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
I'm looking for a thinkpad for my parents as a media player for their TV so they can watch 1080p movies. Would the X201 be fast enough? I have the T420s and that one would definitely work but it's maybe a bit too expensive for just a media player. Any other models that would do the job?
Jaxon Gonzalez
help
Bentley Roberts
why does my w520s gpu keep on going up and down in clock speed? It happens in the max performance mode, and in the balanced normal mode
Owen White
xinput list
then disable it with xinput set-prop 12 "Device Enabled" 0
replace 12 with the number of your device obviously
Josiah Long
Doesn't this completely disable it?
Kayden Garcia
yes it does.
What you are looking for is something like this I guess if trackpoint active then delay 1s disable touchpad else if trackpoint inactive then delay 1s enable touchpad
(sloppy pseudo code)
Jeremiah Harris
So my workplace has this in the storage, and plans on throwing it. Says it's a T400 and got like cetrino CPU. Should I let them get rid of it or ask to keep? Not sure I want this old laptop, its power brick is huuuge too.
Kayden Gomez
>Get it for free >Sell on ebay >$$$ >PROFIT
Aiden Bennett
ask to keep and stick libreboot on it
Justin Morales
I'd try to get it and sell it for $100 or so depending on features.
James Morales
>tfw typing on my new x220 This is without doubt the best keyboard I have used so far. Incredible. Working on my desktop now feels wrong, thanks Sup Forums
Xavier Hill
You can libreboot it.
Zachary Bennett
Which Thinkpads reject Third party batteries? And is there a way to circumvent this?
Connor Rodriguez
Why don't you just buy a Raspberry Pi, install Kodi on it and use any shit you have around as a remote terminal? Would cost far less, be less of a mess and you can save the money on both hardware and electricity bill to buy a Thinkpad for comfy activities.
Ryan Torres
I think beginning with the **20 series. And no, just buy genuine parts, third party parts for the recent models won't likely last a year, so it's not worth the investment.
I just gave my Mum my X201t because her old laptop is practically dead My brother now uses it more than she does so I'll probably help him buy a X201
Luis Barnes
>dankest
Evan Harris
second time I see that laptop on this board , I gotta tell you that I love those stickers.
Levi Turner
fucking shit taste
Thomas Baker
>got an used T430 some time ago for under $200 >came with a hard drive that's pretty much broken above the 60gb mark >it had two shitty 2gb RAM modules inside, one of which caused errors in memtest occasionally >it had a supervisor password
I recently got around to removing the password using some trick and I'm ready to invest some money in it. An SSD and some RAM are due. I'm thinking about getting a T420 keyboard for it, is it really worth it? Also, how difficult is it to connect an external GPU to it?
Aaron Scott
Get an 850 evo and 8 gigs of ram should be sufficient.
T420 keyboard is nice if you can get all the buttons working, but my understanding is this requires flashing a custom BIOS, and the t430 keyboard's only real shortcoming is the lack of 7 row layout
Egpu setup is possible but you will have to connect to an external monitor.
Joshua Moore
Thanks for the suggestions user, I don't think I'll mess with the keyboard as it doesn't seem to offer much benefits. Also, what is the downside of using a cheaper SSD? I'm a poorfag and I'd rather choose the least expensive option.
Caleb Martinez
kingdian S820 series is good for cheap chinkshit i have heard.
Jaxon Hall
No downside really. Just make sure you're backing up your data elsewhere.
Michael Murphy
Another T601F user reporting. AMA
Dylan James
What's that?
Samuel Wright
**30 series rejects both third party batteries AND GENUINE LENOVO BATTERIES FROM THE PREVIOUS **20 GENERATION.
You can bypass this with the battery auth embedded controller fix.
Though this patch is primarily concerned with the **30 to **20 keyboard swap, you can use the same methodology to only fix the battery auth if you want (in fact, the battery patch came first and allowed for the keyboard fixes).
After you clone the github repo, before patching between steps 6 and 7, rename >006_battery_validate.patch.OFF to >006_battery_validate.patch >and rename the other 5 preceding patches to .patch.OFF as they are concerned with the keyboard swap. That leaves the only valid .patch file to be the one concerning battery validation.
15" T60/T60p 4:3 shell with AFFS screen (UXGA or SXGA+) and 14.1" 4:3 T61/T61p) mobo in it. Basically the last machine you can cobble together with a nice 4:3 screen.
Using it for school. Lots of statistical / data processing work in SAS and some other stats programs. The program days I should have 16GB ram and 1 tb hdd lel. I think I'll be okay.
Thoughts on this cop Sup Forumsents?
Isaac Sanders
Rough price, but the T510 is a nice machine.
Matthew Bell
Yeah thought so too. I lurked my local Craigslist for weeks and this one was the best by a good amount. My city is overran by Chinese but they couldn't manage to bring in their machines I guess
Adrian Harris
Why not simply use a T61 then?
