Other business laptops are also welcome in /tpg/ (e.g. Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook). ---- If you're looking for purchase advice, READ THE BUYERS GUIDE FIRST. Then post, stating budget and requirements (e.g. size and performance). Don't buy anything OTHER THAN T, X AND W/P SERIES if you want the Real ThinkPad Experience™
Recommended models: T420 - 14", normal size X220 - 12.5", ultraportable ---- Why ThinkPad? (also applies to other business laptops) >Used machines are plentiful and cheap. >Excellent keyboards - tactile feel and quiet. >Great durability: chassis uses a magnesium rollcage for structural integrity, with high quality plastic body panels. >Utilitarian design: e.g. indicator LEDs, 7 row keyboard layout on older models. >Docking stations that easily turns your laptop into a desktop. >Easy to repair, upgrade and maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for every model. Spare parts are easy and cheap to obtain. >The best trackpoint (that red thing in the middle of the keyboard). Great for those who type a lot or hate swiping their fingers all over a touchpad. >Excellent GNU/Linux & *BSD support. ---- Used ThinkPad buyers guide: ktgee.net/tpg
take off the letter and add e6 to the beginning. that's the latitude equivalent.
Sebastian Martin
Just ordered an X201, what am I in for?
Austin Rodriguez
Memes
Anthony Green
Is the t430s worth an extra $50 over the t430?
Leo Brooks
whoa.jpg
Brandon James
Funny, I had the same issue July last year on my X220t too. Probably related to the insane stresses the hinge places on the chassis. If you play with it while disassembled, you'll see things flex. There may be a few loose screws inside I took it apart and put it back together and the issue went away for a year. Same issue popped up but in all my incompetence, the spring loaded mPCIe slot meant that I bent the pins while reinserting the WLAN card so now I have to get an expresscard or USB one. Or try to pull them back into position. On the upside, the issue was once again resolved
An ok machine unless it comes pre smashed up to shit. Hopefully you got it for cheap though because X220s are pretty cheap these days
Depends on what you want. It's slimmer and has a guaranteed 1600*900 panel. But the battery life is shitter. The 6 cell is smaller than the normal 6 cell (48 Wh vs 60 Wh) and the only you can add more internal batteries is to get an Ultrabay battery which adds another 30 Wh)
Christopher Allen
first for t420
Ayden Gutierrez
Didn't get an answer yesterday, why is the X130e shit?
Gavin Adams
It's a glorified netbook Otherwise >chiclet keyboard >drop hinges >lacking ThinkPad things like Thinklight Of course, in practice it was intended to be idiot proof though since the target market was schoolkids
Jacob Campbell
OK, thanks for the info.
At least I didn't pay for it.
Josiah Rodriguez
Hey /tpg/, I have a problem with my installation of windows on my x230's msata. I want to make it my boot drive i can't set it as active in PE but i'm getting "the selected disk is not a fixed MBR disk". So i'm stuck with booting from my old SSD that's dying.
open cmd type the following disk part list disk select disk (disk number) clean
after that shut down, take out any secondary drives, install windows. then put back in any secondary drives. Windows will install to any secondary drive 99/100 times.
Elijah King
No, i think i just bricked the thing. The screen is dead but my usb and power button light up
Christian Stewart
Ah, shit. > “Okay, this is going to sound totally bizarre, but I want you to give this a try…” He then had me unplug the AC adapter and take out the battery. Then, you push the power button 10 times in a row at one second intervals. Next, you push and hold the power button for 30 seconds. Then you put the battery back in and push the power button… and she lives.
Jeremiah Thomas
No luck. Should i just take this to a tech? Holy fuck though. I bought it for $160 spent $100 on an msata and now i gotta prepare my anus for a repair bill that'd be more than both combined.
I can see the other side of the coin now. The ones who loathe the thinkpad. Guys who've had a similar experience to mine
Colton Martinez
>Thinkpad is my first computer that supports UEFI >decide to do the whole Windows install with UEFI instead of traditional BIOS >Motherboard is now essentially bricked because I can no longer access the BIOS settings, and the Windows UEFI menu is useless I think this is my issue too
Tyler Thomas
your computer never had a bios it had legacy boot compatibility in a uefi system. also boot into windows, open command prompt as admin, type "powercfg -h off" this turns off hibernation, therefore quickboot, which can prevent you from getting into the bios or just hit restart which actually shuts down instead of hibernating it.
Julian Nelson
Has anyone here successfully removed a supervisor/BIOS password before?
Hudson Fisher
Yeah, nevermind. My issue is a lot more simpler than that. It's most likely hardware related since though my led's light up, the screen is dead and no keyboard inputs are going through so nothing is going on behind the dead screen.
