samuel Sanders
no
t. vim user
Anthony Phillips
>Is it worth it to upgrade my T520?
Yes, unless you like slow performance. I upgraded my T530 a few weeks ago. Don't cheap out on the SSD, also you can find some decent CPUs on ebay.
Kayden Cook
no t. autistic about key functions matching key labels
Nathan Rivera
t. redditor as well apparently
Leo Reyes
if the vent is on the right side it's only annoying when you use a mouse and only if it's directly next to the vent, if vent is on the left side just look at the pic, the left side of the keyboard where my hand is resting most of the time is the hottest and least comfortable part of the laptop and that's unavoidable bar just getting an external keyboard, left side vents are just objectively more shit
cooling system not cpu fucking retard, if the vent is on the right side then left side of the laptop stays cool and comfortable, stay retarded moron
Gabriel Wilson
ok well I more-or-less meant doing so as opposed to buying a cheaper used shitbox desktop. >1600x900 screen (can't find FHD) $50+ >quad-core i7 $200+ on amazon >1TB +SSD (that doesn't shit itself in 4 months) $100+ >2x8GB DDR3 ~$50 >hdd caddy negligible DESU, but another HDD would be costly >dock $40-60 I don't really have this kinda money
Ayden Hill
>quad-core i7 >$200+ on amazon
My guy, buy a used one on ebay.
>1TB +SSD (that doesn't shit itself in 4 months) >$100+
Just get a Samsung 500GB one. They're $85 on amazon. You don't need 1TB.
>dock >$40-60
You can find them used for $10 in electronic recycle stores if you have one nearby.
Tyler Garcia
>check ebay >i7-2960XM, i.e. best one that fits in the socket >less than $150 used Thanks for the rec broham >you don't need 1TB you're right, really my root partition's all I need it for, and boot if I could get uefi to work. movies and music could just as well be on an external/caddied HDD Will check around for a dock. thanks sempai.
Carter Cruz
Your root partition really shouldn't be larger than maybe 20-30GB (assuming you're using a separate home partition)
Hudson Bell
Does anyone know of a online store that uses Affirm payments and sells think pads?
Jacob Cox
I bought an x200s and it's happily running Arch with Plasma
>i7-2960XM Watch out. The XM has a 55W TDP, so you want the best dissipator (the two tubes one common in W520 with the 2000M quadro) unless you want housefire temps.
Nathan Perry
They work, but they won't fit unless you remove the nubs. Also replacing the palmrest will not work on t/w530s.
Ryder Gomez
ye I know. I mean I could have a really small SSD for most things thanks for the warning
Ian King
I want to upgrade my T420 RAM, saw a couple of videos but I'm in doubt. Is the RAM mounted the same in every T420? Can I take out the RAM it already has? Didn't look like so when I opened it.
Not gonna lie, I haven't touched a laptop in my life before.
Brayden Gomez
How did you find this board?
Anthony Cox
I feel sorry for you
Adam Rogers
thanks you too
Jaxson Rogers
You can get them to work, I've done it on an X220 with Debian and Arch, but its definitely not a smooth or well integrated experience. Also, given that fingerprints really aren't the most secure, I definitely would't look or pay extra for a fingerprint reader if GNU is your plan.
Oliver Bennett
That's an X220 you dumbass, gtfo if you can't identify models without seeing the model number.