Thinking of getting a Thinkpad T420, installing 8GB of RAM, upgrading the CPU to maybe 2-3ghz and installing two SSD's...

Thinking of getting a Thinkpad T420, installing 8GB of RAM, upgrading the CPU to maybe 2-3ghz and installing two SSD's. I will, of course, be running Gentoo. Did I do good?

i think you're just fishing for a (You) but anyway if it works for you and makes you productive then yes.

Or you could get a new and not cum stained laptop with up to date specs out of the box?

>two ssd
>running gentoo on them
kys

>not having ssd for OS and HDD for storage
>installing proper distro or windows and have a life

> Thinking
> Did I
You didn't.

You haven't done anything.

>Think/MemePAD
>(install)Gentoo
You really are meme person, OP

~Good luck playing games
~Good luck doing anything fast
~Good luck doing anything stable

>gentoo
>thinkpads
>laptop upgrades

falling for every meme under the sun

I ran gentoo on my beaten T410s, it has SSD and 8GiB and I5 M560.

I plan to pick something with more RAM though and probably with four real cores.

You do realise that Gentoo is just a meme, right? No one uses it, because it sucks. And so do old used thinkpads. If you're a poorfag, they are an option, but if you want to buy two SSDs, you don't seem that poor.

something tells me you're serious

Upgrade to a quad core cpu like the 2720qm and use 3 SSDs simultaneously instead of two for maximum memeing.

T470 + Fedora 26 alpha

You will never know this >comfy

>gentoo
Not running glorious FreeBSD.

Normal release broke for me too often on lenovo hardware. I imagine alpha would be full vietnam. Also gnome...

>gentoo on a laptop
enjoy your third degree burns

I never said anything about the DE

Also, linux only breaks for retards and that's a fact

No, install 16gb of ram o btfo

>installing gentoo on $800+ machine
might aswell light it on fire retard

lacks i3wm

>linux only breaks for retards and that's a fact

Exactly my point. That's why I don't use fedora and wouldn't come near alpha.

werks for me

t. not a retard

Until that faggot part about Gentoo that sounded pretty little user.

>having files that can be read at 3MBps
fucking.... kys.

My T420 just came in yesterday.

Has a 3.2GHz i5, 5GB (1x4GB and 1x1GB) RAM, 320GB 7200 RPM HDD, 1600x900 panel, and some Nvidia mobile card. Also in mint physical condition.

I paid $140 including shipping.

Slapped Fedora 25 on that bitch, runs like butter.

Pic related, before I installed Fedora and threw in my extra RAM.

I think you can yank the cd drive and put another battery in. Also is there a way to make the main battery hot swappable if you put a battery in the cd compartment?

He hasnt added rgb yet.

Ultrabay battery does not work with t420 sadly.

So I'm curious, what laptops would you recomment?

holy moly! what a good deal!

How about T520? I'm planning to get it soon.

I think it only works with *10 and older, maybe x series?

X series are tiny though, aren't they? I'm looking for something with ~15' display.

Going to have to pick ultrabay battery or big display

I'd pick big display

using a t420 with also 8gb ram and upgraded to an i7 quad. getting 78deg Celsius max. compiling with -j8 over half an hour.
you did good OP 10/10 hope you got the better crappy display with 1600x900