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
Is ebay the only good place to buy a used chinkpad?
Camden Howard
It's not that bad. Some people just really don't like it. 1600x900 screen over here, bud. And I even on a full 1080p panel I still prefer small icons and only combine when full. Part of having grown up with Win95, 98, and XP >Cross posting in case you missed it over there
Jackson James
Yeah, i know, but it annoys me when i see people do it. I showed it to a friend how to make it smaller once and he thought i was god for knowing about it ffs.
>tfw i saw it but the thread archived as i hit post
Anthony Powell
How do I know if its legit? It's for my x220T
Dylan Taylor
People just stick with what they know. Normies don't explore alternatives. Hell, people flip out when I show them a VM for testing shit that is an obvious virus that they thought was a safe file off the internet.
I have a buddy whose boyfriend won't let him run a VM for program development on his more powerful computer because he's afraid filling up the hard drive will hurt his computer He bitched me out for installing a game onto the PS4 because he's afraid of filling hard drives. Like seriously, hard drives are for storage. If you're not using them for storage you're using them wrong.
Nicholas Campbell
A E S T H E T I C x201 master race!
Jason Bell
I wanna fuck that dog
Thomas Brown
What's wrong with that? Some of us don't like clutter.
Camden Roberts
>dissing w95 with that wallpaper
trash yourself
Benjamin Watson
i've had a t420 for a while now, and now i have a strong urge to purchase a t400,t410, and a t430 , what do lol
Brandon Turner
Same.
It's more of a dis on Windows as a whole, because of what it has become. Win 98 was the bees knees though, sorry I offended you!
Gabriel Jackson
>kansas city hey I live there tell him to give it to me :^)
Jason Richardson
>shitty trackpad >terrible battery life unless new battery ($100) >heavy and thick >shitty screen (not just resolution) >flimsy plastic that shows marks >ugly >subpar performance >indicator lights are useless >normies will think you're a poorfag weirdo (which you probably are)
Yet autists still defend this shit because they fell for a meme...
Also stop saying the x220 is ultraportable, it's a fucking tank.
Lucas Rogers
It's not about "clutter" He legit thinks putting things in the hard drive hurt his computer. He has a TB of storage but uses less than 100GB between school stuff and programs. He is AFRAID of storing things in his computer
Joseph Cox
Fuckin buy one bro. Thinkpads are addictive. I have a fantastic x220 right now but I am eyeballing an x60.
Jordan Baker
An x60 sounds pretty dank. Put libreboot on it and a hardened kernel. Have a machine you can use and feel 100% safe with lmao.
Basically, go full-out fucking autism on it!
Connor Morris
What DE and theme is that? It kinda looks like cinnamon to me, but I'm kinda retarded at identifying DEs. Oh, and what distro? I'm assuming Arch cause it appears everyone on this board has a hardon for Arch
Leo Martin
It's just OpenBox + lxpanel, not a DE you can just choose lol. It's also Debian, because I like how it just werks.
Caleb Brown
No, check Craigslist or other classified ad sites like gumtree. Or you could go outside to a flea market or second hand computer store
Is the icon dock at the bottom supposed to be like the desktop icons, and then the top bar is like the taskbar?
Blake White
Plasma is actually really nice. No complaints from here. If I had a desktop it would most likely be something like KDE Neon
Gavin Stewart
I can't into Plasma and it\s selection of icons. I just wish I could get numix and call it a day.
Juan Rogers
Anyone know why I can't seem to shrink a windows10 partition? The fucker is stuck at 100gb in size and neither gparted or the windows disk manager can shrink the bitch.
My x230 only needs 60gb for the windows, the rest should rightfully belong to linux.
PS: can't really live without win10, it's for work.
William Adams
There's been a fair few unkown chink made cars pop up everywhere, it's pretty weird and uncommon they're seen but they do exist. /csg/ would be proud.
