Previous thread: ---- 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 P, T, X, and W SERIES if you want the Real Business Experience™
Recommended IBM models: X60, X61, T60, T61, 860, Transnote, PC110
Recommended old models: X200, W500
Recommended modern models: X220 - 12", 768x1366, cheap and light T420 - normal size, 14", 900x1600 T520 - 15", 1080p, Quadcore-CPUs W520 - desktop replacement, 15", USB 3.0
Last good models: X230 - 12", USB 3.0, IPS option avaiable, classic keyboard installable T440p - 14", last ThinkPad to have replacable CPUs, 1080p IPS displays avaiable ---- Why ThinkPad? >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. ---- Used ThinkPad Buyers Guide: ktgee.net/tpg
>lower resolution screen (it was upgraded before) >greasy as fuck >trackpad worn out >CPU spiking >possible fan problems ffs buying thinkpads is annoying.
David Thompson
>not exclusively using ThinkClit™ and disabling normiepad in the bios
Julian Russell
sucks for scrolling fampai
Christopher Mitchell
have you tried scrolling like this? >thumb on middle button >index finger on trackpoint
Cameron Hughes
HELP! I want to do the regedit modificationso the trackpoint middle button inputs as middle click, but how do I enter dword:00002214 ? The registry wont accept the letter w.
Eli Edwards
use linux
Kayden Gutierrez
But I need to use windows for now.
Someone please.
Lucas Kelly
Which series would be retro, i mean will it be workstation and such?
Nolan Jackson
Repoast
Decided to boot up my win install to rice my BIOS screen. I'm running Win10 LTSB on an X220 here. I was reading the readme on the BIOS utility and it seems to be for a UEFI BIOS whereas mine is running a legacy BIOS.
Anyone know where/how I can update/acquire the legacy one? I'm still looking around but I haven't found it yet.
Jaxson Hall
Thanks for putting the booru in the OP.
pls contriboot
Kevin Reed
retro is based on T470 enjoy your ultrabook
Brody Long
Does the W520 use the same palmrest as the T530?
Brody Jenkins
>Not physically removing the trackpad.
Gavin Jones
I still don't get this
Josiah Gray
thee plebiest
Parker Watson
What should I do with my old T500 now that I just bought a T530, /tpg/?
Angel Carter
Use it as server.
Jaxson Sanchez
It will still work. Your bios has legacy features but is still EFI.
Tyler Williams
respond pls
Jaxon Hernandez
I don't even get this
Jackson Fisher
You sir, are a truly Patrician.
Justin Parker
Hey! I made that OP picture!
Libreboot it.
Aiden Murphy
my memory is spiking now
Kevin Thompson
I only ordered 3 but got 4, neat!
Easton Reed
So if I get only one instead of two it's your fault
Grayson Lee
this is a hate crime
Joseph Myers
THAT WAS MINE
Lincoln Bailey
Ahh cheers. Got it sorted.
Jason Sullivan
why did you remove elitebooks and dells?
Noah Foster
>Recommended IBM models: >X60, X61, T60, T61 those are all post-lenovo though even if some have the logo, none of them were designed or built under IBM
My x220 fan speeds keep reving up even when performing basic tasks, thinking about changing the thermal paste, but also might consider replacing the fan. Links to any good replacements?
Aaron Mitchell
Can get my hands on a X200T that has been renovated with both new RAM and a new harddisk for $180, is it worth?
Chase Torres
I NEEDED ONEEEEEE
Justin Turner
you missed out faggot
Isaiah Green
...
Josiah Baker
>Anime Hi! Go to hell.
Xavier Flores
Hi! This is an anime website.
Owen Gonzalez
A macbook air is more worth it
Dylan Stewart
Not worth it
Not worth it
Kevin Ramirez
you can get one for like 60 quid mate
Anthony Price
i never used mine. first thing i did when i bought mine was disabling it from the bios.
Brody Hernandez
Is it possible to use the thinkvantage button?
Camden Fisher
I've heard of people using them as a glorified hot key with Linux, could probably set it to open the terminal.
Parker Garcia
It's easy to bind to whatever you want in Linux. Maybe a bit more complicated on Windows.
Caleb Green
I mean the double mouse buttons
Nathan Scott
What stickers do you have on your thinkpad?
Joshua Phillips
There's a normal i5 sticker under that.
Alexander Peterson
Not in Norway you can't
Eli Ross
A fsf one on top A inshill i5 (i have a I7-4700mq) and a energy star sticker
Angel Baker
Thats what I've got mine bound to, dropdown terminal.