Fuck
Juan Brooks
Funny you mention that since its likely my poking around when i installed the msata that fucked the whole thing up. Though i've been busting open my acer countless times and haven't had any issues despite being more "poorly designed" than a thinkpad
Jaxson Price
Does the whole moving the blue block thing you can do with desktops work in laptops?
Lucas Wilson
You have no backlight, no input? I had that, it was the connection to the hall sensor.
Wyatt Thomas
Is there any reason why I should get a T430 instead of a T430s?
Henry Hughes
So I let me friend borrow my w520 for literally one day, and now it has a bunch if small but noticible surface scratches on the top cover. Any good way to buff these out? I don't know how normies do it.
Justin Gonzalez
T430 is cheaper than the T430s, and had longer battery life. Just because it might matter to you, the 1080p display swap works better on the T430s.
Hunter Cook
>using a partition manager will brick the machine
how in the holy mother of fuck.
Just backup, reformat and reinstall.
Matthew Wright
It depends on the system. I know on some you can short two pins but it's a PITA of a job
Brayden Carter
Thanks. Hadn't even thought about a display swap, but I'm going to look into it now.
Isaiah Watson
I know that feeling so much man, I'm okay now because I bought a thinkpad and only I use it but before that
>be on vacation with family >I am only one who brought a laptop >its a shitty lenovo g series laptop >let dad use it for 3 days straight >trackpad left click now makes audible noise >is misaligned and doesn't click right
ahhhhhhh
Isaac Harris
Nothink works right on those laptops anyways. Mine wont connect to wireless N networks now for some reason.
Jack Campbell
t420 here. just literally got this bitch with a clean install of windows 7. switched harddrives with my old toshiba. Went down hill and now i can't even get it to format the harddrive to start over again what do
Jaxson White
its just been sitting at the start up repair screen for a hour...
Come on man, your screen displays things. Even if it is bricked it is far better then mine.
Mine just exploded in a fountain of sparks, sharp glass shrapnel and a lethal dosage ionizing radiation.
Julian Cooper
turn off network booting retard
Zachary Moore
Currently using a shitty T61, here.
Dumb question: Will an X220 be able to run regular Ubuntu? I've only had my T61 and another shitty HP laptop as portable computers, and they didn't work well with Ubuntu (not the fault of the OS, obviously). Used only desktop PCs before that.
Samuel Allen
kek you fucking retard that's not bricked.
You essentially don't have a boot record, so it's not seeing the HD as a boot device.
reformat, reinstall and shut the fuck up.
Ayden Foster
I've recently used X201 and X230 with Ubuntu 16.04 and they worked with no problems.
Lincoln Mitchell
Hi /tpg/. I have a few questions.
So I currently use a T400 with the advanced dock and a R7 240. As a portable laptop it's pretty good but as a desktop replacement it can be a little underwhelming. I run a P9500 in my laptop but it still bottlenecks some things.
So my question is: would upgrading the CPU to a T9900 make a significant difference in terms of performance in games and such?
My other question is is there any way to stuff a quadcore in the T400 or W500? Cooling shouldn't be much of a problem because when my laptop is docked the CPU runs at 48C stable under full load currently.
I noticed the W500 can be used with the dock as well so if I can get a quad core in it I could use it docked and as a desktop replacement when I need to and get a X200s for portability. I do actually own a full desktop for when I'm at home.
Christopher Fisher
I use the x201 (on it right now)
Ubuntu runs fine beyond a bluetooth feature not working.
the X220 is the X201 souped up, so yes is the answer. Runs bloody good on my x201
Jack Ortiz
I'm currently using Debian testing with KDE 5 on my X220 and it runs like a charm. Very responsive and snappy, don't even notice any difference between my Desktop (i7-3770k) and the X220 (i7-2620M) in normal tasks.
Jordan Martin
THE GOOKS HAVE DONE IT AGAIN
Luis Wilson
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Camden Moore
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Lucas Hernandez
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Isaac Butler
>Windows 10
Hunter Lewis
What am I looking at user? Bigger screen, smaller bezel?
Noah Walker
How can i reformat and reinstall when the screen is dead, like no backlight and no input is going through? It heats up, the various LEDs and my usb lights up but its essentially bricked
David Evans
Holy shit. Holy shit. Answered my own question. NEW screen mod. xps 13 1080 screen on a moded top case. International availability. TAKE MY MONEY
Are Lenovos extended warranties worth it? It's like $290 for 4year onsite/accidental(same price as 3 year). Was going to get an oled x1 yoga.