Jaxson Thomas
Unmovable files error when defragging it?
boot up a livecd and delete them, it worked when i was dealing with win7.
Nathaniel Martin
It's an SSD, no defragging here.
Xavier Turner
just wipe and reinstall on a 60gb partition.
Ian Bailey
Yeah, that's the approach I'm going for. The best of the normie GUI designs together.
Andrew Howard
is tpfancontrol gonna wreck my CPU by running it at typically higher temperatures?
Michael Perez
no monitor your shit like you should be doing anyways.
James Cook
Because Windows 10 is a blood sucking leach that destroyed my OOObantoooo lunix partition of its own volition? The fucker refuses to die unless you wipe it.
Why can't you use Windows 7? It is the last Great Bastion of Windows. Next you'll say Chinese cars are driving on the British roadways...
Samuel Murphy
I have a thinkpad yoga 14. My PC monitor recently broke, so I was playing Dota 2 (inb4 ASSFAGGOT) on the Yoga. Every few seconds the laptop would lock me out, any idea why? It's also really hot without A/C if that means much.
Carson Anderson
>why can't you use windows 7? My job requires that I use windows 10 to test shit on it. It also runs the software needed faster than win7, probably because of the better memory management.
But yes, this is a shitty situation.
Gabriel Ward
Run it in a VM then.
Aiden Myers
I think they already are on our roads judging by the amount of crashes I've heard about recently
Fucking kek Those are just the Syrian immagrants you guys got stuck with taking to the roads
Lucas Sullivan
Eh... If you have disposable income and can think of ways to sell it for more money than you bougt it for, sure.
Julian Cruz
>i3
Ian Roberts
It's probably freaking out. I'd say raise the laptop a bit from the base, use lower graphics, maybe get a laptop cooler/fan.
If t still has problems, you goofed
It isn't a PowerBook, you should be fine
Julian Nguyen
Nah if it was the refugees there'd craters and traces of explosive everywhere. Can't wait to see what attack they decide to pull on us.
Liam Roberts
Well, they're wreaking havoc on your local economies. I wouldn't trust the new ones as far as I can throw them
Kevin Davis
It is an ultraportable though, you must be confusing size factors with an Ultrabook or netbook. Arguably ultraportable laptops were best when they were 4:3, not 16:9.
I'd say a bit low but can be bought
Jacob Fisher
They're also good when they're 16x10. ;3
Carson Diaz
I'm up north so it's not too bad around here, we've always had a fair few towel heads but the vast majority of them work. Down south is where it's bad, and it doesn't help with a huge amount of leftie students welcoming them and encouraging them to come over here.
Nathan Brooks
thanks. what is the recommended max temperature for a i7-2620M T420?
James Murphy
cop a feel of his tiddies
Jacob Campbell
Screen lottery, on the newer x1 carbons some have a noticibally brighter screen than others. Also read something about the keyboard lottery but forgot what it was exactly. Lenovo QA isn't at it's best atm.
Easton Torres
is there a battery slice for a t400, and on that note, how reliable are ultrabay batteries?
And one last thing, is a mini pci SSD a good idea?
Angel Diaz
T420 suddenly won't boot up but the power switch light is on. It's still working a few hours ago.
Cameron Clark
What's your favourite Thinkpad feature?
I like the thinklight the best, provides enough light to see my keyboard in the dark and isn't as in-your-face and distracting as a gaymer backlit one, which also draws less attention from normies which is nice.
Evan Perry
post background?
Nicholas Sanders
>craigslist I live in the suburban midwest would that make it difficult?
Mason Long
tfw the novelty of being a proud thinkpad owner wears off and the crippling depression and feeling of worthlessness returns strong as ever.
Nathan Walker
That's my favorite Elitebook feature too.
I like how my latitude has all the "features" of an x220 without looking like a toy
Jaxon Thomas
I'm not from the US but I imagine it shouldn't be too hard, you just gotta look about.
Michael Sanders
Fuck, I just love the build quality of the classics. I'll never use an Asus again.
