I've decided to drink the Kool-Aid and get a ThinkPad for university. What do you guys recommend? Any of them decent for gaming?
>B-but Mac is better
Yes, I know
I've decided to drink the Kool-Aid and get a ThinkPad for university. What do you guys recommend? Any of them decent for gaming?
>B-but Mac is better
Yes, I know
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grow up
Can't tell if bait or genuine retardation
Says the NEET
>B-but Mac is better
No, they're not.
t420 with nvidia dedicated gpu for gaming
you can find the ones with an i5 + 8gb of ram for about 200$, the i7 ones are harder to find but go for 250-300$
If you want gaming then go with a Mac, I'm sure mummy and daddy will buy you one if you cash in all your good boy points.
You do realize ThinkPads are literally a meme? Like, being completely serious, claiming to have a ThinkPad is legitimately an in-joke on Sup Forums.
Nobody actually has one. Anyone recommending one is baiting you into doing something stupid.
Holy shit, this overcompensation.
>ThinkPads can't play games
>w-well, g-games are for babies!
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Who are you quoting?
Every ThinkPad user on Sup Forums
Can't really recommend any for gaming unfortunately, they mostly don't have dedicated GPUs. Though if you just play old (
i play old games like planescape:torment, baldurs gate, fallout 1+2, diablo etc on my thinkpad all the time
Get a used t61 for class, and have a desktop for gaming you fucking idiot.
>projecting
Also 15" laptops for bringing to classes is fucking stupid. They'll barely even fit on the pathetic half-desk you'll be sitting at.
>bringing a t61 to class
fucking hell do you want to be a virgin forever
yeah. dumb bait. it's not a meme, there are lots of broke people here who need a cheap computer. thinkpads are likely the best value computers you can find
This. Hard keks every time I see some guy struggling to keep his fuckhueg 17' ayylmaoware from falling off the writing surface.
what size do you recommend? is 14" small enough or should i go 12.5"?
>not losing your virginity by college
You already fucking lost.
Find whichever thinkpad you like and ask in if you don't know how to read specs. Sup Forums tends to prefer older thinkpads I think, and they wouldn't play anything popular after 2008 so well. My T400 plays Minecraft okay on GNU+linux+xfce4 (important because I have less concurrent activity from OS, probably couldn't do it on Windows without lots of debloating) as long as I don't build a lot in one area, and I also play computer chess and OpenTTD just fine.
14" is good for me but then again I go to a british uni with proper lecture theaters and not shitty American desk things
I used an 11" acer c720 with Ubuntu on it and it was the perfect size.
I'd go 13" max.
i use an x200 tablet/laptop. good size for school, perfect for my needs
I use a 11" Clevo W110ER. Looks like a Chromebook on the outside but packs a quad core i7 and GT650M on the inside. Add an SSD and it runs blazingly fast for what it is.
Also, if you can find a 4:3 display laptop, you'll have a much better time using it at the desk. Good luck finding one though.
>watching that fucking idiot with the 15" Macbook Pro flip his computer off the table because he hit the tab key too hard
A fully loaded T420 will fulfill all of your needs.
>CT256MX100SSD1
mah nigga
You can. I tried minecraft in a t420 and got solid 40 -50 fps
Glad you agree Satan, it's the biggest upgrade one can make to a machine.
I play Saints Row 3 on my T420 quite a bit.
What kind of games do you intend to play?
mirin satan
I am about to order anumber X1 Tablet. The 2 in 1 form factor and nice keyboarday as well as the light weight make it seem like the perfect class/lab computer
you can play older games or LoL on a mac
thinkpads are a meme
>Buying an overpriced computer that can only play old games.
Any of the 220 series and up will be decent for gaming.
>Any of them decent for gaming?
no
grow up
Assuming that you're not a poorfag:
Thinkpad P50 or P70 with NVIDIA® Quadro® M2000M
Best Thinkpads you can get for gaming.
Also, grow up.
Why the fuck did you make a thread about this you piece of shit.
There's a general up 24/7 for Lenovo Thinkpads.
You think you're special or something, bogging down this board with your autistic bullshit?
>Are they decent for gaming
>Laptop for university
Your addiction to video games is extremely pathetic.
Saged. Kill yourself.
>quadro
>gaming
>gaming
Please lurk more and abstain from a videogame centered technology discussion
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T420
Welcome to 2016
>3dmark
>gaming
Those GPUs are not meant for gaming. Those are mobile workstation cards.
I found an i7 t420 on eBay for $100USD recently. Wasn't that hard.
Enjoy your eye cancer from those shitty screens.
>Those GPUs are not meant for gaming. Those are mobile workstation cards.
They're trash but not because they're workstation cards
3d rendering is 3d rendering
You buy Thinkpads of the used market.
Because of this there is no single Thinkpad to look for, but rather a range of them, and you pick the individual unit which looks like the best deal.
Present us with some ebay searches.
god damn there has to be a way to retrofit this son of a bitch with modern hardware, a better screen and keeping that keyboard
god damn the design is perfect
user please stop being autistic
this computer design is heavy and huge, it is only cool for historical purposes
nobody would actually use this
OP, I know you think it will be different for you, but don't get a uni laptop for gaming. I know that you think you know why people say that, but you don't. Please, just trust me.
Says the NEET
Theyy're optimized for CAD workload, but that doesn't mean you can't game on them. Also, they perform pretty well.
Stay in denial.
Comfy Lenovo Yoga 14 here. Played CS:GO today, max everything, about 65fps. Just buy it already. Pic releated.
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OP get a mac, you don't want a pussy-deflector at your university, it'll just be better, you can just put linux/windows onto it and be a snowflake if you really want to.
GAMES ARE FOR KIDS
>STEM
>Pussy
choose one
8.meme/10
*boipucci
Fixed.
Two issues here:
OP is probably in a STEM field. There is no pussy there to deflect or attract. All the girls are in gender studies. Want pussy? Switch to gender studies.
A MacBook says you're either a girl or gay. This usually doesn't help get the pussy anyway.
>GAMES ARE FOR KIDS
He says without a hint of irony while posting on a korean children's cartoon forum
Not for that but some chinks are doing that with the X60, it's a custom motherboard that allows 5th gen i5/i7 and shit, it's called the X62
>CS:GO
>65 fps
stay silver u fucking pleb
im using a 59hz panel and im pre vac global kid
>Stay away from models X240 or T440.
They don't have the 3 separate buttons for the track point.
This is Sup Forums good friend im sure he means CS 1.6 and Q3. Nothing like a good death-match between projects :)
Thinkpad W***
Don't fucking fall for the meme
You will hate yourself