T420, T430 or X230

Considering buying some ThinkPad, which one is the best Sup Forums?
Best advice = installed gentoo

x230 with IPS, i5 3380m 3.6Ghz is comfy.

yeah i thought this ones good, but its not the old T series, should i go for it?

this, also battery life is amazing on the x230. the keyboard thing is a meme

You should go for it if you need nice IPS.
If you need bigger monitor and space look for t420/t430 that have 1600x900.
Me personaly like x230 because it is small,portable and IPS panel is nice to my eyes.

Yes keyboard thing is a meme that made by ibm thinkpad fanatics.
x230 have nice keyboard and I prefer x230 keyboard more than classic one.
(I own x220)

Go to tpg you faggot
Also X230 or T430

you can always sage it faggot

Why does everyone hate the T420 lately?
I have one, upgraded the CPU, RAM, battery, etc... and I love it.
Everyone on Sup Forums used to constantly recommend it too as the goto thinkpad.

He can always go to a thread full of people who can help him instead of being a dipshit over here
You can also kill yourself

T430 with mods out the ass.

Even though I'm an X220 owner, just go with the X230.

It's not hate but more like it isn't worth buying over a T430 really

With the keyboard swap yeah but not a lot of people were talking about when I bought it. Quad core i7, SSD, 1866 DDR3 and so on and it's comparable to the t430 despite my having spent more money on upgrades than I would have with that most likely.

go with the t430 or x230 depending on what size you want, i have a t430 and the keyboard is actually pretty nice the layout just takes some getting used to though
also
>>>/tpg/

XD

T460s.

A lot of people didn't realize for 50 dollars more you could get an igpu that folds the HD 3000 in half
I know coreboot can do stuff but at that point why not a T430 with coreboot?

dell inspiron 1558 is best one.
300 dollars i3 with 16 gigs ram

I have a x230 (i5, IPS) and a t430s (i7, 1600xSomething), they both are really good. I like the drivebay on the t430s, you can read or burn a dvd real quick or use it for another disk or battery.

The x230 is really good on the balcony or in the train, it's display has more light.

No need to swap the keyboard, it's a tiresome meme.

because they realized how terrible the display is, and that there is no way to get rid of it.

the T430 has replacement 1080p IPS panels.

Stop lying. The T430 has the same exact shitty panels that the T420 does. There's no good 14 inch LVDS panels available.

FHD IPS ADAPTER BOARD WHEN

get a t440, put fhd + t450 trackpad in

x220 is fucking over priced everywhere I look. Thanks for memeing the prices up you retards.

t420 or t430 and upgrade the screen

What are some essential mods for the X230?

>battery EC flash so can use x220 batteries
>FHD IPS (where do I get this, nitrocaster doesnt make many, also suggestions for screens to use)

Are you some kind of microscopic freak that you can read any shit on such a display? I have the x230 with 1366x768 IPS, it's good, but shouldn't be higher res.

>1366x768
>shouldn't be higher res

>1366x768
in a x230 better than FHD, unless you are able to read fonts on a hair.

It's not hatred, they're just outclassed by the T430 which is being rotated off the five year lifespan of companies and entering eBay around the same price.

Compared to those the T420 has a lousy screen and is heavy.

Even then you could swap in x220 keyboard if you really wanted to

>the T430 has replacement 1080p IPS panels.
The T430 has identical screen options as the T420.

What you're remembering is the T430s (and T420s) have 1080p IPS screen options, because there is an adapter board for it. This adapter board doesn't work in the non-s version because it flickers.

I wouldn't mind 1600x900 t b h

The T420 has identical screens and weight as the T430.

The advantages T430 has is
>slightly faster cpu
>WAY faster igpu
>faster ram speed
>USB 3.0

Other than those and the keyboard, it's literally the same fucking laptop

singles have the telescopic eyes confirmed

1600x900 is fine on 12 inch (Get a Fujitsu Lifebook T902 to see for yourself)
I do agree that 1080 is too much tho

T520 with 1080p display

>x230
>swap keyboard
>get 2k IPS screen from the chinks