Grayson Brooks
Read some books Shower, shave, get a haircut Go outside Get a hobby, go to a cafè
Sebastian Adams
Just looked on CL literally 5 posts. 1 was an overpriced t420
Jack Clark
How do Thinkpads look like toys? Just because they're not all made of "muh ""military grade"" aluminum" doesn't mean they look like toys
I used to have an HP and a Compaq, they creaked when typed on and they gather dust like flies swarm shit. No problem with my T420, runs everything I need it to without a hick.
Caleb Thompson
Possibly widen your search area or just buy from eBay. I had to search within 50 miles of me to get mine, worth the 100 mile round trip though.
Jayden Walker
I also have a 1080p one I made, this one I shrunk and modified a little for my x201.
Jackson Rodriguez
can you post the big one too? thatd be awesome.
Luke Rodriguez
>spending $20 on gas just to get a laptop shiggyface.png
I'm disappointed to know my x201 is backdoored in a way that makes it impossible to run a pure libreboot on it, but I guess I'm not that "autistic" to worry too much. Still, would love to have one just do do that with. Really really wish there were powerful competitors to AMD + intel that were privacy minded! No one cares enough so we'll never have this, at least until ARM becomes competent enough to match x86 hardware in performance.
Gabriel Hughes
But it didn't cost me $20 in gas
Was actually $10
Juan Miller
You made your own board... Fucking hell
Andrew Ramirez
100c is the general "oh fuck" point.
Lucas Cox
>Just got my x220 >Actually smaller than what I expected >Still runs better than your shitty macbook Why do people insist on trying to make themselves feel better because they know they wasted money on shit?
William Stewart
Thank you very much Awoo, youre a credit to this board.
Bentley Russell
What does /tpg/ think of the XPS 13?
Justin Baker
t42 recently acquired. Screen physically looks fine but apparently it won't turn on. How would one go about testing the individual parts?
Also looking to fix the lack of rollcage. Anyone know of any mods that have already been done to accomplish this? I don't mind if this thing is phat.
that's the wrong accent, thinkfriend.
Austin Bennett
I think it lacks a clit in the middle of the keyboard.
Liam Evans
I knôw
Jeremiah Torres
Okay i fixed by realigning the ram a few times
Landon Hall
breedy nice. get non mirror screen for battery bower and optimus prime bezels only bad is chin cam if u use it in the current year. gud lonix supbort
Xavier Diaz
walked into bar, saw guy using a thinkpad me: ahh! x220? x230? him: uh, I don't know, it's an old piece of shit mfw
Jace Garcia
Just opened a new T460s, liking it so far but I heard about Lenovo installing spyware or some shit in their new computers, any truth to that? What should I uninstall?
Anthony Foster
anti-theft in bios
Wyatt Foster
>Bar >Normie using a thinkpad >You outside the basement An unlikely scenario
Sebastian Walker
I'd buy one if it had a clitmouse and non island keyboard.
Camden Bailey
I know you would normally pres fn+F10 for numlock, but that can be kind of inconvenient if I want to use both letters on the right side of the keyboard and numbers at the same time. Is it possible to set up something to type j,k,l,etc normally, and 1,2,3,etc if I hold down the fn key?
Cooper Torres
What macbook meme
It's 1.5kg and thick as a bible. I guess 4:3 makes up for that though
Sounds like you're the one trying to validate your own shitty purchase. I too own an x220 so no need to feel special, you'll begin to hate it when you start trying to use it in the real world.
Jayden Phillips
didya see the smoke comin' outta my ears?? I'm honest, I tell ya!
Eli Garcia
>expresses strong opinion about certain laptop computer >almost can't in good conscience click "I'm not a robot"
1. Bought an x220 with a lame-o screen 2. ordered IPS 3. swapped screens 4. holy shit it's night and day. 5. Couldn't even have trouble seeing the keys it's so bright.
