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. ----
Uh.. Mostly internet surfing and trolling on YouTube but I will be learning C on my own at home..
Benjamin Cruz
If you're going to be using it at a desk most of the time, get a W series or T5xx with a nice screen.
For high mobility get an X230 or X230T.
Tyler Foster
2560p confirmed comfiest laptop. The express card blank is the perfect size to store a sd card
Michael Butler
How's the sound quality on X220?
I'm alright with onboard sound, but my onboard sound is ALC887 on my desktop. I'm going to plug in some headphones, I'm not exactly bothered about speakers.
Chase Clark
Fan not spinning, T420 at 93c under Windows.
What program do I use to force fan to spin
Aiden Sanchez
>w series i don't want an ultrabook~ i think i'll go with the T230T. but it's such an old model, what can i even do with it?
Brayden Walker
In what order would /tpg/ rate the displays of these from best to worse, in terms of brightness'n'shit?
X200 1280 x 800 CCFL X200 1280 x 800 LED X200s 1280 x 800 CCFL X200s 1280 x 800 LED X200s 1440 x 900 X201 1280 x 800 X201s 1440 x 900 X220 1366 x 768 X220 1366 x 768 IPS X230 1366 x 768 X230 1366 x 768 IPS X300 1440 x 900 X301 1440 x 900 T400 1280 x 800 CCFL T400 1280 x 800 LED T400 1440 x 900 CCFL T400 1440 x 900 LED T410 1280 x 800 T410 1440 x 900 T410s 1440 x 900 non-touchscreen T420 1366 x 768 T420 1600 x 900 T420s 1600 x 900 T430 1366 x 768 T430 1600 x 900 T430s 1366 x 768 T430s 1600 x 900 E6400 1280 x 800 E6400 1440 x 900 E6410 1280 x 800 E6410 1440 x 900
Elijah Lewis
Dead fan, gotta replace. Just tested tpfancontrol, that's the conclusion I came to
Connor Jenkins
What's better t530 or w530
Ayden Morales
Is an L520 a terrible purchase?
Angel Stewart
W series = T series + 2 extra ram slot + dedicated graphics + better power delivery
Hudson Jackson
It's spinning now, but I'm not sure its actually doing its job
Are these temps OK?
Isaac Miller
W series is thicc mobile workstations, not ultrabooks. Think T series with more power and better screens.
Jordan Sanders
Would be worth your time to replace the paste and check that fan is actually working well. Is it audible and blowing hard?
Matthew Phillips
I got a t530 500gb i7 nivida for $280 with no love stains did I do good
Joseph Rogers
You gotta stick your ear to the heatsink to hear it.
I remember it being much louder.
Paste is shit, I know for a fact. I haven't touched it since I bought it second had in Dec 2015
Adam Johnson
How shitty is the screen lad?
Parker Martinez
Cuckpad with communist botnet? R u dumb?
Juan Collins
GTFO Applel cuck
Parker Allen
Dell masterrace, poor poorfag
Aaron Murphy
T420 eGPU i7 masterrace
Jacob Butler
Chinese botnet, also ugly and shit screen. Is it 2003?
Isaiah Johnson
they are all shit, the ccfls will have worse brightness. Get yourself a t520/t530 w520/w530 with b156w01 v.4. At least its a display that doesn't wanna make you want to kill yourself by just looking at the thing.
Jaxon Cox
For you yes. You also assumed I don't plug it into my monitor.
Brandon Peterson
Chinese botnet for only me? Are you thic cucked? Gosh...
Julian Thompson
>buy laptop >to plug monitor, keyboard, speakers and mouse >still talk about (((jews)))
Dylan Thompson
Remove cffl, affs, and IPS displays
The rest is unusable trash
Caleb Baker
Lads, just bought a T420. What are some of the must checkups I should go through with this used laptop?
Daniel Lee
do you think I should just drop $3k on a P50?
Blake Sanchez
No spend way less on one, especially considering that the P51 is out
Parker Smith
Not unless you are actually a professional who travels a lot and needs to do intense 3D work while in hotels or on-site or something.
Buy one a couple of years old for $400-800 and get 80% the power.
Jordan Cook
Anyone know if the T430s heatsink is the same as a T420s? With Nvidia.
Nathaniel Carter
Looks different. Looks like the T430s has two heatpipes for the GPU and the T420s has one.
Don't quote me though.
Henry Myers
How do I get my grabby little hands on a cheap P51? hmm you're very knowledgeable about this... i know nothing about computers..
