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
Could someone recommend me a ThinkPad? The current laptop I own is Dell Inspiron 17R N7110 with Debian on it. I want similar performance to my current laptop and that's it basically.
Charles Russell
Listing the specs is probably more helpful than listing the model number and hoping someone else googles it for you.
I'd say T430(s), but literally most of the circa 2012 ones have similar specs. You should be able to get a used one for $150-200, I know I did. Might need to replace the battery and swap the HDD for an SSD though, also you'll probably want to get another 4GB of RAM sometime, so that'll add a bit to the price
Asher Cruz
Reposting from last thread: Help me troubleshoot /tpg/, what can be done about pic related? x230t with a fifth on the left of the screen flickering, Only sometimes, goes away when I put pressure on the right end of the screen. Any thing I can try before I get a replacement screen?
Get the bezel off and don't get your hopes up. If you're lucky it might be something simple like a cable not quite making full contact except for when pressure is applied.
Nicholas Hughes
So i'm redpilled on either the T440 or the X240 why am i wrong for choosing them?
Carter Reed
Neither of them are the T440p
Jack Edwards
Is it just me or the x series just keeps on getting bigger over time? From the x60 all the way to the x280 It annoys the shit out of me
Ryder Turner
Bigger and uglier
James Cook
what does it do better ?
Christopher Campbell
More powerful and more upgradeable
Nathan Powell
Any tips for how much thermal paste to use (after I reclean it with alcohol)?
If you replace meditating with programming it's a perfect match.
Cooper Campbell
What ssd should I get for my x220?
Ayden Reyes
Any name brand. Although some anons say that the chinese knockoffs work fine
James Foster
Is there a way to chain multiple Thinkpads together? Say I have three, and no external monitors I can use. I know I can power them all up and run Synergy or some shit, but can I get them to run the same OS? Seems ludicrous, I know, but I know it's possible to have a "cluster" of RPi's and I was wondering if maybe the same could be done with Thinkpads. Not that I know shit about how to do that. Even running three LVDS Thinkpad displays from one computer would be good enough. I'm open to suggestions.
I bought an ADATA in 2017 and it died after two years; I have many Samsungs, some going back to 2011 and they all work just as good as new. This may sound like shilling, but I wouldn't buy anything besides Samsung. Their products seem to be the cheapest [when bought new] anyways.
Tenko using a Tenkopad I have synergy running on my ryzen 1700 desktop, my W530, and my windows i5-4690. You have to set the computer with the newest version of synergy as host, then make sure any other windows or linux computers are set to look for your host computers address. The best practice is to hook up all of the computers you want synergized on a single gigabyte switch, so you will almost never experience any delay.
Ebay seller sold me W530 in good condition with the wrong CPU. i7-3520M instead of 3740QM. What do you things happened here? Did he try to rip me off? It just came today so I am still able to return it but I intent to ask him first about this "mistake". Right course of action?
I'm looking for a palmrest for my X230. Are there any recommended sellers/stores? Ebay or Aliexpress?
Isaac Torres
Explain what happened and he'll probably give you a partial refund; you probably paid $200 or so, ask for $40 back or something, then you can buy a quadcore
Jayden Mitchell
do you type a lot? do you enjoy the macbook keyboard. had a 2012 recently and i thought it was complete shit feeling to type on. my 2015 x1 carbon feels way better and it's on the meh side since "thin" meme but good vs none thinkpad stuff. and i've always hated touchpads. big touchpads aren't my thing, easier to drag and drop files on a small one, and high sensitivity doesn't fling the mouse all over since palm rejection isn't really needed without the clickslab by your hands. 2 finger scrolling is ok, i like edge scrolling and multi touch for middle click is nice though. screens can be terrible to decent because business laptop but *40 series and up should be pretty easy to get decent ips screens for online. build quality and longevity is pretty nice on thinkpads. apple has a good fit, finish and presentation. but they use a shitty soft aluminum still. but i wouldn't call it great or premium since a stronger aluminum should be used at that damned price. would make thinkpads look like crap if they didn't skimp out there
Nolan Diaz
Yes, Synergy works good but it's really my backup plan. I'm looking for something more advanced. Is there any way I can share CPU?
do you care if it may daie at some point after a year? if not anything. if yes samesung is pretty reliable haven't seen any problems, kingston is shit for multiple reasons, crucial mx500 is ok and cheapest not crap ssd but i question longevity, intel older ones were great but seen some issues with newer models so unsure now.
can confirm x201 a cutest
Mason Flores
$130 for a t540p with HD display, 4gb ram and 500gb HDD, but in good shape yay or nay?
Evan Flores
how long do you have it for
Ayden Hall
hey guys, an x250 i3, 8gb ram, 500g hdd, looks nice, this guy is asking $150, should I?
>i3 yikes, not bad if it looks pretty nice and battery(s) are in good shape
Adam Davis
isn't i3 like good though (not op)
Colton Torres
I can't find any w530 compatible CPUs that are affordable, Paid 330€ for it since that is what the buyers guide recommends a medium condition w530 also the cheapest I could find. It is in great condition, looks like new just the wrong CPU. Send it back if he doesn't send the right one?
Christopher Lopez
>thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X250 x250 come with either one of these: ntel Core i3-5010U, 2,10 GHz, 3MB Cache Intel Core i5-5200U, 2,2 - 2,7 GHz, 3MB Cache Intel Core i5-5300U, 2,3 - 2,9 GHz, 3MB Cache, Intel vPro Intel Core i7-5600U, 2,6 - 3,2 GHz, 4MB Cache, Intel vPro
Xavier Peterson
the i3 is ok not the best option. but it's not crap like a celeron (i'd hope)
Logan Carter
Same user: This faggot also sent a Quadro K1000M instead of a K2000M. Is there a way I can convince Ebay of givin me the cash back while keeping it? According to the form the seller doesn't take products back.
partial refund incorrect listing if you wanna send it back, paypal claim if he won't return. specs don't match listing so he can fuck off since it's not as listed. if that wasn't listed good luck and you're retarded for not checking/asking
Grayson Gomez
Is a T430 worth buying or is it too old?
