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>Don't buy anything OTHER THAN HP Elitebook (2570p, 8770W, 2170p), Dell Latitude/Precision (E6430, E6440, E7440) and P, T, X, and W SERIES if you want the Real Business Experience™
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Kevin Bennett
First for the xx30 line and daily reminder that you only need to flash your EC (which requires no special hardware) if you wanna use chink batteries and the classic keyboard
Let's face it you're already buying a xx30 for it's better gpus anyway
Isaiah Martin
How's my first Thinkpad purchase? X230 i5
Manufacturer: Lenovo Model: x230 CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-3320M (2.60 GHz, 3MB L3, 1600MHz FSB) RAM: 8G DDR3 (2x4GB) Hard Drive: 128GB Solid STATE DRIVE SSD Sata 2.5" SUPER FAST performance Graphics: Intel integrated HD Screen: 12.5" 1366X768 Optical: no Webcam: Low-Light 720p HD Camera with Face Tracking Network: 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet - Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6250 AGN Interfaces: (1) MiniDisplayPort with audio (1) VGA (2) USB 3.0 (1) USB 2.0 (1) Always on USB 2.0 (1) 4-in-1 SD Card Reader (SD/SDHC/SDXC/MMC slot) (1) Express Card 54mm COA: Windows 10 Professional
Paid $240
Luis Bell
yea, pretty much just the iGPU I usually play a little bit of games on it (2hu, osu! and emulators) and to be honest the tablet variants are really comfy for this
Brayden Bennett
I got an X230 a few months ago. Paid in pounds rather than colony coins though, so cost a little more. See if you can pick up a cheap ultrabase 3 dock; it gives you extra ports and a DVD drive for ripping music. Might want to change the paste on the CPU if you haven't already. It can be a little annoying to try and reconnect some of the cables after disassembly, but that's literally the only downside I've found so far.
Aiden Smith
Just got my t430. Should I format it? Would it be enough?
Jackson Ortiz
Enjoying my T460 very much. Got it for €450 incl. 1 year on-site warranty. Bright 1080p ips/good battery/ssd/solid build quality.
Nolan Long
I bought a T440P for the better GPU on that.
>tfw no dropin laptop GPUs
If that was a thing on thinkpads they'd be literally fucking perfect for any task
Joseph Carter
Looking for a glorified term for webdev/light coding stuff. Thinking about slapping a ssd inside a x200 or x220 but I'm afraid the x200 would shit itself running all those godawful electron apps or useless frameworks someone at school is bound to shove down our throats because muh future . How wrong am I ?
Xavier Morales
Which thinkpad is best for peace of mind regarding intel ME? Is coreboot enough or do I need to go full libreboot? So far I have been looking at the X200.
Bentley Rodriguez
For complete piece of mind you should go no less than full autismo with libreboot and trisquel/parabola
Parker Nguyen
Some older ThinkPads have MXM slots. Not sure how well it worked though.
Nathaniel Williams
What are these stickers?
Jeremiah Jones
X200 or X60
Juan Bailey
Yeah sure Maybe take look in the bios
Oliver Murphy
Who makes that toaster sticker?
James Jones
Anyone gotten faster than 1600MHz ram to work in T440p? Crucial lists 1866MHz as working but I've yet to see anybody actually post it.
Does anybody know about the Thinklight? I have seen conflicting documentation on multiple sites saying it was an option for the t440p but I cannot find any components or any model with it.
Easton Torres
They're "Sup Forums approved toaster" stickers in tin foil The guy at patchdynamics He's gonna post here when he has them in stock In the meanwhile you can go to his website for some really nice patches tho
Parker Howard
Sorry but I'm a dumb newfag. What should I look for in the bios?
Benjamin Evans
Oh you know the usual Passwords, if you already haven't Computrace and what not Check if they played with any hardware settings (multi threading, hyperthreading etc) Or just reset the bios and call it a day
Jace Sanders
Honestly unless you want the free as in free autism vaccines, I say you'd benefit from the extra oomph for the x220 over a x200
Hunter Flores
One word Whitelist
Adam Foster
Oh you meant that. Yeah it was the first thing I checked, thanks. Is win7 ice any decent? Using it atm and doesn't look bad. When I'll buy an SSD and more ram I'll switch to Linux, but for now is there any reason I shouldn't use it?