Grayson Walker
I'm not into any graphics work, hence don't need anything super fancy. I own an E6410 with 1280 x 800, and this screen sure doesn't make me want to kill myself. However, I'm not entirely happy with this machine for some non-display related reasons, might as well sell it and buy a T410 or something instead. As long as the screen in that something is not worse than my E6410's, I'm good.
>Remove cffl, affs, and IPS displays Please elaborate. which thinkpad has an AFFS?
Noah Howard
what screen?
Eli Adams
I asked this in the other thread but are there any model IPS screens for the x230t without the image retention issues? Please respond. I really like the laptop besides the screen so I hope I can just swap a better one.
Leo Hill
Talking about ExpressCard, does anyone with a T430 find the EC slot too tight when inserting cards? Does the T420 have the same issue?
Oliver Cox
cause they're chinkshit
Robert Morales
They look very similar. I am looking for something that will dissipate heat better.
Justin Morgan
the bolt placement is different, how are you gonna deal with that?
Grayson Jones
I was just going to post that the mounting holes for the graphics look a little different. I'll probably just get the correct one for my T420s and mod it a bit, help it move more air somehow.
Does anyone know if there is a way to see all the different FRUs of the heatsinks for a specific model?
Luke Phillips
The 1080p HD screen
Bentley Myers
Make sure your hing screws are tight. There should be two of them on each side.
Jayden Scott
Refurb, ordered it today-- Did I do good?
ThinkPad X260 Part #: 20F6CTR1WW (20F6CTR1WW-PC0H6LBT)
Status: Processing
Qty: 1
Price: $808.07 • Intel® Core™ i7-6600U Processor(4M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz) • Windows 10 Pro 64 • 12.5" FHD (1920 x 1080) LED, IPS display w/720p HD Camera • Intel® HD Graphics 520 • 16GB DDR4 2133 SoDIMM Memory • 500GB, 7200RPM Serial ATA 2.5" Hard Drive • No Optical Included • Integrated Wireless WAN: Sierra wireless • Bluetooth • 1 Year Standard Depot Warranty • UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) with Fingerprint Reader • Integrated 3-cell (23.2Wh) plus External 6-cell Lithium Ion (72Wh) up to 16.8 hr
Wyatt Watson
>depot warranty >not onsite not bad but it could be better
Luke Cooper
Ok so somehow this is completely flying over my head, but what RAM am I supposed to look for if I want to upgrade a T420?
Josiah Long
SO-DIMM 204-pin DDR3 1333. 1600 might work, but not guaranteed.
Jackson Stewart
How can I find one of those blanks? I've been searching on ebay for amazon and I can't come up with anything good that isn't also terrible shipping and expensive.
Ryder Perez
Could be worse, that's roughly what my old T43 would do and it didn't make a difference.
Brody Lopez
how do I test the battery? pretty sure I got sold a dud
Jaxon Thompson
Use Lenovo's energy manager. It will show you the remaining capacity and may in some cases be able to restore some of it.
Bentley Sullivan
you might have to wake it up from a sleeping state by repeated charge and discharge cycles
Ian Reed
X200/s
Samuel Wood
umm, thanks, but apparently they were never stock, it's just a mod which is possible to be done and has been done by a few people, just like those alienware screens on T420
speaking of screen mods, however unrelevant to my interests, this thing some user mentioned in another thread seems pretty rad >people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/thinkpad/led-kit.shtml wondering why I have never seen this mentioned on /tpg/
Angel Lee
x220 reporting in "on the road again" mode
Took pic yesterday
Jackson Adams
>>people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/thinkpad/led-kit.shtml I wonder if you could hack your way into less battery consumption? Which btw efficiency is not the first thing I think about when I read the words "chinese backlight".
Clarification: Do not mean it in a derrogotary way, simply put, any alternatively engineered product designed to replace another, probably has no efficiency in mind, and the usage of word chinese I know everything is made in China, you know god damn well what I meant.
Xavier Phillips
Just got a used X220 and the battery is hot garbage. What battery can I get that will last me 6-8 hours (web browsing, light indie gaming on Debian) that won't rape my wallet?
Jaxson Bennett
$79 original 9 cell from newegg.
On the other hand, since you got a used shitty battery, why don't you test a theory out we all have about putting in brand new 2500mah cells in your battery and report back results.
Seems like you're wasting an awful lot of vertical screen spcae with that huge task bar. On my X230 I have my task bar on the left to get as much vertical space as possible.