Levi Martinez
Buy one off ebay It's way cheaper to import one in some European countries
Austin Adams
Thanks for help man
Thomas Ward
someone make me a bondrewd (subarashi!!) bios splash, 1024x768 thx.
Christian Ross
looking at a fair few options for some cheap T420, any sort of specs I should be looking for and what I should be xpected to pay for them? ty
Owen Nguyen
1600x900 or 1366x768 lads?
Lucas Brooks
aesthetics or battery life I guess
Dylan Rivera
>not modding your sticker
640x480 lad, don't be lazy.
Brayden Walker
I have coreboot, 1024x768 is fine.
Mason Campbell
is this real lads?
Brayden Gonzalez
It says they've planned to do something like this for their 25th anniversary being sometime next year so you'll have to wait and see I suppose.
Christopher Sanchez
Ah, wasn't aware that changed it.
That dude?
Jaxson Long
>Sup Forums
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BE CAREFUL. ONLY IMPORT FROM OUTSIDE THE EEA WITH DISPOSABLE INCOME BECAUSE THE JEWS WILL SLAP YOU WITH SHITTONS OF DUTIES
Aiden Reyes
oy vey shut it down
Ryan James
yea.
Kevin Sanchez
its the same type on 640x480, it stretches to 16:9 itself, so you gonna anamorphically store it.
Parker Sullivan
That i7 still good enough yeah? Doesn't throttle or overheat etc
Ian Evans
count me in. I want Ozen in mine. >inb4 thinkpad in abyss.
Adrian Walker
Assuming that's a T440p, I've got a 4810MQ in mine and it doesn't throttle.
Nathaniel Adams
where the fuck do i get a thinkpad from a country like new zealand shipping here is expensive as hell
Carter Cooper
local classifieds
Owen Price
For T420 owners: do you guys enable the "cpu power management" setting in the bios? With it disabled both cores (i5-2520m) are at fixed frequencies at all times, which I like to see.
Grayson Miller
Bought a t530 will be here Saturday, based fast seller problem is no ac adapter and no SSD.
Should I do the following >New battery just in case >Buy 500gb SSD
Also how do I determine what wattage charger I need? Or what is the thiccest charger
Anthony Lee
Dual or quad core, iGPU or dGPU?
Leo Perez
3520m no dgpu
Hudson Wilson
65w, or whatever the smallest one is, is fine. You can get a bigger one but I don't think it'll make much of a difference.
Christian Harris
Can I still upgrade to a quad in the future?
James Nelson
Would it be autistic if I used a thinkpad at school in class? What if my crush says "I've never seen a Mac like that before"
Isaiah Robinson
She'll hate you anyway because >user that's not reddit
Julian Stewart
just wait to see the condition of the battery first and you only have two options, the 65W or 90W charger
yes
no one cares about your laptop, also pen and paper is superior
Owen Lopez
>autistic no >What if my crush says "I've never seen a Mac like that before" Better hope you have a tablet version so you can write a cute ass note that says "ficki ficki". Show her the power of ThinkPad™
Isaac Anderson
>and you only have two options, the 65W or 90W charger There's also the 135W adapter, but that's only needed for top-spec configurations with quad core CPU and dedicated GPU. A simple dual core iGPU model won't need more than the 90W.
Colton Phillips
>Paper is superior My nigga
Joshua James
Yes, but you'll need the 90w brick.
Wyatt Watson
none of course
Matthew Reed
Ty for helping me make my shit just werk
Luke Gutierrez
well with this kind of thought process, everybody already knows you're autistic. So you're probably good to go.
Jaxon Stewart
the 135W and 170W adapters are notched and can only be used on systems made for them
Brayden Cook
can someone please post a picture of a broken thinkpad t420 please
Nathan Cooper
What kind of broken?
Ayden Gray
Like the kind of damage you'd get from dropping it. Snapped plastics etc
Jordan Bailey
Worst you'll realistically see from a drop is a broken palmrest and keyboard bezel, since that's plastic, and very easy to replace. The surrounding body is magnesium.
Liam Clark
ah ok thanks, I was just interested to see whether there was a weak spot on the laptop like the x220 above the card reader.
Brandon Cruz
rbt.asia/g/thread/61291592/#61292833
Nolan Bailey
kek wtf
Camden Lewis
tpmiddle.exe
Adam Bailey
If this is the same fix as I'm thinking of, theres a caveat to this. It'll mean that you can't do the usual middle mouse + clit to scroll. Instead, it will toggle that dopey thing that appears when you middle click on a normal mouse. Personally for me, that felt worse than losing the proper middle click so I kept it as is.