Anthony Walker
The elitebook 8770w doesn't have this problem
Ethan Turner
No win 7 should be fine but I'm guessing you've got only 4 gigs of ram I wouldn't push it too far though with that much ram Though I can't see why you can't use Linux now
Lucas Thompson
The xx30s can do much more than those If I weren't broke I'd love to own a x230t I'm buying a TC4400 instead though
Ethan Gonzalez
That's nice user A bit too pricy if you're in the US but I'd guess that's mainly from the not shit amount of ram and SSD Enjoy my dude
Wyatt Howard
I'd like to start reading the Linux bible instead of throwing myself into stuff through tutorials and shit like I normally do, so I'd like to take my time and have a better experience overall with a faster pc and 8 gigs of ram and of course more knowledge on what I'm doing.
Parker Miller
Reminder that this exists I'm gonna buy one soon
Jason Gomez
Alright then Good luck user
Camden Moore
Holy shit that placard is glorious.
Carson Harris
Thanks. What's your setup?
Jaxon Green
T430 Default i5 8 GB ram 900p screen 1050ti egpu One 500 spinner (win 10) One 750 spinner (storage) One spare 500 (gentoo) and spare 750 (spare) both spinners One 128 GB msata ssd (win 8.1 embedded, Ubuntu)
Gonna buy a classic keyboard maybe Or a Backlit one
Samuel Ward
but they're the only ones that are interesting to me desu
Elijah Cook
Looking to buy a refurbished T430, T430s or T440 to play around with - only problem I'm finding is that battery life is shite (2-3 hrs). Would it be wise to buy a cheap refurb and replace the batteries and swap out the DVD bay with a 3-cell?
I'm looking more towards 6-8+ hours battery life mostly on spreadsheets.
Austin Allen
The guy making those is gonna post here when they're in stock I'm stupidly hyped for them
Liam Roberts
Precision masterrace
Carson Barnes
That's cool user I'm just telling you it can do more
Ryan Walker
Shit Lenovo screens BTFO
Tyler Hernandez
These stickers are making me moist
Austin Johnson
i7 x230 or i5 t430?
It'll be for 4 years of college.
Jace Smith
Is T540p gud?
Thomas Young
Ultrabay (which is what the DVD bay is called) batteries don't work on T430 or newer They only work the T430s (which believe me, it needs it the most)
Personally I can get around 4.5 hours from T430 with 6 cell so I don't know who told you 2-3 hours I'd suggest you get a 9 cell and a T430 (and maybe a slice battery if you wanna go overboard) That should get you around 8-9 hours ish
Adam Bennett
>lmao thinkpad screens are shit
Ethan Perez
I'm using mpv on T420, what's a good config for it?
Anthony Rogers
Kind of I guess?
Jacob Gray
M4600 gudder
Charles Powell
And elitebook masterrace ;-;
Parker Mitchell
M4800 gudder than gudder
Colton White
why?
Cooper Taylor
EliteBooks are pretty, but ZBook is real masterrace.
Poorfags like me get same performance out of Precision lappy without $$$ pricetag.
Mason Taylor
The i5 and i7 s are the same in those X230 if mobility T430 if full fledged autism mobile (it supports quad core and stuff my man)
Jeremiah Anderson
Dell Precision M4600, M4700, and M4800 have low values, better stock screen (1080p standard), MXM GPU, four RAM slots, option for quad cpu, etc.
Jonathan Parker
Can I have the pizza please?
Adrian Phillips
I looked them up, and yes they would be better, but used ones are few and far between in my country, and the ones out there are too expensive. I can get a good used T540p, for half of the cheapest m4800 I could find.
Jose Rogers
Enjoy 1366x768!
William Bennett
Ur country is shit. All the government contractors and feds in burgerland are throwing out beefy Precisions like there's no tomorrow.
Jeremiah Garcia
pic was harsh but yeah. Maybe you can find a kangaroo or something
Hunter Russell
I have an old E530 which seems to be freezing randomly every 2 seconds every now and then. It seems to have this problem both on linix and windows. Any idea of why it behaves like this? It doesn't crash and it doesn't seem to misbehave in any other way.
Eli Phillips
Cooling? Broken ram? Have you done anything with the hardware lately?
Carter Murphy
Doesn't seem to have anything to do with temperature. Can happen when I boot it. What is the easiest way to test ram? Ram test from linux live imge? No, I have not done anything hardware related on the machine.
Connor Jones
Just upgraded my t540p to a i7-4700k. Feels pretty good.
Anthony Davis
Sorry for posting this on your venerable /tpg/ but I have a question; my uncle just gave me his Lenovo y50-70 (pic related9. Is this good for anything? Noob here.
Hudson Russell
Those are "cheap" gayming laptops. Yes, those are pretty gud for the price. Now GTFO off /tpg/ normie!