Besides, looks like you're running some Loonix. What kernel version do you use? What's your battery life?
Kevin Hernandez
Does the T420 fan with heatsink and nVidia GPU have a different layout than the regular one? And I just don't want skyrocketing temps
Chase Cooper
What's the point of the number lock (fn + NmLk1) on the X220 standard keyboard? All it appears to do is lock specials keys to the special key listed, but all those keys (e.g. 1/2/3 for j/k/l, or dash for semicolon) appear to exist on the keyboard already either directly or by shift-toggle. I don't get it.
Owen Baker
You'lll definitely need a 9 cell.
Gabriel Young
Yes, it looks different. It has a seperate heat spreader for the dGPU. If you buy one with dGPU be prepared to put on new thermal paste. Even if it's refurbished. Replacing the thermal paste is usually not part of the process.
S-shoulder I do it? Would Ebay take my money and scam? Is the computer in good condition?
Connor Baker
as little as I understand of electronics, any LED of whichever national origin will be more energy efficient than a CCFL lamp, that is, consume less power at identical light output
Landon Anderson
I still mostly swipe around with the trackpad instead of using the clit mouse. Is this bad
Nicholas Carter
The condition is probably mediocre. X230t usually go for around $200 with those specs.
ebay won't take your money. If you buy via ebay you transfer the money directly to the seller so you should rather worry about shady sellers. That one's got good ratings though.
Matthew Ramirez
not same user but i lost $25 how do i get it back?
>all the posters in this thread have a combined net worth of under $1,000
Wyatt Moore
>Seems like you're wasting an awful lot of vertical screen spcae with that huge task bar. On my X230 I have my task bar on the left to get as much vertical space as possible. >Besides, looks like you're running some Loonix. What kernel version do you use? What's your battery life?
Its parted magic, latest version, Idk kernel, battery in Loonix is pretty shitty but I don't optimise it, that is live USB.
I measured with Windows 7 and Windows 10 though, playing video no radio brightness kinda low and sound through headphones, I get 8:30 on 7 and 6:30 on 10.
I make up $999. The rest is divided up between 32 other people.
Ethan Reed
it's not bad but if you try using the clit for a little while by keeping your hands on the keyboard, you find it's really nice to use. Center click to scroll and you never gotta move your hands. I find myself feeling crippled on laptops without it now and i've only been using it as my primary machine for 2 months.
Daniel Thompson
*grabs hot boobs*
Jaxon Wright
But I make $40k a year Yeah I know it's not a lot but it's still good.
Stooop D:
Brayden Roberts
I mean I use it sometimes, for scrolling for instance but I find myself switching between the two a lot. I don't have my fingers on the keyboard that much anyway
Luis Johnson
>Is the computer in good condition? Are you actually blind ?
Samuel Davis
yes
gimme a break, i'm computer retarded!
Carson Foster
9 cell plus slice for 20 hours
Ayden Harris
>5 lbs brick
That defeats the whole purpose of having a battery for mobility.
David Taylor
Are you a manlet, user ?
Tyler Reed
6-8 hours is normal for an x220 you tard you can't recell the thinkpad batteries because apparently once the power is disconnected from the little computer inside it just 100% dies. this
Justin Gomez
5lbs is 5lbs no matter who carries it
its a joke compared to portability of ultrabooks that weigh less than half as much
Christopher Evans
then buy one of those instead
Kevin Jones
im a manlet and i wear 10lb leg weights everywhere i go, what's your excuse?
Zachary Bell
I'm undecided as to whether or not ThinkLight is the greatest or stupidest idea ever.
What about you people?
Xavier Ward
I find it cozy
Camden Barnes
u think u are rock lee or some shit? dumb weeaboo
Bentley Peterson
what's rock lee?
Sebastian Cook
>What is reading comprehension
Maybe you didn't finish reading the first sentence, but I said my battery is USED. I'm getting 2 hours max out of this battery with the brightness at 40% on fucking Debian with i3. off yourself retard.
Michael Rivera
>debian found the problem
Jaxon Barnes
no *fondles your nice tits more* :3
Jonathan Morgan
From what model in the x series onwards did they start adding space on the side of the keyboard?
Levi Jackson
>get guys look I brought my thinkpad outside kys
Samuel Bell
stoooop ;~; you're making them sore...
Tyler Wood
I take my thinkpad outside just because I know nobody would steal it, and if someone did I'd be a lot less sad than if they stole my main laptop. you are a grown ass adult, what the fuck is wrong with you
