Other business laptops are also welcome in /tpg/ (e.g. Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook).
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>Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P SERIES, HP Elitebook (2570p, 8770W, 2170p), and Dell Latitude/Precision (E6430, E6440, E7440) if you want the Real Business Experience™
Does anybody use a keyboard cover on their thinkpad?
Joshua Hughes
whats the cheapest thinkpad with a 1080p screen? I just want a computer to keep down by my severs to manage them
Christian Ramirez
what kind of stickers should I use to enhance the AESTHETICS of this?
Landon Perez
none, stickers are for degenerates
Alexander Peterson
anyone got an idea on this?
Isaac Perez
Go to bed, Mike
William Wilson
>lenovo is aesthetic lol
Caleb Cruz
In his case Leno\o
Jaxson Rogers
Is anything not semen colored like a mac unacceptable to you?
Christian Clark
Sup Forumsuys im getting a x220 tomorrow. What should i do with it?
Sebastian Torres
install arch + i3wm
Landon Parker
what so good about arch?
Luis Flores
You like getting blacked?
Asher Roberts
Wrong connotation.
Andrew Sanders
nothing unless you are a neet.
Henry Nelson
Who's using their thinkpad as pic related?
Owen Morris
T420 or T430? I plan to add a 1TB SSD, upgrade the screen, go back to original keyboard if T430, and ideally upgrade the processor
Nolan Davis
Is it a good idea to buy an used thinkpad and buy extra ram and a ssd on my own? Or should i get one that already have 8gb and a ssd?
Matthew Martin
What kind of HDD should I get for my t420? Does 7200rpm vs 5400rpm matter? Will I be able to emulate games off of a HDD at 5400rpm? Play video files?
Juan Adams
7200 is far better. If you just want storage w/e, lower rpm is functionally the same.
Alexander Torres
ssd dont bother with a hard drive in a laptop in 2017
Juan Anderson
What OS do you guys use?
Jaxson James
Former. Ssd>7200>5400 Yes and yes.
Austin Thomas
Aren't 7200 HDD are more prone to fail when moving the laptop?
Cameron White
Drain holes are a meme
Spilled water on my thinkpad today and it ended up pooling up inside the ram slots.
It worked after drying off though. But I wouldn't fall for the water drain hole meme and continue using it next time.
Camden Sanders
Any idea where i can find an x220t or x230t down under in Aus. They seem to be very rare here and command a high price.
Jack Brown
Are they blocked by your cum or some other thing?
Justin Sanders
was your computer a xx30 series and newer. Because when they updated the keyboard they made the drainage channels in the keyboard itself much worse
Jose Torres
Which is more robust, x220 or t420?
Joshua Johnson
If you're going to upgrade the screen, you'll be better off with the t520 over the t420, as except for a rare kit, it does not upgrade to 1080p, but you can find the panel for the 15 inch of that generation.
Logan Turner
fresh software and AUR I guess
Brayden Lewis
Well you guys got me with the thinkpad meme. Good one. Bought a refurbished x230 and it's defective and I've wasted the last three days trying to troubleshoot. Into the trash it goes.
Aiden Reed
I bought a t420 and I haven't had any problems with it in the 2 years I've owned it, but why don't you try to talk to the seller to get a refund? Ebay's generally pretty good with this kind of thing.
Adam Taylor
No thinkpad without an IBM logo is aesthetic.
Jayden Mitchell
It's a shill, they do this every thread. They're mad that we don't want their stinky chicklet keyboards.
Henry Lewis
You retards were right about the classic keyboard, shit's comfy af.
Ryan Martinez
lheenucks
Connor Butler
Hard drives are designed to survive motion while in operation.
It's when you drop the thing that they can fail, but there's a sensor in your Thinkpad which will lock the drive if it detects sudden acceleration like that.
No, you don't have to worry. I have Thinkpads from the '90s with their original drives still going strong.
Jackson Carter
>sensor in your Thinkpad which will lock the drive if it detects sudden acceleration like that. Is that hardware enabled, or you need a specific package? What about the sudden impact from hitting the table where you put the thinkpad?
Joseph Perez
I just bought a Lenovo ideapad 310 with 8GB Ram, Intel i5-7200 2.50GHz 64 bit 128SSD. How hard did I fuck up? I'm Australian and bad with computers. I need this for school.
Gabriel Ward
Holy shit it's internet speed is so fucking slow and the it's built like a cheap Chinese toy I hope I can get my fucking money back. I knew non-Thinkpads weren't top shit but this is ass. I should have gotten that fucking HP.
Leo Myers
How bad is it to continuously adjust the screen when using T420? Will this wear out the hinges?
Kevin Nelson
It's not bad at all. You have to do it from time to time but the hinges won't wear too fast. Just get a set of spare hinges to calm your mind. They're easily replacable.
Easton Garcia
Please redpill me on the 7 row keyboard on T430 meme >do I plug it in and it just werks or do I have to fiddle with bios? >do all the extra keys work? >do I need a XX20 palm rest?
Cooper Gomez
>arch >free software That's parabola m8e.
Sebastian Flores
Thoughts on the t61?
John Scott
good laptop but T60>T61
Samuel Rogers
>thinkpad x60 >new 8-cell battery from ebay, reputable seller >very minimal linux install, no X11 >minimum brightness >powertop --auto-tune at boot >3.5 hours battery life >gets warm even just sitting there idle x60 is the perfect physical design to me... i just hate that i can't even spend a full day away from a charger. and it gets warm in a text editor. i haven't replaced the thermal paste on the cpu yet, but i doubt it will make much difference.
