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™
Just pulled the trigger on an x200t for light browsing and on-the-go shitposting. Final price hovered a little over $75 and the laptop seems in pretty decent shape (a scuff here and there, but nothing a little elbow grease won't vanquish). Delivery should be making its way up north fairly soon. Any anons use the x200t? Would love to hear stories/view comfy pics to get hype.
Asher Harris
Post vismods pls, I need inspiration. Stickers, velcro, paintjobs any kind of visual enhancements.
Noah Nguyen
I got lucky and snagged a Thinkpad T-530 with a i7-3840qm processor for 270 dollaroos. I wanted to replace the keyboard with a classic one, but I heard news that some of the functions on the keyboard do not play well with the T-530. Anybody have a similar problem?
Charles Wood
How's linux on the dell precision m4800? Anyone have experience with it?
Tyler Barnes
I got a m4500 and it ran well. Most of these older laptops run well with linux, it is the newer ones with newer drivers that are a problem.
Chase Roberts
thanks m8
Bentley Taylor
$102 + $15 shipping for a x220 tablet i5, 320GB, 2GB ram. I fucked up guys, didn't I ?
Nathan Allen
>2gb ram
you done goofed
Landon Scott
hell it just means hes tossing less ram once he gets 2x8gb@1866mhz
Jack Lewis
Thx friendo
Connor Reed
How bad is the 768p TN on the x230?
Parker Taylor
am I a pleb if I like lenovo's chicklets?
Evan Miller
piss awful. the bare minimum level of outputting visual data to a human eye. immediately start saving up for an ips panel to replace it. doesn't matter which ips, my cheap counterfeit chinkass ghostorama panel is still a joy in comparison to that fucking tn
good laptop otherwise you should buy one
Levi Adams
So I have been comparing thinkpad's old third gen and 2nd gen processors with current processors... Why is the difference so small after 5 yrs? Only thing we seemed to have improved on is integrated graphics and gimping performance in favor of battery life. Are we going backwards?
In an objective manner, what is actually the big advantage that modern mobile cpus have over these old one?
Jonathan Myers
So this wouldn't really bother me but one of the locks in the screen bezel is broken too. Can I get a new bezel to replace it?
Nathan Allen
Nothing wrong with them, as long as we're still talking Thinkpad keyboards. The feel is on par with or better than the --20 keyboard. The layout is balls and the B key is misaligned which triggers my autism to no end, but otherwise they're still the best laptop keyboards on the market.
Jace Ross
I would just say at that point look online for a cheap thinkpad with ur model and switch their casing out.
Robert Cook
i would say at that point keep it cause that shit is badass
Leo Morales
Is the T430 the best option for a mid-size ThinkPad with physical trackpad buttons?
Anthony Jones
>I would just say at that point look online for a cheap thinkpad with ur model and switch their casing out. >Solution: buy an other laptop... so you can salvage its casing. Are you mental?
Have you checked aliexpress or ebay for replacement parts?
Jordan Smith
I guess, but T530 is definitely doable with an extended battery. You can go around walking like an autist holding onto the butt of the battery. I did it in college...
Andrew Barnes
>I would just say at that point look online for a cheap thinkpad with ur model and switch their casing out. >Solution: buy an other laptop... so you can salvage its casing. >Are you mental? Did it with a T520 because noone was selling replacement parts for it at the time. I also got a sweet 1080 screen with it.
Ian Allen
I sure love my T420.
Aaron Ward
Congrats the madman figured it out. He figured out why people still buy old thinkpads.
Ryan Peterson
Like you said, Intel has mainly made improvements to power efficiency and iGPU with only marginal performance gains. Those ULV Skylake and Kaby Lake CPUs use significantly less power than the full-voltage Ivy Bridge you're comparing them to. In theory, you'd get far better battery life and lower temperatures out of a laptop with one of the newer CPUs, but batteries and coolers have been gimped in the pursuit of muh thin and light, so the improvement is less noticeable than you'd think.