Grayson Williams
Just got an almost new T440 for 325€/$360 but it has a broken USB port, did I fuck up? I guess I won't be needing it anyway.
Samuel Rivera
How have you killed the screen using a partition manager?
Darwin award for this guy
Josiah Reyes
It blows my mind that there are retards on Ebay trying to sell thinkpads with no RAM, hard drives or batteries for 100 bucks, or shit without charging cords, chunks missing from the bottom, etc.
Are there people really stupid enough to buy into it?
Jackson Edwards
Essentially. I made the new drive my partition, went to bios, saw that my boot drives were looping but selected the drive i wanted anyway. It went dark but the backlight was still there. It was like that for several minutes so i powered it off through the button. That's how i got to the current situation
I'm getting a version with i7 3.5 GHz and I'm also going to put a Samsung ssd inside.
What do you guys think?
Carter Howard
Well I've bought a few units like that.
As it stands I've got a unit on its way missing hard drive, caddy, battery and charger.
The upside is:
A. It was really cheap B. I have all the stuff for it.
I have a spare caddy, SSD, and charger. I won't be investing much money into it, and I'm getting a damn good machine for it. I'd never pay $100 for them though.
Oliver Walker
where can I buy?
Nicholas Campbell
Is the x220 too small to program comfortably? My last laptop was a fuckhuge toshiba
Hunter Fisher
see
Christopher Russell
Now here's a mod I'd like to buy. Too bad it's going to be either too hard to order, too hard to install or too expensive for me.
Jeremiah Ortiz
Is it worth it to buy an x300 if given the opportunity? Friend of mine selling one for £110 with the following specs: Intel Core 2 Duo L7100 2GB RAM 64GB SSD 13.3" TFT 1440x900 display
Elijah Foster
Finally started using my T400 again. I'm loving i3. First time I've really used it and I'm working so much faster now.
Jaxon Morgan
I just bought a new Thinkpad T420 after a much needed upgrade from the T60. It has one 4GB stick of RAM. If I'm on a budget, is it a wise idea to add one more stick of 8GB and deal with single channel, or should I just add one stick of 4GB and take advantage of dual channel RAM?
Isaac Davis
no
Jordan Clark
I bought mine with 4 and upgraded to 8. 4 was plenty for me before though, but I'm running Mint.
Isaiah Foster
Broken X220T fag again. So since the i7 is a huge battery drain/heat lamp, if I replace the mobo should I go with the i5? Also should I go for it or let the thing rip in pepperoni?
Alexander Bailey
I feel like a better use of your money might be putting an SSD in
Josiah Stewart
just got a x220, i7 2.8 ghz 8 gb ram 240 gb ssd for £217 is it a decent buy?
Daniel Butler
i've got a 128gb ssd in it
Liam Clark
So uh, what do i do now guys? Take it to a tech? Buy another used one and try my luck with another ticking timebomb mobo? Is this just how buying used goes? You have it working for 2 weeks and then it goes lemon?
This is the first time i've had a laptop die on me like this and i'm staring into the abyss of the black screen of death.
Justin Ross
it may sound stupid, but have you tried an external screen? mu t420 had no backlight and no input overnight and as I said earlier, it was the sensor detecting that the lid was closed.
Gabriel Cook
X61 tablet for £40, yea or nay?
Intel Core 2 Duo L7500 1024 x 768 display 120GB SSD
John Gonzalez
nice one lad, crank that ram up them
Christian Murphy
Tried it just now. Nothing. No signal.
Dominic Brooks
have you tried taking the battery out, unplugging the ac adapter and pressing the power button for ~30 secs?
Bentley Howard
Yeah and 2 minutes even
John Wright
I bought it.
Jordan Walker
I have a T420. Obviously, a T430/T530 would be more powerful, but does /tpg/ recommend it for daily use?
Kevin Perry
What is the consensus on using X-series Thinkpads for desktop replacements?
Brandon Garcia
A 420 has more than enough power for all tasks. The only real advantage of a T430 would be USB 3.0 in my opinion.
Robert Butler
Yes. T430 is much more powerful, and it can actually handle both overclocked nvidia GPU AND 45W quad core+HT CPU Don't hestitate, just upgrade to T430 Master Race.
Nathan Roberts
no input?
Carson Moore
>Shit tier keyboard No thanks
Evan Jones
does anyone have a link to the firewire drivers for the w520?
Levi Martinez
>uses T430 >claims it's awesome >keeps it closed and uses an external keyboard
Really makes me think.
Joseph Sanders
>all those specs >still need an external monitor because the internal panel is so shamefully terrible kek
