REQUESTING TO CONVERT MY WAIFU'S LAPTOP INTO A THINKPAD Edition
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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 - 14", 900x1600, easy to obtain, ideal size, socketed CPU, Ivy Bridge installable after Coreboot flash T520 - 15", 1080p, Quadcore-CPUs W520 - 15", 1080p, Desktop Replacement, 32GB RAM possible, 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
>The japanese one is actually cheaper than an US one on Ebay lmao Actually i was looking for a new keyboard for my T440p and found the same situation, the Japanese one was cheaper than the one i wanted and both have the big enter key so i went with the weeb one. It was priced around $25 too.
Now i regret getting the weeb keyboard because the tiny spacebar and backspace fuck up your muscle memory if you're used to touch typing at ~100WPM.
Luis Wood
Hows the T520? I might pick one up as my first thinkpad. What's some good features to look out for?
Jacob Murphy
I need help, I'm really sad.
This morning I tried to turn on my T420 but it didn't even power up. It just turned on the power button led but then nothing. I read somewhere that unplugging the CMOS battery and plugging the AC cable should make it start automatically, but tried this and there was this big noise and smell coming out so I immediately unplugged the cord. Now the power led doesn't even work.
Did I just fried something? ;_;
William Gutierrez
>Hows the T520? Solid, big 15.6" screen, plenty of upgrades, can't go wrong with that one.
>What's some good features to look out for? Anything, even if you get one with shit specs everything is upgradeable including the display and processor.
Lincoln Foster
no get a T420 or T430 instead. T520 is heavy as fuck
Jordan Lee
I know kansei dorifto and thats about it no idea of the hiragana or katakana for it though
Zachary Brooks
t. blind manlet
James Jones
You're going to need to buy a new t420 user
Landon Roberts
Have any of you ever bought a Thinkpad Trackpoint replacment cap? I've had my T420 for 1 year and it's nub is worn out. Are the cheap ones on ebay worth it. I need the optimal Thinkpad Trackpoint experience.
Jack Cruz
yeah, buy a set and try them out. I like the soft rim.
Easton Wood
On a tangent which cap styles do you guys prefer? I'm sure you've already discussed this before, but i'm relatively new to /tpg/ so forgive my autism.
Soft dome, soft rims are for people who have to either move their finger a shit ton to scroll or are too greasy to stay on.
Julian Taylor
It's so much easier for scrolling dude. I thought it was a meme but I like the concave feeling.
Luke Perez
Soft rim is the clear winner desu.
Bentley Ramirez
Soft rim, of course. Why is this even up for debate?
Asher Gomez
Classic dome
Connor Parker
Trackpad masterrace reporting in.
Zachary Morris
what thinkpad? It looks so much better without the unnecessary buttons on the bottom. x220 right?
Carson Gutierrez
X230, you can tell by the chiclet keys.
Luis Powell
I believe it an x230
Jeremiah Hall
Has anyone ever put a tx30 keyboard on a tx20 model?
Ryder White
>tfw did the touchpad mod to make the trackpoint usable and disabled the touchpad
Eli Bell
done
Connor Edwards
Fuck that, not having buttons fucking sucks
The way the X220/X230 touchpad curves down, the right click area isn't on the bottom of the touchpad but slightly above it, leaving a gap at the bottom where it can only left click
Horrible design
Dominic Smith
thoughts on the anniversary edition?
Parker Russell
dgpu ULV dual core 16:9 shit
Jeremiah Perez
>using trackpad just use the buttons above dude
Brayden Long
>not using tap for mouse click >not using two finger tap for secondary mouse click
Benjamin Perez
It's not as convenient to do that if you're a trackpad user.
For example you cant really just click and drag that wya.
That being said, I don't use the trackpad. I just think the x220/x230 on is shitty.
>implying the x220/x230 trackpad is reliable enough to do that
Isaac Gonzalez
Mine does that fine with fedora
Blake Reyes
if you wanted a macbook why didn't you buy one? the touch gestures are infinitely better. If I didn't like the trackpoint so much I would actually buy a macbook.
Evan Johnson
Isn't just enough with the motherboard? I removed the drives and RAM before doing that
Isaiah Cooper
>a good feature is evil because macOS uses it
Levi Ross
It's not evil, the thinkpad trackpads are just shit for that kind of thing because they're not designed for those gestures
The T440 and newer trackpads are much better for that kind of thing
Julian Lewis
I'm not arguing for the plethora of gestures. Just tap for click, double tap secondary mouse click. I like it and you can't stop me.
Carter Lewis
Looks like a custom sticker/filmon the touchpad and buttons
Hudson Cooper
>no thinkpad logo
Christopher Myers
No that's the stock touchpad (which yes is just a textured sticker)
Brandon Clark
> that user selling libreboot t400 on eBay with fight the power rhetoric
Jack Perry
no, this has never happened ever. I dont recommend to try. I would have been done if it were possible.
Ryder Gutierrez
gab ain't worth the effort
Jackson Butler
she is user
Carson Roberts
>implying gab isn't the Sup Forums character she literally tells people to fuck off and asks for gibs while living the NEET life.