And while the iGPU itself has improved considerably, a lot of newer laptops only have one RAM slot or totally soldered RAM, so you can't get dual channel speeds. The X240 performs significantly worse than the X230 because of this, its iGPU isn't better enough compared with the X230's to make up for the halved VRAM bandwidth.
Question: Do you go with your thinkpads in public and are you embarrassed of pulling out these heavy brick looking laptops?
Owen Ross
just swapped my t420's screen with one of those alienware ones. night and day difference. gets way brighter and the viewing angles are better.
Jack Foster
not bad friend
Juan Morgan
You severely overestimate how much of a shit anybody gives about you or your things. Especially Thinkpads, which are all but designed to avoid attention.
Jackson Ward
You paid way too much.........
I bet it only is a 1366 x 768 display :-(
Tyler Lopez
Less embarrassed then I was of my faggy macbook air
Nathan Anderson
>he fell for it thanks for the (You)
Ethan Gray
(You) too buddy. Have another one on the house.
Jace Garcia
nah, that's a good deal fren if it's broken you can just get ur money back if you bought it on eBay ram upgrade and you'll be on your way bro
Bentley Perry
>at moms house >"hey user wheres that new laptop you just bought" >show her my t420 >"we have those at work they are junk why would you want to use that over your macbook"
>said macbook is 7 years old at this point and can't properly run linux due to novidia graphics and power management issues
Charles Rogers
Is latitude d810 Sup Forums?
Aiden Morris
If any of you lads are in Maryland within driving distance of annapolis keep and eye on govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemid=16152&acctid=432 the seller also has some other neat things like a lot of 24 T540p without the hard drives.
Julian King
I'm using the x61 tablet for some note taking with onenote. I'm having a problem because it is difficult to navigate the page and also draw on the page with the Wacom pen, because it is not a touch screen, only the Wacom screen. Is there a workaround for this so I can hold and drag across the page without just drawing?
I guess I could use a mouse with one hand and write with the other (heathen lefty here)
Jonathan Peterson
What's the average longevity of an older model, specifically the x230? I'd like to know before pulling the trigger on a purchase.
Charles Flores
What is this?
Angel Morris
Docking station port.
Anthony Jones
Wow, you must be fresh
Elijah Bennett
NSA government quick system hack port
William Flores
owo
Liam Wilson
t410 for 100 euros i5, 6gb ram, 500gb hdd should i?
Jordan Long
>pulling the trigger
this shit needs to stop. shut the fuck up.
Michael Watson
What Sup Forums think about X1 Carbon?
Is it a good thinkpad?
Charles Murphy
pull the trigger user
Blake Baker
I'm gonna pull your trigger if you catch what I'm throwing
Brayden Fisher
Can I upgrade the HDD of an elitebook 2540p? What should I look for?
I like my W520, but it's so fucking big and clunky.
How do I pimp it out?
Hunter King
Hows that T430 replacement screen tech going guys?
G-guys..
Carter Lee
never ever, sell it and join the W520 patricians while you can
Alexander Nguyen
no way hose, my chances of finding another decent priced Pad in the UK, let alone any from the W series, are damn slim
Eli Hall
Yes.
Gabriel Robinson
>T420 arrives >planning to install CloverOS >no thread up and the website is dead fug
Benjamin Sanchez
Is this an okay deal? Just looking for something to plink around on doesn't need to be super fast. I'll probably be putting a cheap ssd and more ram in it eventually.
I have a t420 and w530 I want to get more Thinkpads. I'm thinking about getting a w520 but it's similar to my w530. What Thinkpad would you recommend?
Dominic Gonzalez
Get a x61 or x41 for the retro feel Or an x220 if you just want a smaller form factor
Xavier Bennett
i want an owo port
where do i get an owo port
Justin Taylor
bottom of thinkpade
Robert Reed
what are the idle temps for a thinkpad x220 i read the x series runs hot
Isaac Campbell
Bump
Ian Barnes
Why do people always recommend the x230 over the x220, the t430 over the t420, and the t530 over the t520? The performance difference is tiny, is there some aesthetic thing I'm not aware of?
