Previous thread: 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).
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 niggers swiping their fingers all over a touchpad >Excellent GNU/Linux & *BSD support
It has the old IBM logo so it has to be a T60 or maybe some older model.
Xavier Thompson
I don't know what the model is, but it's older than a W500..
Cooper Edwards
T60p?
Oliver Brown
It's an X60 most likely. Was one of the first models to receive RYF certification from the FSF. Also has no trackpad. Probably given to him by Leah Rowe, the founder of the Libreboot project who operates Minifree (formerly Gluglug).
Nathan Garcia
idk, I like my x250 more than my t420s and x220. 1 ram slot isn't so bad, since I still have 16gb of RAM. IPS display is really nice. It's really really nice.
this pic is of a T22 and matches the ports on the back of rms' thinkpad in the OP pic, so he could be using a T22, T21, or T20 (T23 added a second USB port on the back; 600X looks completely different on the back)
>or maybe some older model. I don't know much about older thinkpads please educate us.
Oliver Gutierrez
see (that's me)
Sebastian Clark
>w520 replacement charger costs $40
Liam Phillips
The W520 chargers are odd because the port on the laptop has those notches, but a W520 can accept a W510 charger (which may be cheaper).
You can also live on the edge, and use a lesser PSU but add a resistor to the center pin to trick it into thinking it's the 135 or 170w PSU.
Parker Thomas
where are you located? I have an extra one
Nathan Flores
Sister needs a laptop for her TAFE course. Too poor to afford a second hand mac, doesn't want x220 terrorist look. Does Lenovo make any think pads that have that sleek modern design but aren't anywhere near as overpriced as a mac?
Aiden Cruz
post your oku
Colton Campbell
>trying to make contact with Jow Forums people What could possibly go wrong? Also, has some user managed to get fingerprint, ambient light and and other sensors working on Elitebook 2760p under GNU/Linux? And possibly libreboot
Mason Roberts
I'd like to upgrade my t430 with an I7 cpu. I can't decide between the 35W i7–3632QM and the 45W i7–3840QM
The latter one is overclockable and has higher clockspeeds but it runs hotter so I imagine I have to upgrade my heatsink. So is the second one worth it? Or do I just stay with 35W and have no cooling issues and longer battery life.
Luis Moore
Only the newer ones AFAIK Which are overpriced.
Adam Roberts
Damn. Would an x250 for 350 kangaroo bucks be okay? ($250 USD)
Chase Flores
The X250 is fine, just be sure to get one with (or install one later) a 1080p panel and maybe the i7 for some extra oomph.
Isaiah Scott
This is probably a dumb question but I noticed that some X series tablets have normal bezels and others have flat bezels. Which is considered better?
James Barnes
Can this be done?
Nolan Cooper
Everything can be done if you're brave enough. Doing it fine not so much
James Clark
Is the x60 really still usable?
Would use it for web browsing (should handle more then 15tabs), PDF and Office/latex stuff.
Brandon Wright
>still usable it only depends on how low are your standards
Jackson Rodriguez
X230 with i7-3520M, 8GB RAM and 180GB SSD for €230/$260, worth it? (Please note that this is outside of both the US and the UK, so it's a bit more expensive overall)
Luke Hughes
>ThinkPad ships from China >China Uh
Juan Moore
Is it atleast some modded version?
Nathaniel Green
Yes I customized it. Is this to be expected or did I fuck up?
Carter Green
For the record, I ordered directly from Lenovo's US site.
Oliver Nelson
So a new thinkpad? I meant something like those custom motherboard ones from OP's post.
Sebastian Morris
Yes, sorry for the confusion.
Joshua Parker
Has anyone every DIY'd an empty battery case to save weight? I rarely need to use battery power, and my X200 is much lighter without one fitted. I basically want an empty battery as a blank (it would sit right without). Also, any lightweight charger options?
Liam Collins
just got my x240, the keyboard is pretty cool but the trackpad is an abomination, i used to use the middle click on my x220 and here its so bad, but overall im pretty happy w/ it
I'm sure there's someone out there that's done it but I doubt it's a very common mod. The 60W one I carry around is a pretty light charger but I think there's a 45W option too.
Luckily the trackpad can be fixed by replacing it with a X250 one.
Nicholas Hall
trackpad is fine if you're coming from something that's not a thinkpad.
Why do so many of you prefer the x2** models over t450s?
