Really makes you think edition

Really makes you think edition

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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
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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.
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Used ThinkPad Buyers Guide:
ktgee.net/tpg

New guides by xsauc:
dankpads.com

ThinkWiki - Info on ThinkPads and running GNU/Linux on them:
thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki

ThinkPad service guides w/ tutorial videos:
lenovoservicetraining.com/

ThinkPad wallpaper collection:
imgur.com/a/NlepZ

ThinkPad BIOS splash screen collection (new, pls contribute):
biosimage.booru.org/index.php

Other urls found in this thread:

x220.mcdonnelltech.com/
tpfancontrol.com/
ark.intel.com/products/75133/Intel-Core-i7-4930MX-Processor-Extreme-Edition-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz
ebay.co.uk/itm/252364149387
ebay.co.uk/itm/252291563220
twitter.com/AnonBabble

is t460 or t460s good?

Im angry. Angry about screws.

>old T420 still going in the 80s after applying new thermal paste
what do?

screw you :^)

add more paste
or if you're an idiot who overdid it remove the paste and try again adding less

80s on 100% load is pretty normal for a t420 though

What cpu & ram are you using?

I've got a used but still good SSD that my friend gave me (Samsung 840 pro 256gb) but they said they didn't format it. If I install it in my x230 and install Windows 10 with a USB, will it automatically remove their files?

soon tm

I just want to put in my ssd

should've used an msata ssd goy

i5 2520m
8 gb

>80s on 100% load is pretty normal for a t420 though
I thought the point of getting a business laptop was getting low temps

cutest thinkpad reporting

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wtf retard

I mean in comparison with the more poorly built consumer laptops

80s under 100% load is low temps for a laptop
but thats probably a cpu only test, because these thinkpads usually throttle pretty badly.

80 is still better than 90% of opposing laptops

Bumpi

yes it'll ask if you want to format the drive

At least it still has the touchpad buttons

I've heard that is overheats like crap because of the underpowered cooling

Do I have this right?
>X230
>Power off
>Remove battery
>Remove slow HDD
>Put in new SSD
>Put battery back
>Plug in Win10 USB installation media
>Boot up
That's right, right? Or do I boot then plug in the USB? Sorry if this is a noob question but this is my first thinkpad, the first time I'm replacing the hardware, and the first time I'm installing the is.

Thinkers of Sup Forums, please help me.

I recently purchased an X220, and I wish to flash a new BIOS.

How would I go about doing it?

>T440p - 14", last ThinkPad to have replacable CPUs
doesn't it come with a soldered 4th gen Intel Core?

PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATCH

PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATCH

PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATCH

I WANT ONE NOW

Well that's not good.

WHy are you on a tech board son'
>usb then boot then you might have to bios and select boot from usb

Disregard that I suck cocks, I just learned some 4th gen CPUs are still PGA

Just a normal BIOS? Use the lenovo package
Want to install mac OS/a better wifi card? Then this:x220.mcdonnelltech.com/

>what is google

Does installing Ubuntu on the T420 require any special considerations? I switched to Ubuntu at work a couple weeks ago and really enjoy it.

No

for me its the x201

Bumping question from previous thread

You are a godsend, user.

The 'Unauthorised WiFi card' crap was really pissing me off.

>Clickable touchpad buttons
Just why

tpfancontrol.com/

Just replace the palmrest, the trackpad is hilarious at that size.

just replace the palmrest

i wish my x201 looked that clean

...

Brand new Chinese knockoff plastics.

I bought my X230 refurbished at $400, local currency, earlier this year, and I want to sell it now. I've upgraded from 4 to 8GB RAM but am I expecting too much if I put the buy now price at $300 or should I put it at like $250? It's the i5 3320M and 320GB HDD, someone on my local auctioning site is putting them up with a i5 3380 and 180GB SSD at $250 starting price but that seems pretty low to me for such a low amount of storage, even with an SSD.

If you plan to play emulators and old games then is ok

Inteligent, nihilistic and with a wicked sense of humor

I meant that it seems pretty high but I don't really know what price they usually go for

Can BIOS update fuck up hardware whitelisting on ThinkPads?

440/440S used soldered U series chips, 440P used socketed M series chips.

Yeah, I just learned that lol
I thought every mobile processor from gen 4 on was soldered. Also just learned that U implies not just "low voltage" but also "soldered"

By old, how about stuff that was released roughly at the same time as the thinkpad itself?