Gavin Clark
Incredibly better integrated graphics.
Henry Peterson
Pls help, I'm trying to Hackintosh an X220 but I don't have a Mac. How do I make the boot USB?
Ian Miller
ask a friend, or find a torrent.
Jace Moore
I'm on vacation so no friends, do you know of a torrent?
Ethan Powell
thanks, I just looked it up
that is quite the difference
Robert Sanchez
Which is the best QM processor to get for my T420 from a price/performance standpoint?
Hudson Cook
Fucking google it
David Fisher
>integrated graphics performance difference is not tiny >dedicated graphics, if you want that, are also much better than the _20 options >lower temps/less throttling, and higher end processors are significantly better >usb3.0 in all models And desu I kinda like the new keyboard. The keys still curve in so still type really nice and I find myself doing less typos than the classic keyboard
David Parker
Because after the T430 generation they switched to ULV CPUs which are much lower power draw but also weaker as a result
Jeremiah James
Can I put an i7-3920XM on a T430? Is it safe?
Evan Scott
Found one, thanks.
Carter Brooks
what's the best performing retro looking thinkpad i can get for 250 or less?
Bentley Robinson
bump
Charles Phillips
I have too many ThinkPads, what alternative OSs should I install? I already have Haiku on my X220 and TempleOS on my T60, as well as OpenIndiana on my System76.
Justin Kelly
$110 for T420 (i5, 1366x768)
Currently in desperate need of a cheap laptop for graduate school. Should I do it?
Jonathan Myers
That's kind of expensive, mine was similar at $62.
Brody Adams
I thought it was alright, it well under the thinkpad buying guide's auction price
Joshua Bell
I like my W520, however I'm not too fond of the keyboard or screen. Is it possible to get a better screen and an alternative keyboard? I've looked up keyboards, but they're all the same original ones. For the screen, I feel like it's too dim. I was hoping for something more brighter, fresh, and crisp.
Hudson Martinez
Friend has an HP EliteBook Folio 9480m that I like. Tried it out and thought it was nice, and they seem cheap considering what they are. I want a laptop that I can use to word process and maybe play some starcraft 2 during lunch.
Yay or neh?
Christian Flores
Want a laptop with at least 1600x900 resolution and can get for a good price. I really like the nipple on ThinkPads but are Dells any better or are they the same? I'll just be using it for school really.
Joseph Jones
What are you using your pre Lenovo thinkpad for /tpg/?
G40 is good for dicking around in AutoCAD
Justin Garcia
all ive been doing all day with it, after i found this 1280x1024 monitor anyway, is making weird shit
this is what happens when you make a polar array of circles on the right side of a host circle, 359 times in a 360 degree radius and then zoom into the center to see the render errors at that zoom level make some neat shapes
after this i think im gonna design a neat desk, and then after that, a wooden horizontal computer case, beacuse the one LGR reviewed was overpriced garbage
Aiden Diaz
and then every time you regen it you get a new pattern i feel like theres a lot of math here that i will never understand but im a casual novice hobbyist, not a professional
Nathaniel Myers
How much would I be losing in terms of useability if I opted for a X60 instead of an X220? No lenovo trampstamp seems cool but I'd be getting a core 2 duo and 4 gb of ram which seems really weak.
Jack Sanders
X230 is really comfy. I've got a great desktop but this I can shitpost and play my backlog in bed while munching. Win7 is a bitch compared to Ubuntu but the battery life is a little better. And classic theme is the way to go.
Charles Allen
I just got a fully decked out t420 and I already want to buy a x230 tablet. Could probably afford it by selling one of my 3.60 vitas and some other junk I'm not using.
William Hughes
You can use cpufreq-utils throttle the CPU down to
