If you need a laptop that'll keep you on the top lap, get a ThinkPad! You might think certain other brands appear appealing on the outside, but like a worm-ridden fruit that's been left on the ground to spoil, their performance speaks for themselves!
>But Lenovo makes cheap-quality computers that break too easy! The ThinkPad, conceived by IBM in the early 90s as the go-to business laptop for the business man on the go, has always taken unit durability as a top-tier priority. With a magnesium roll-cage and sturdy, high-grade plastic paneling, this computer is ready for all that life has to throw it at*!
>But it's made in China! ThinkPad production was moved to Japan no later than 2012. Current units are manufactured to top-standard in Yonezawa, Yamagata.
In fact, it is encouraged that you buy your ThinkPad's used, not only for reduced costs, but to get the higher-quality IBM models, which can be upgraded to be competitive to even the most modern of competing laptops currently on the market. What are you waiting for, traveler? Think! Think ThinkPad®.
*In the off-chance you are considering bying a ThinkPad new, please read the warranty of your respective system. Don't dip your system in salt water.
T440s seems to be the go-to all-rounder if you can't think of any better systems, but be advised that the trackpad is only average quality. I personally use my laptops with mice anyway.
Jaxson Rodriguez
Minecraft works on an ancient Win 98 ThinkPad if you know what you're doing. Yes.
Oliver Ward
I'm actually interest, but new to them. I know I could ask in Jow Forums, but the Cirno cult is here.
What would be more preferable to find as OS, one with a pre-installed Windows 10 version or one with a Linux distro and using a program like Wine if needed. How good are they even as ""gaming"" laptop and working with 3D heavy programs like Blender and Unity? Is a model with 8 GB RAM installed a good choice or should one buy one with less RAM and throw two 8 GB sticks in I could get from somewhere else. Also are ThinkPads really so easily to upgrade and to optimize that they do run almost like standard desktop computer with similar parts besides having to replace all other broken things if it was somewhat used before as you say that even the decade old ones are capable to run Minecraft?
As always, it depends on what your goals are. Gaming laptops are beefy and double as dependable portable workstations: any high-end laptop with over 8 gigs should be enough to run Blender and Unity at least as well as whatever your average videogame studio uses (you can thank consoles for that), but disappointingly not nearly so as the latest gaming desktops: if you're serious about muh games, go with a desktop unless you have to move around constantly as part of a job or other obligation.
Check to see if a particular model of laptop you're eying has easily accessible insides. My laptop was a lower-end version that didn't, so upgrading the RAM was a warranty-voiding pain in the rear: but else upgrading RAM is not too different from upgrading the RAM of a conventional desktop. 8G is decent, more is better, especially for anything running large amounts of sub-processes.
I've heard reports of IBM thinkpads being upgraded to work on-par with what is currently offered on the market, but have not eyed them too closely. Jow Forums would know more about the ratio of oldness to hardware comparability.
Windows 10 is garbage on laptops and will eat RAM just with its ambient subprocesses, if you want the Windows experience (games), use patched 7 or 8.1: most laptops aren't to keen when it comes to VB. I heard that Microsoft recently started working on its own Unix distro: with luck, it'll eventually mean something Windows-compatible and modern that doesn't run like crap.
Otherwise, Wine, Gentoo, Unbuntu and the like are a great fit for laptops, using few resources with little impared functionality. Ideal for workstations, less so for gaming due to Windows compatibility issues.
A tip for Windows usage if you go that route: explorer.exe can be stopped at will and restarted from the control panel, freeing up memory. Just remember how to navigate via hotkeys (Hint: alt+tab.)
Leo Rivera
i try to recommend the HP streams netbooks to people. only about 200 dollars and comes installed with windows. cheap cheap.
Benjamin Murphy
Control panel? I mean task manager. Anyway, happy laptop hunting. Shame that all the big innovators have moved on to catering to phones, but it also means that laptops are good for the long-haul and less often made to be a piece of junk that's meant to be discarded in a year!
Unless it is, like the lower-end Acers and Lenovos who just seem to die after a certain date.