I don't really play anything released that recently anyway (other than Stellaris, but I doubt that'd work).

Email me

you are not patch.

stranger danger.

ark.intel.com/products/75133/Intel-Core-i7-4930MX-Processor-Extreme-Edition-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

Behold the dumbest CPU you can put in a T440P, and the most powerful socketed mobile CPU ever produced.

T440p graphics options?

What do you guys think about the thinkpad t540p? I can buy one for 250 but I don't know if I should

>dumbest CPU you can put in a T440P
what did he meme by this?

>16:9
>Lenovo

These are chinkpads, you degenerates.

HD4600 clocked at 1.15/1.3ghz, optional GT730M.

It's 57W, 10w above the quad cores the T440P can barely cool with the bigger heatsink and no dGPU.

what do you mean? the hardware is already whitelisted from the first BIOS revision

For example, do newer BIOS have better lockdown on whitelisting so you can't use modded BIOS to install wifi cards that didn't come from Lenovo?

what is this site?

Not my image. It's a site for benchmarking mobile/netbook/notebook etc GPUs, can't remember the name.

Nah its me, just user posting elsewhere and forgot my trip

no the newer BIOS versions don't prevent you from updating the BIOS again

Some never BIOS versions deliberately block you from downgrading to an older one

For me anything

Okay, so my laptop just BSOD'ed for the fifth time today. What should I get if I want a future proof laptop that can handle a 4k monitor and some light gaming a la eu4. Looking at an x1 carbon or the latest xps15

>Okay, so my laptop just BSOD'ed for the fifth time today
It's simple, just uninstall Winshit.

>laptop that can handle a 4k monitor

XPS 15 or equivalent

so i have a budget of up to $300 or so.

i'm building a studio and want a thinkpad for use in music production. any recommendations?

Sauce on the palmrest? Might upgrade the palmrest on my x201

>showing literally anyone that you go on Sup Forums

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wow I'm black and I won't buy your patvhes anymore

#BoycottPatch

Is the x1 considered an equivalent? Just want to hook it up to my TV for comfyposting. Looking to see if there are better options or if the xps is the top of the pack

Memory matters more than CPU for DAW use.

Pretty much any ThinkPad T series and even some X series w/ Sandy Bridge or more recent processor will do.

STOP!
Post what you're doing right now with your thinkpad.

All x1s have integrated graphics. XPS is king.

Sticker restock when?

Will they have lowercase Sup Forums?

X1 doesn't have dedicated GPU.

Also, designed to be ultra-mobile (weight and thinness over better thermals, basically throttles at relatively low CPU load).

lol
>black
>posting on oceanic anti negro webforum

Ahh, good to know
I'm don't have noodle arms, so I don't need a macbook wannabe in terms of thinness

Poorfags begone

no >:(

ebay.co.uk/itm/252364149387

I grabbed myself a new lid too.

ebay.co.uk/itm/252291563220

Aren't MBAs for "urban youths" who can't afford MBP?

I wish there was an aftermarket lid for recent ThinkPads that had the IBM tricolor logo on it.

I had the same problem. I think it was a crap ethernet driver from lenovo. I switched to linux and that fixed the problem.

my $150 acer chromebook looks better than that thing

>not being the same color as your thinkpad

Sad!

>The only laptop with a shittier TN panel than the T420

kek

nice faggy laptop, did a rainbow flag come with it as a gift?

Fake, blacks can't read

Soon, hopefully before the end of the month.

Don't put your thinkpad in direct sunlight. That heats up the laptop and in turn heats up the battery is is harmful for it. Not to mention thinkpads are black which is the most heat absorbing color.

Don't worry, it was in the shade. But I was never considered that, will be more conscious about that next time.

Tfw you find Patch Dicknamics' supplier.

worst thinkpad
runs hot and has worse battery than the x200
Theres no reason to buy one when the x200 and x220/230 exist

Guys, my T420 idles at about 40 Celsius, runs at about 45 when on Sup Forums, but shoots up to 80 when on YouTube.

On 100% load while using Blender, it got as high as 96. dmesg shows warnings of it getting too hot and throttling.

Even at the hottest temps, the air being blown out is only mildly warm and the chassis never feels hot to touch. Is this normal for an i5-2520M?

or am I??
>trollface.bmp