/tpg/ - ThinkPad General

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>Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P 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 - 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
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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:
biosimage.booru.org/index.php

first for
>dual corelets
lmao

>he can't impress women with his i7 thinkpad

Fucking sad, I bet you're so proud of your quad core i5.

Hes really hanging his thnikpad off his nuts? hahahahahahahaha

So what is the point of Libreboot/Coreboot??

Lurk more user.

>not recognizing sarcasm
maybe you should go back

>current year
>having any less than 8 cores

>I was only acting retarded xddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
Maybe you should go back

where does Sup Forums buy his thinkpads?

Which should I buy between an i7-4700mq and a 4800mq for my T440p?
Also, since the insertions have only used ones, is there a way for me to be sure I'm not getting a burned chip or one that has been shat on for years?

I want to get a new fan for my t430 cause its loud. Currently there is a Toshiba fan in there. Should I get a new Toshiba one? Or has anybody ordered a cheap fan from Aliexpress?

ebay

I'm very serious now

I'm looking to buy a Thinkpad
>1080p IPS, 14"+ inch screen
>not a brick
>ok if U series processors
>some upgradeability (RAM/SSD)
>good battery life
>costs at most 500-600$

Should I buy a x230 with a 128 GB ssd, 8 GB ram and a core i5? It also comes with a dock. I've been wanting to get a thinkpad for a long time and a guy near me is selling one now.

reported for bestiality

Thought's on upgrading from a i7 4700MQ to a i7 4800QM for ~$100? I just want to get VT-d so I can do GPU passthrough.

4700MQ, not much of a difference.

So how do I go about upgrading my graphics card?
>Buy a new one
>pull out the old one
>put the new one in
>install drivers

...

I'm the guy who just upgraded the cpu of his t420, this is the result after playing a lighter game for 10-ish minutes.
I think I'm going to turn off one core and see the results, these temps are a bit too high.
I'll be back when I've disabled one of the cores.

>foobar

my nigga

You got memed boi

Through my University I have the chance to get a T570 for 1049€. The same configuration comes out at 1667€ on Lenovo's website.
Should I do it?

The specs are these:

Intel Core i5-7200U, 2x2,5 GHz
GB (1x8 GB), max. 32 GB
512 GB SSD
IPS 15,6" 1920 x 1080
Intel HD Graphics 620

No matter I got the cpu for cheap and even with 2 cores enabled it's better than the i5 this system came with.

I bought E470 two weeks ago and I'm satisfied with it :3

Do thinkpads have soldered gpus? I am thinking of buying a cheap laptop and upgrading it over time.

Usually.

ever single one does. Only ever seen some new gaming laptops do the removable gpu in recent years.

I built a removap gpu by putting gpu albeit old one into a battery slice casing and used docking cknnecror for 8pin power and got a ribbon cable style pcie slot amd ran itbthrough the casing into the slot. did on x220 and was able to game on it properly.

Damn it I did get memed, 2 cores 4 threads, same temps as with the old i5.
Only differences are the max boost being 300mhz higher on the 2760qm, with the i5 I had old thermal pase and I had less windows open when I tested this with the i5, fuck this.

Huh? A month or two ago, it was 670$ with corporate discount...

actually i eat me words, they have removable gpu cards on p51 and p71 atleast.

bow down before my tp

The corner of my tp is chipped. I don't even know when it happened. How do I deal with it, boys.

how come in the last 5 years the thinkpads performance barely improved?

anyone?

How bad is the offset keyboard on this model? I imagine it might feel uncomfortable.. I've got around £1k to spend on a computer that will also serve as my desktop

i have p51, its fine, literally never been an issue, i had centered ones and ye they nice but the off center makes no difference.

Thanks, I won't worry about it then. Do you use the p51 as your main machine? I'm thinking of buying a dock too

yes, using it right now with 3 nec 4k monitors from doc.

im this user (Pic related)

now I just have to wait for one to appear on ebay in the uk, I'll probably be waiting a while but it'll be worth it

a p51 or dock?

Are you the same one from pic related?

How come in the past 5 years desktop cpu performance has stagnated.

i want a shinobu gf

i don't know i am asking unironically

I hope u dont take that to a public place

Basically the answer is CPU's have stopped really advancing these past few years, so no massive performance increases.

so is there any reason to upgrade a 5 yo laptop? or to pay 1500 instead of 300 if you buy a new one?

lol no. I don't watch children's cartoons. just a pic I took when I replaced the TN panel with an IPS one.

no thats also mine actually

What's the ThinkPad XX20 equivalent of other brands/

What was the last good thinkpad, and why?

for most people there's no reason. other than the built in battery is fucked up (not a problem with thinkpads) or something is broken.

for work I always have to get the newest Apple notebooks and the improvements are really marginally.

you can get great hardware for a bargain if you buy 2nd or 3rd hand. of course if you're into gaymen or some other performance hungry shit you'll need to buy the newest shit. but everyone else save your money.

ur a lying twat

pic 1/2

pic 2/2

fuck off m8. the only stickers I put onto my TP are picrelated

fucking lying twat

sharpie in pooper

reply 2 wrong person

Why you post your ip address? You wanna get ddos'd

HP EliteBook 2560p?

How's a T440p plus touchpad swap sound user? Those should be under 500 for sure

Nice stickers. Where do I get both of them?

>HTC one M7
My guy

Which thinkpad?
Actually scratch that.
Which elitebook?

I'd've recommend a T470 for it's size and lack of a numpad but if you like the T570 more that's fine

Yes and no
Most thinkpads as of the xx10 series come with integrated gpus but the ones that also come with dedicated gpus are soldered though
Pics? That sounds pretty crazy
I want to belive.

>192.168.178.29

Intriguing. That ip address is registered in the usa. Is there a way to pin point the location and use Google maps? Just for giggles :^)

WTF, some people here recommending T430. Look up the specs
>T430 shipped at 768p
>900p doesnt even seem to exist
Is lenovo fucking serious my T400 has a 900p screen, but a much newer T430 cant?????

fuck off redditor

Why do you care?

Holy shit

In what way
Specs or build?

>falling this hard

but T440p is heavy and looks like a brick

go back to r*ddit seriously

>Recommended IBM models:
>X60, X61, T60, T61
these are lenovo though

True, but part of me likes it this way because I know the parts I'm putting in it are good. Only part so far I'm disappointed in buying is the cheap internal battery. They are just too much money new.

>94c not even on stress
Weird, when i had mine never went above 80c while gaming with an eGPU, only things like prime95 made it reach 90s. It was a 2720qm though and different OS.

>t440p
>heavy
fucking homosexual numales get out

p doesnt even seem to exist
Where did you read this?
900p T430 exists

>unusable trackpoint
2560p a shit. how am I supposed to scroll?

redbubble.com

That's why I switched from EliteBook back to Thinkpads.

Why no one is talking about the 25th anniverdary thinkpad?
What are your thoughts on it?

This is so small.
How do you put on thermal paste?

Maybe the line method for left and the rice method for right?

probably because it's garbage. it's garbage.

a p51, also will you be my gf

/tpg/ long ago concluded it was shit
>16:9
>ULV
>940MX battery still sticks out the wrong way
>touchscreen expensive
it's shit

>says increasingly nervous man

...

>$1899
>dual core cpu
>not even a thinklight
what's to be nervous about? you can spend $350 and make a t420 with better specs

Well to be fair the non beveled edges on the tablet models are horrible

No you can't. I'm at $500 getting a t440s up to snuff.