Henry Murphy
T61 was only offered in 16:10 widescreen or a max SXGA+ 14.1" screen and only in middling-quality TN panels.
Adam Collins
>Raspberry Pi Why didn't I think of that before. Thanks user
William Myers
Is an ultrabay battery even worth it? They seem to be quite expensive and only add about an hour or so. Whats you guys opinion?
Daniel Roberts
Looks like a lot of work to go from 4:2.5 to 4:3
Ian Kelly
I'm assuming you're managing the library.
Get a Roku3 and Plex. It's as easy as it gets.
Landon Gonzalez
You misspelled "samefag". I have to say though, the Chinese kitten is cool but putting stickers on your laptop isn't.
Nicholas Jones
It isn't really. And if you've never used a AFFS/IPS panel you don't know what you're missing.
Eli Gomez
X201 will be fine.
Matthew Richardson
Bullshit, I own a x201 but for me it struggles with 720p already
John Price
You're doing something very wrong, my fucking X61 can play 1080p vids.
Christopher Garcia
Is it worth getting the 4k screen on the p50? I've read there were some issues with screen tears and scaling.
Also, is the m100m sufficient to play 4k vid or should I upgrade to the m2000m?
Ayden Bell
I'm waiting for my T420s to arrive from the UK over europe, it was shipped 3 days ago and now eBay tells me that my purchase is under review for potential prohibited items, wtf? Which prohibited items can be on a thinkpad?
Easton Moore
Just finished installing Arch on my X61 touchscreen tablet, what are some essential packages to install?
Elijah Moore
That's because of the Global Shipping Program, don't worry, the same thing happened to me a week ago. I received an email stating that it was dispatched a day after that one. It's still pretty stressful and stupid, though.
Evan Bell
That's comforting to read man, thanks.
Lucas Brown
who's also using the only master race thinkpad ever?
Matthew Sanders
+classic keyboard
Andrew Walker
>winshit on a ThinkPad How did you even find Sup Forums?
Owen Ramirez
I'm feeling a little sad that I will need to spend loads of cash on my T530, to get an ssd, thermal paste and a new battery. But I think it'll be worth it, it feels so damn robust and it's nearly silent even though it idles at 56 degrees celcius.
That looks really comfy. I wonder if you'd be able to fit an eGpu behind the screen.
Luke Bennett
Not a thinkpad or even a business laptop, but I feel like you guys would Appreciate the design of the CR-48
Also included bottom to top is >G40 >R30 >R52 >T42 >x40
Camden Howard
>you guys would Appreciate the design of the No fuck off we don't
Oliver Price
I like my Thinkpad
Nolan Carter
Looks very stealthy. I'd like it if not for the buttonless trackpad, I need physical trackpad buttons, but it looks neat at least.
Hudson Harris
kek Posts like these always crack me up. I'm glad dude, me too
Levi Hill
Me too. Which one do you have?
Austin Diaz
What's up /tpg/ Just got my new t420 about a week ago, i5 with 4gbs ram, HDD and shitty battery Got the machine for 175 USD, how much am I looking at spending if I want to upgrade all of these things? RAM probably to 8 gbs, HDD to SSD? Battery and RAM aren't essential, but lurked long enough to get the feeling an SSD is. What do you guys think?
Michael Baker
This is now a Thinkpad battlestation thread
Isaac Russell
>you share a thread with people like this
Jeremiah Cook
...
Jace Ward
I can't play GTA V on linooox, so you can take your winshit meme and stick it up your ass, faggot. Nope. But to be honest internal GPU is good enough for all gaymes I play
Jack Kelly
I'd go msata ssd + 2 HDDs, 8gb ram and quad core i7.
Juan Torres
>inb4 fag
Michael Miller
>I can't play GTA V Enjoy your NSA OS so you can play your kiddie games.
Daniel Taylor
>he bought a thinkpad for gayming >he then proudly posts in /tpg/ What a time to be alive
Ayden Butler
S-sorry user, no EqualizerAPO alternative.
Gavin Jackson
>kiddie games You sound insecure. I like having fun with my friends. How about you? Do you even leave your parent's basement? >NSA OS Prove it, because AFAIK my dd-wrt based router has never detected any kind of unwanted traffic coming from my thinkie. Of course my w10 is properly debloated.
Alexander Bailey
Faggot confirmed.
Noah Sanders
>he bought a thinkpad for gayming No, I didn't. Why are you implying things I haven't said? Are you buttmad because my T430 handles GTA V at steady 60FPS?
idiot undergade b& spotted You can take your le funny may may meme responses and return to reddit
Christopher Gomez
>playing anything besides emulators
Clearly underage - I stopped online gaming because it began to take too much of my time. It pulls you in due to the highly interactive and fast paced elements of it. Offline gaming? Pause at any time.