Hunter Campbell
yeah it happened in the last thread
Ayden Morales
>liking Sup Forums why are you even here
Cooper Allen
YAMERO
Nicholas Carter
we're here forever user
Noah Cox
Do you guys keep the case stickers on your memepad?
Benjamin Wilson
>import my memepads from the US >replace the keyboards with my native layout because ANSI a shit >have a small pile of US keyboards the fuck do i do with all these keyboards
Adam Davis
you got an extra keyboard for the Tx20 series? If so I'll buy one off ya senpai since I'd rather use that than the T530 stock keyboard.
Jeremiah Smith
What is that large rectangle below the arrow keys? A larger trackpad?
Isaac Miller
Yes i do have one but it's in bad shape, some keycaps and the trackpoint cap is missing and the left trackpoint button doesn't work. Even got a Japanese t440p keyboard in there.
There are brand new US T520 keyboards on eBay for $30 though, probably cheaper than what sending something overseas would cost me.
Landon Harris
>designed for right-handed people
Julian Reed
literally nowhere. Also as an fyi the jap keyboard actually sucks for daily use. The backspace is the thing that trips me up the most, i end up hitting the key that has the yen on it. Also the legend is wrong for everything else unless you change your hardware layout in windows to jp keyboard. So its pretty pointless, and yes i am wap and i even dont use the jp keyboard i got. Also aliexpress i got mine in 3 days by paying 20+USD extra for fast shipping.
Sebastian Collins
drawing pad, its an actual wacom tablet with pen.
Jose Myers
>jap keyboard actually sucks for daily use b-but isn't that what all the cute anime girls in here use??
Caleb Morris
yes but you're a fat weeaboo, not a cute anime girl
Aiden Walker
no bulli
Aiden Gomez
here is my jp keyboard.
Jason Taylor
that's hidoi desu
Charles Williams
...
David Miller
happened after i spilled smallest amount of drpepper on it, the keyes died and i got pissed and ripped it off thinkpad. Thinkpad also soon after got smashed. Was x220. Have way to many thinkpads so i can afford to lose like 10.
Michael Rodriguez
here that x220 is , low bezel edition
Michael Gray
Ripperoni thanks anyway user
Jaxon Jackson
cool so how do you make it not look like aids
Ryan Cook
micro wacom interface, comes with a pen
Christopher Stewart
thats thejoke. It was thrown and beaten, the screen frame came off and i taped it for a few days before i decided to trash it.
Evan Smith
a low bezel thinkpad would be great desu
Michael Anderson
What do i need to put a ivy bridge CPU in a T420?
Robert Richardson
new thinkpad
Cooper Baker
>T420 / Ivy Bridge installable after Coreboot flash
Why are people still advocating this? Nobody in this thread has actually tried this.
Anybody smart enough to flash Coreboot will immediately run to this thread and tell people what a horrible idea running Coreboot on a T420 actually is (I've done it). This is how I know nobody here actually does anything with their Thinkpads other than shitpost and circlejerk on Sup Forums. Glad I no longer frequent this retard thread.
Brody Lewis
Around 50$ and it's totally worth it
Lincoln Walker
how do older models like the x200/x220 do with battery life? whats the best older model with decent battery life? id be tempted to get something like an x260 just for the battery life, so its important to me
Jeremiah Clark
As someone flashing Coreboot on a T430 soon, what's so bad about it?
Joseph Miller
x220 with 9-cell gets 10-12h if you're not playing games
William Miller
8 hours average with 9 cell on an x220. I dont recommend running windows 10 (even LTSB) on it though, I lost about 1.5 hours of battery
Caleb Sanchez
thats way better than i would have thought. what OS would you reccomend that doesnt destroy battery life? w7 work? im interested in linux, but i need to play around with it, so to start off ill be using something im more familiar with. hows x200 battery?
Ian James
There is absolutely no power management built into coreboot or supported on the T420/T430. I've flashed it on both. Your battery will be drained in 2 hours max. Even underclocking to the minimum 0.8GH will still cause the full 35W/45W power draw from your CPU.
Coreboot power management on those two models is a fucking disaster. Avoid it.
David Cook
Holy shit, that's goot to know. Thanks user.
Julian Edwards
How did you do that?
Eli Ramirez
which models support ultrabay batteries? i know the T420s can, are there any others? im especially hoping theres an x series that can
Landon Rogers
Anytime I try to boot from a USB or CD my T61 tells me to >Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart
I literally can't use anything other than Windows 7 at this point.
What is wrong?
Tyler Johnson
Linux with TLP will be good, though I haven’t actually tested this on an x220. My T420 got around 6 hours on a 9 cell with Linux+TLP but on Windows I get 6.5. More or less the same really. Windows 7 would be your best bet because all of the software (especially power management) for that model is written around Windows 7 and there’s no real benefit from using 8.1/10 on a laptop of that age unless you give a fuck about apps for some reason.
Gavin Johnson
Whats the best thinkpad for gaming?
Alexander Bennett
x series has no ultrabay. T420 normal model I believe supports it. However with the x series I believe you can buy the slice battery that attaches to the bottom that will give you insane battery life.
Robert Collins
None of them. They are professional series laptops meant for work. Get a yoga if you want to fall for the gayming laptop meme.
James Reyes
Anything wth a good CPU and works well with eGPU Or a P series if you enjoy wasting money