Bentley Cook
shit&praise hmm... thank you anyway
Blake Torres
Clean it out and have fun my dude It's not /tpg/ material but I wouldn't get rid of it
>REEEEEEE MUH SEKRIT KLUB >REEEEEEE GET THINKPAD
Juan Cook
Nice css And thinkpad (you did do a pad swap tho right?)
Asher Davis
nah fuck freedumbs, I smoke 3 packs a day on purpose to get a pacemaker before turning 40 so the nsa can own me from the inside.
x220 it is.
Lucas Perez
Kek'd Enjoy your X220
Nathaniel Powell
link?
Ethan Lee
So, the £75 15" T60p has been delivered. Like I was expecting it's 1400x1050, not 1600x1200.
Still a good price?
Robert Brooks
No still not. I bought a chink one from ebay for 10 bucks. I got it yesterday and I planning to do the swap tomorrow
Tyler Butler
Patchdynamics
Lincoln Cook
>Vista That takes me back
Michael Peterson
>comes with the key r a r e
Matthew Brooks
WAIT WHAT
>install xp >advertised "120GB HDD" >see this
The absolute madmen.
Daniel Adams
Nice very nice indeed. But why xp? Would you not be better off with some more free option iykwim. Stallman is not proud of you user
Cooper Myers
But can you not see it was Designed for Windows® XP (Windows Vista™ Capable)?
I'll probably use XP, 7 and Loonix.
Jackson Jackson
Finally got myself a x230. Put openSUSE on it, very happy with the result.
Jayden Gonzalez
I traded a crappy netbook for a X41 tablet that will come in max two weeks and have several questions
>Can I slam a 2GB RAM stick into it if I don't have 1GB stick laying around? >Does Linux easily recognize the stylus and digitizer? I want to use it as cintiq replacement on the go >Can I trust chink batteries for $35? Locally they cost 60-86 Eur >Can I cram a Broadcom Crystal HD hardware video decoder into it?
Current laptop I have is too bulky and heavy to carry with me every day, so I just want something lightweight for casual web browsing, drawing and watching animu on it
Zachary Mitchell
Are the stickers out?
Austin Taylor
This one?
Mason Wood
Yeah
Tyler Martin
Just got my first t42! Scored it for $10. I'm currently installing debian on it, thinkpad master race- Would their be any bros out their that could spare a clit for my clitmouse? You would make a poorfags day
John Rodriguez
Who else Soft Dome Master Race here? soft rim or classic dome fags btfo eternally
Nolan Wright
>soft rim more like gay rim job am I right
Camden Bell
>Can I slam a 2GB RAM stick into it if I don't have 1GB stick laying around? If it's the right type, I don't see why not. >Does Linux easily recognize the stylus and digitizer? I want to use it as cintiq replacement on the go Yes. >Can I trust chink batteries for $35? Locally they cost 60-86 Eur Chink batteries just wear faster >Can I cram a Broadcom Crystal HD hardware video decoder into it? Maybe? Try it and see.
Jackson Gomez
Not him, but as someone who has never used an IBM 40 series laptop, how usable are they today?
Julian Perry
Install a lightweight linux distro (DebianDog, Porteus, Lubuntu) and it will be a decent browserbox as long as you manage your tabs well.
Ryan King
haha you are right my man! high five up top catch you on the flipside
Tyler Stewart
Soft rim is the worst. Classic dome is okay, but yeah. Soft Dome is best trackpoint nub
Kayden Hughes
Classic dome kina only works on the really old keyboards. I'm talking mid 90s here.
Adam Gomez
Meeting a pajeet who swaps parts around to flip laptops often. Paying $255 for a t430 with all the bells and whistles without gpu. Did I do good? i7 3520m@ 2.9, 8gb dual channel ram, 1600x900, 500gb drive, 9-cell oem battery. Oem charger.
Matthew Butler
You could do better, but not without hours of scouring ebay. Not bad.
Kevin Reyes
What 2.5'' drives can fit inside the x220's 2.5'' slot?
Owen Cruz
Anything 7mm or thinner will fit properly.
Anthony Gutierrez
Probably 2.5" ones.
Parker Rogers
I made a 9mm SSD fit by removing the top portion of the drives enclosure, voided the warranty tho
Jack Jones
>x220 >warranty nigger what
Ayden Stewart
Which one to go for?
x230 8GB 128GB SSD i7-3520M very good condition for 180GBP
or
E6430 i7-3720QM 8GB, 500GB HDD, Nvidia NVS5200m Grade D scrachtes around and dents with some light spots on screen for 150 GBP
or
T430 i7, 8GB, 500GB HDD only scratches on lid 222,22 GBP
or
W530, 4GB, no HDD, no battery, no, cable i7 3720QM with cracks shiny and ware ontouchpad for 150 GBP