Jacob Hughes
I've never bid on an Ebay auction in my life, I've only ever used our local 2nd hand site. For regular auctions it basically all comes down to the last few seconds, right? Do these "buy now or best offer" listings ever accept your offers, or will these resellers only accept like a 5 euro discount at most?
Zachary Bell
Any further input on this would be appreciated. I thought Jow Forums was all anti-botnet but these are shipped straight out of china?
Nolan Butler
chinks spy burgers spy
Brandon Kelly
Lenovo is a chinese company
Anthony Evans
Yes it's a decent price. Upgrade to 16 GB ram and you're golden. If you prefer the 7 row keyboard from the x220 get that instead and upgrade to 16 GB ram.
David Ortiz
So on a board who loves to jerk off about free software and being outside of a botnet, you're all using Chinese laptops?
Joseph Price
Yes.
Christopher Powell
Something seems backwards here. I legitimately cannot tell if everyone knows something I do not or if I am retarded.
Lucas Martinez
What do I need to do to get more out of this pice of shit igpu? I have even force installed the adrenaline drivers for vega 8 ... . userbenchmark.com/UserRun/14746826
Every laptop is made in china. I for one welcome our new chinese overlords.
Michael Allen
Where would I get WiFi hardware information for Thinkpad L412? Linux screen freezes few minutes after connecting to wifi
Ian Brown
Is an X230 with i5-3230M good or should I wait for one with i5-3320M? Is the difference even noticable in daily use?
Ian Bell
Nothing different except higher iGPU stock frequency by 100MHz. It's still a dual core. You notice big gains from quadcore models.
Wyatt Myers
What are the major differences between the *30 and *40 models? Mostly thinking about battery life, how hot they get and how loud they are. I'm assuming the X and T versions of a particular number are pretty close in that regard too, or am I wrong?
Isaiah Robinson
If I'm not mistaken the X1 line is the most similar to EliteBoom/ZBook, Latitude/Precision. I have a X1C 1st gen, and I hasn't failed me.
Liam Thompson
So paying extra for an X230 with i5-3320M or i7 isn't worth it?
So it's really not surprising or a problem at all that a new ThinkPad from Lenovo was made and shipped from China. And the used laptops mostly everyone has here were all made in China as well?
Zachary Ward
yes
Jace Young
> I am retarded. There's your answer m8. ifconfig in terminal? What do you want to do? Even if manufacturers have every department headquarted in the west would have production in the east...Its all about the shekels.
Justin Wood
Is a X250 with 8gb ram and 256 ssd for about 175 euro a good deal? I haven't really looked at any *50 series yet since I've been shopping for either an x230/240 or t440p so far.
Jason Bennett
Yeah that's solid.
Lucas Ortiz
So a W520 (and hence W530) chargers don't work on other models then?
It's probably not worth it for a T430 to get that 45W CPU, I doubt there's a fitting heatsink for it and the internal space is likely too small to flow air around. I have a T530 with that 3840QM CPU, it can go 3.6Ghz all 8 cores with the standard dGPU heatsink.
The x60 can't use more than 3gb, find an x61
Not really, especially most of the time the i7 on these models are just name only, they're still dual core
Nolan Morgan
So then there is no guarantee, ever, that there isn't some backdoor bullshit because everything is made in the east?
Matthew Diaz
which x series thinkpad has the best battery life (with the regular slice, not the 9 cell one)
John Cox
Yes, everything ever made is out to get you, better go hide in a cave forever or just kys
Brandon Garcia
Yes. The hardware is backdoored by China/Israel/Usa. The software is backdoored by Usa
Robert Scott
Sadly, yeah. Hopefully ARM get more widespread, among other things like replacing BIOS...
Jose Lee
>I don't know much about older thinkpads Last ThinkPad to have a parallel port was T43
Thomas Morgan
>absolutely giganto-enormous >its an X60 most likely
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Andrew Wilson
examples?
Isaac Foster
Please tell me where to find this 1400x1050
William White
probably the x250-x260 or something newer
Liam Campbell
only it's resolution is too low imo
because theyre smaller what kind of question even is this like seriously user
Charles Williams
Unless you made a laptop completely by yourself there's no guarantee of what's inside of it. Just because it's made in the west doesn't guarantee anything it's not backdoored either. The chinese did make a laptop with fully free BIOS and drivers so not everything is botnet just because it's Chinese.
I had one back in school and I must say, the T420 was fantastic. I had a similar machine to what you currently have and the jump to a T420 was massive.
Aiden Edwards
more info
Lincoln Carter
You seem to think that ordering from any other OEM is somehow different.