Just bought an x220. Did I make a good choice?

Yes

I use it with an external monitor most of the time. VGA, of course.

X220 is from 2011

>not putting up with inferior low-end resolutions that were superseded 30 years ago makes you a zoomer
Someone's projecting.
Yep, and 1366x768 was an inexcusably poor resolution even then.

have x220, i use it for class notes / coding. its light but screen is its only weekpoint to me. some ides are very cluttered / dont scale nicely so i end up using vim or gedit a lot.
have some time off this summer so im probably going to try to put a 1920x1080 panel in there.

leave it running for a few hours and make sure it's not spontaneously shutting off before you put too much time into it. signed, someone with a dead x220.

don't put up with it then, replace with fhd or get NeoPad with 4k display that destroys your battery. By the way, how did that Monday eye doctor appointment go ?

ThinkPad E530 I7 3620QM for 300$. A good price?

Would you say that it's enough as an anime machine or should I be looking at something with 1080p like a t450s?