I was going to upgrade this with an IPS monitor, but now I'm not so sure. Anything else I can do to improve the battery life and temps?
Ryder Wright
>What about the sudden impact from hitting the table where you put the thinkpad? Shouldn't be a problem unless you throw it on the table.
Luis Bell
when have normies been awared?
Dylan Harris
Two years ago for me. Just took me a while to buy a memepad
Perhaps a laptop cooling pad with fans?
Jeremiah Gomez
>sudden impact from hitting the table *slams desk*
Camden Reed
What laptop to get for gamedev? Business laptops only have integrated graphics, workstations have overpriced quadros, and gayming laptops are made of flimsy plastic and are unrepairable.
Carter Stewart
Razer Blade
Blake Lewis
Do you want to do you gamedev stuff on the go? Because if not, you could just use an external GPU and get anything with a CPU good enough.
There are cheap GPU adapters that you can hook over ports like ExpressCard.
yeah I just kinda lie on my stomach all day. I started doing that maybe 10 years ago when I was 12 and I still do it.
Evan Gonzalez
How do you do that? I get neck pain when I try to do that, and it's uncomfortable to type. Are you one of those girls that do blowjobs?
Blake White
I don't know, it's just the way I alwys use my computer. I have never given anyone a blowjob.
Blake Hall
I think I'm gonna get an X60 and libreboot the shit out of it just for fun. I'm not a freecuck, I just enjoy Linux, fast boot and customization.
Dominic Barnes
How can I add USB 3.0 to my T420? I was told there are adapters or something? What are the called? I don't know what to even look for. Apparently there are different expressport sizes
Jace Gonzalez
Just look for ExpressCard 34 adapters. I can find lots of these on eBay.
Caleb Price
there are expresscardUSB 3.0 ports but these have a few problems
the main problem that you're gonna encounter is that they don't provide power so good luck connecting an external 2.5" HDD. if you don't carry a psu at all times you won't be able to connect a hard drive.
Alexander Rodriguez
anyone got an extra 4gb ram stick for my X220
someone in discord said they would mail me one, but never got back to me its been months
Jack Anderson
>it's been months but why? just buy one if you're so desperate
Carson Murphy
Thanks! I'll look I have a 128GB USB 3.0 stick that'll do 110MB/s sustained. Being capped at 41MB/s on USB 2.0 is suffering. Will a plain old USB stick, non 2.5" drove pose an issue?
Dominic Rogers
Im poor and just paid for classes for the fall
James Clark
thoughts on the t440p? is it worth to get one and the upgrade to a 1080p panel and a touchpad with buttons?
Angel Adams
Are you too stupid for student aid?
Hudson Edwards
>too poor to spend $20-25 on a 4GB stick of RAM
Skip lunch for a week.
Jose Bennett
where can i find it this cheap same stick of ram that comes with the X220
Carter Thomas
Budget: Under 500 USD Location: USA Size: Would like it to be at least over 13 in. Performance: Enough to rival an MBP which was my other choice lol Other requirements: Nothing rly
Cameron Nguyen
finally ordered my T470s, fuck buying any more x220 palmrests
Levi Edwards
RAM is standard, you can just use any stick as long as it's DDR3 SO-DIMM
Dylan Ross
New T470 and X270 versions are most likely going to be released with AMD Raven Ridge. They're called A475 and A275. The XX5 Thinkpads were always the AMD versions.
Just make sure to buy a 4GB stick instead of a 2x2GB set. PC3-10600 DDR3 RAM is going for under $20 on eBay and even on Amazon it's going for $20-30 for known brands.
John Robinson
Who else /X-seriestablet/ here?
Charles Morales
Is that a T430?
>T430 >non-shit keyboard
Wut?
Angel Torres
why is the thinkpad setup so comfy for you /tpg/? also will having a dual boot of windows and a linux distro be good or can windows spy on my linux shit?
Jordan Hill
The T420 keyboard is more or less compatible with the T430, with only minor, easily resolved issues (key mapping and making it fit properly in the palmrest).
Is gtx 940 MX sufficient for your needs? T470p have em. You should also look for t460p/t450p. All of em have dedicated graphic cards
Jose Cruz
What's the largest HDD possible, in terms of memory, that I can get for my Thinkpad T420™?
David Wilson
Maybe he's looking to run it in dual channel config?
Aaron Stewart
5tb hdd + 5tb hdd + 1tb msata ssd
Joseph Miller
Do I need to look for a specific type of HDD though? It seems that it can only handle 7mm ones, and I couldn't find any on eBay, etc.
Lucas Kelly
+ 1TB ExpressCard/32 SSD + 265 GB MicroSD card
Cooper Cook
I need a battery for my x60 that's fucking flat and doesn't have these faggy protrusions that keep it from sitting level with the table. The one I ordered (and subsequently returned) used a totally different picture and gave me this instead.
Pic releated
Sebastian Murphy
is there an after market 360 hinge for the x220 tablet
Sebastian Taylor
Which thinkpad can smoothly run engineering software? I need one that isn't too pricy that'll get me through years of college.
Adrian Ramirez
>buy used T420 >clean it out, replace thermal paste >turn back on >idling at 60-70 C with the fan blasting and nothing open but RealTemp >open Chrome >temperature spikes to 85 C, gets up to 93 C before I exit out
Is there anything else I can do that would make a difference? This is quite frustrating.