Parker Russell
if cheap, why not?
Grayson Morales
It is listed so I should be ok. Gonna see if I can be the sliest fox and end up with the money and the gear.
>Do anything CPU or GPU intensive >Fans kick in and thing starts thermal throttling It's probably my fault for sticking a quad-core in it but the TDP wasn't any different from the original i5 that was in there so I don't know why. There was that one guy that added thermal pads between his keyboard and his heatsink that posted an interesting thread a week or two ago, but I really don't want to buy another keyboard if I fuck this one up. Also the screen is cancer but I've unironically seen worse.
Blake Rogers
How do I disable dedicated graphics and enable Intel's integrated graphics?
But it came with Windows 10 and my 4200m is enabled by default :(
Blake Bell
Is that under a stress test? if not then yeah replace it.
Nolan Richardson
optimus automatically turns on when there's a need for it and turns off when anything graphically intensive closes, I'm not sure what else you'd need
Jaxon Evans
Well, I'm running some games right now. Didn't check while on idle, probably about 30-40 degrees.
Ethan Scott
I'm getting really poor battery life so I thought that might be it. Then again it has an original Lenovo battery so it might just be natural decay overtime. What kind of battery life should I be getting on a T520 with a quad core i7 and a 4200m?
Blake Wood
If I don't want to to any bigger than my x230i is there any reason not to upgrade to x240?
James Gray
during games x220 will get hot no matter what
Nicholas Kelly
Is the headphone/mic jack on the think pads generic? I mean I know it's 3.5 mm jack, but I mean regarding the TRRS standards.
Only problem with i3 x250 is you cannot upgrade the RAM past 8gb. Every other model, you can. I currently have 16gb in my i5 x250.
Daniel Lewis
Any one of them will do mate there aren't any major differences compared to, say keyboards.
Justin Anderson
x40 was smaller than x60 240x was smaller than x40
Joshua James
I've found a good deal on a t440p but it has a BIOS password set, does it stop me from powering on or modifying BIOS? Can I just remoeve the battery and wait for it to forget the password?
Elijah Kelly
x240-x260 is smaller than x200-x230
They are half an inch wider, but a full inch+ slimmer. They got wider because the screens got half an inch bigger. The difference in width and height is negligible, but the slimness/weight is really drastic.
Aiden Martinez
>from powering on no >or modifying BIOS yes >Can I just remoeve the battery and wait for it to forget the password no
Hunter Flores
Not the user you responded to but is there a way to remove a bios password from a t440p? Or is it too new for that?
Ayden Murphy
I fell for your memes guys. Bought my first laptop ever. A brand new Thinkpad.
Andrew Gutierrez
Is there a freebsd based distro or flavor of freebsd that comes with gnome? I'm tired of fucking w/ xorg on new installs.
Kayden Brooks
No idea, maybe by flashing a BIOS from a similar t440p with similar specs via an SPI programmer. I modded my T440p BIOS that way to remove the wlan whitelist so i could install a dell wlan card for macOS.
Adam Butler
>T420 >Lubuntu 18.04 >2.5h of battery life >Windows 7 >4h
Is there anything I have to manually set up or is this normal?
Jordan Gray
There's this t540p whose left click button doesn't work. Should I stick with a external mouse or replace the button/touchpad?
Wyatt Harris
yes, half that would be more reasonable
Hudson Lee
disable it in the BIOS
Levi Taylor
I've got nail polish, isopropyl alcohol and my Conductonaut. Aight, ready to liquid metal my Precision M6600 (bought thanks to /tpg/); has anyone here done the same with their own laptop? Last time I stressed the CPU with Prime 95, I was hitting 95°C at 3.40GHz all cores and threads, and surprisingly it wasn't clocking down... but the GPU wasn't doing anything. I'll try using 3DMark's stress test to see what happens first before attempting to liquid metal it.
I'm looking for a Thinkpad with a decent GPU, anything that isn't integrated Intel and a 1080p screen. Portability is a plus. What would you guys recommend? I'm having trouble finding a t440s with nVidia GPU
decent and portable would mean you'd have to buy basically a new t480/t480s, otherwise P50 or something close may have pretty good dgpu but those are not really that portable
Sebastian Allen
t440p masterrace
Nathaniel Price
Would a T420 be fine for light gaming? Terraria, WoW on medium settings, etc?
i think you need to physically remove the old bios and install a new one. can you solder soic-8?
Zachary Lewis
>brand new
James Roberts
>gnu >bsd pick one
Josiah Ramirez
Yeah, I solder modchips for a living, thanks for the heads up, I'll search ebay for a BIOS chip
Jordan Peterson
I know I was supposed to buy a used one but I'm not poor
Cameron Gray
Anyone any experience with the X1 Tablet gen3. Currently debating to get that or a surface pro 6 unironicly.
Kevin Bailey
hello fellas, quick question I have x280 with i5-8350 720p. If i buy an IPS screen, is it enough just to install it to change the visual output to FHD? I mean no other hardware or software system adjustments?
I wanted the X1 but it cost like 3k so I ended up buying the x380 yoga for half the price. I think it's pretty amazing but then again I am totally clueless. Never owned a laptop before But everything is working perfectly out of the box on arch (pen, screen rotation etc.)