Now, since online gaming didn't bode well for me, I need to project my personal and singular experiences onto others:
You can't be productive and well-balanced if you play video games online. Only playing games offline is acceptable - particularly older ones that are emulated.
Hunter Bell
Posts hidden.
Daniel Price
Faggot confirmed.
Isaac Jones
But this is for creating music with DAWs right?
If that can be used as a system-wide parametric EQ i'm installing Linux right now.
Justin Young
I did very little research, honestly.
Colton Walker
>because it began to take too much of my time And what does it have to do with me? I spend 30 minutes every day MAX on gaming. To your information I use linux on all my machines in my company, including servers and embedded devices. >You can't be productive and well-balanced if you play video games online. Wow, because everybody must be as retarded as you are, you insecure little shit. I got my own family, house, car, friends and a lot more activities to take care of. I only play gaymes when I have enough time.
Thomas Torres
>Do you even leave your parent's basement? >plays online games to interact with "friends" What point are you trying to make? Are you sure you're on the right board?
Robert Flores
That's the issue, there's also eq10q which would be perfect but they're meant as plugins for DAWs, not for general usage like watching movies/youtube/etc.
If i find one i'm migrating to Ganoo/Linux asap.
Angel Gray
Should I get a T400 or a T420? are they that different? I can get a T400 in great condition for £70 and don't really wanna pay more
Gavin Adams
I fucked up. Only T420 seller in the area and I blew it. >Go to the sellers shop >He tells me to come back at 7:30pm >Don't have a car, have to bus >Agree to because nobody else sells it for less than $350 >Come back, their store doesn't have a working debit machine >Says theres an ATM 5 mins away. Say's he'll wait for me >Walk 20 mins to nearest ATM because he thought I had a car >Won't accept my card >Next ATM is another 20 mins away >Give up and go home
Should I go in and give him a BS reason or just buy one with a dock for $400
Nolan Foster
keep asking him you aspie fuck, shit happens normies know that.
Isaiah Smith
It's in a shop? Go in with the cash and he will sell it to you. Stop being a pussy
"Hey everyone! Look at me and how succesful my life is! Btw, my username is Anonymous! So next time you see me, bow down in respect! Also, since we're on Sup Forums I'll just pretend I'll have multiple PC's and servers running (all Linux OF COURSE). And my gaming rig? A ThinkPad on steroids becaus I could easily afford a proper gaming PC but I chose the T430 instead because it's surperior in every way. Just look how convenient that dockstation is."
Brayden Green
>I only play gaymes when I have enough time.
exactly, that is the same issue I had. So why continue gaming at all? I barely even touch the emulators, or pick up the controller.
Have you ever realized how ridiculous it is to have to force yourself to find time, only to waste it on a childish hobby you've just refused to let go of? Also, >everybody must be as retarded as you are, you insecure little shit
reported for rudeposting, expect the van in 15 minutes
Dominic Phillips
>I only play gaymes when I have enough time >plays 30 min a day max kek must suck to work 18 hours a day to survive
Grayson Mitchell
>thread about thinkpads >somebody posts his thinkpad
>HAHAHAHA WHAT A LITTLE GAYMUR SHIT, FUCK YOU AND YOUR THINKPAD >oh, why is he responding to my shitty posts? why is he trying to tell me I'm wrong? haha literally kill yourself. You're seriously toxic. Why read books? Why watch movies? Why play games? Just kill yourself already. Why should we have fun at all? You do realize games are not only cs:go, LoL or some other stupid shit for kids? Good games have the same value as a movie. >waste >talking about wasting time >while shitposting on Sup Forums Yes, you clearly know what you're talking about. Just leave.
Jackson Mitchell
>/tpg/ - ThinkPad General
Levi Collins
>doesn't even have a car Why are you wasting money on a computer?
Gabriel Russell
Sup Forums is that way ->
Connor Cox
I'm sure the thought must have crossed your mind at some point, but people probably wouldn't shit on you so much if you didn't default to shitting on everyone else whenever you post. It makes you sound like you have serious buyer's remorse and are calling everyone else's Thinkpads shit so that you feel better about your own purchase. Especially when you get all autistic about defending it like you're doing now.
Liam Watson
Your low intelligence is just wrong. I hope Trump will decide to forcefully abort such abominations as you.
Jose Fisher
not him, but honestly when I stop to think on it, I would rather have a thinkpad than a car
at least you could manage your life with the computer, in regards to college, bank, email, keeping in touch with people
Kevin Long
I didn't call other thinkpads shit, I just said T430 is master race, which is true. Are you new here, newfriend? Better go on and watch some memes instead.
Cameron Gonzalez
*damage fix'd for you
Liam Walker
If he literally doesn't have any kind of computer or smartphone at all, sure.
If he's just buying a meme machine instead of saving that money to get some kind of personal transportation that opens up a plethora of opportunities for him as a human being, his priorities are all wrong.