/tpg/ - ThinkPad General

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).

Libreboot-compatible models:
>T60 (check lcd), X60(s/t.), X200(s/t. -s requires soldering), T400(s), T500, W500.

Modern models:
>X220/X230 - 12", 768p, cheap and light
>T420/T430 - 14", 900p, socketed CPU, quadcore-compatible
>T520/T530, W520/W530 - 15", 1080p, desktop replacement
>T440s/T450s - best price/performance ultraportable
>T440p, T540p, W540/1 - last models with socketed processors

Upgraded models:
>X210 - X200/X201, i5 8250U quadcore
>X62 - X61, i5 5250U
>T70 - T60, i7 7700HQ
High-res IPS displays, USB 3.0, M.2 x4, mini-DP
forum.51nb.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=117

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

Helpful links:
>Buyers guide:
dankpads.com/tpg/
>thinkpad-tech-tree.txt - a plaintext map of ThinkPad history:
github.com/Monkeyfume/thinkpad-tech-tree/blob/master/thinkpad-tech-tree.txt
>ThinkWiki - info on ThinkPads & running GNU/Linux on them:
thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki
>Coreboot compatibility list:
coreboot.org/status/board-status.html
>BIOS logo booru:
biosimage.booru.org

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Other urls found in this thread:

tp.krelay.de/index.php?type
ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T440p-i5-4300M-4GB-500GB-No-OS-CL647/183597778177
youtube.com/watch?v=qEhyP9QfNSA
youtube.com/watch?v=nracKpkqMn4
twitter.com/AnonBabble

lolis

what the fuck is that pic?

>Find the MTM from the bios screen (serial number) or usually on the bottom of the laptop, in this case, its inside the battery bay
>type in the 7 alphanumeric numbers
>2356-AB4 for example
>and then look it up to tp.krelay.de/index.php?type

Interesting, I've never heard of this before.. but it isn't working right for this T440p, which has a 10-digit Machine Type Model and your site isn't recognizing that number or the other numbers. Can you get it to work?
ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T440p-i5-4300M-4GB-500GB-No-OS-CL647/183597778177

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W541 here, as long as you don't game it's pretty comfy

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>he hasn't watched oldboy

t480s or t450s ?
want better processor of 480s but concerned about the display.

i guess external GPUs are impossible on the W540 since they ditched the mPCIe like on the T430?

>tfw got a (((refurbished))) X220
>opened it up, fan clogged with dust, thermal paste dry as my gf's pussy
>one screw so fucking tight which connects the entire board to the bottom case
>used all my s.o.i.b.o.i strength and managed to strip the ehtire thread out of it
>can still access fan and CPU by bending board up slightly

What do? Leave it like that? OCD kicking in knowing there is one fucked up screw, but it doesn't hinder access to any replaceable peripherals.

I am thinking about buying one
Mostly for the keyboard (original one)
For uni / browsing

Would like decent screen res

Dunno which model to get
What would be the cheapest / best
I was thinking about buying a newer one and replacing the keyboard
(And ram / storage ofc)

why did you spit pomegranate all over your keyboard?

t480s wqhd display is basically as good a laptop display gets, the fhd one is mediocre but still better than anything previously fitted to thinkpads