Buy Thinkpad W520 for $250

>buy Thinkpad W520 for $250
>roommate criticizes me for buying 6 year old computer and says I can get a brand new one with same specs for same price or $50 more


Pffff. Yeah. I bet.

install gentoo?

joking, unless its his job to design in 3d computer graphics this computer will bring him to phd level in any field

you can do a lot better.

I got a t460s with 8gb ddr4, i7, and a 256gb ssd for $250

W520 is based
>1080p panel which also does not have ultra crappy colors and shitty viewing angles like T420 panel
>quadcore
>4 RAM slots
>pretty cheap usually

How is the 1600x900 panel? I don't think I could see well enough with the PPI of the 1920x1080, and I wouldn't want to deal with zooming.

they are a lenovo signature that i like

>red knob is missing
shouldn't have paid any more than 100$ for a laptop missing this vital component

Stolen?

Even T450s with HDD I see going for ~300+

>tfw paid $390 for my refurbed t440s w/ 8gb ddr3, and 256gb ssd

>says I can get a brand new one with same specs for same price or $50 more
Ask him about it and ask if it will last more than 2 years.

just installed an ssd on my w520 today but it wasnt big enough so it rattles a bit when i shake my computer. Is this ok?

Oh no not actually mine. Mines still in shipping and USPS is taking for fucking ever like always.

Don't you have the HDD caddy?
> Not an DVD/HDD caddy

and he's right

Mfw I got the w530

>buying $60 worth of computer for $250 because it has a chink brand label that is approved by Sup Forums's viral marketing division

Having a decent processor is pretty usefull in science/mathematics too. We do a lot of number crunching these days.

>dual core low voltage ultrabook shit cpus and less max ram
op's shit is still better

enjoy having a macbook tier keyboard

t. t520 owner

You can't. That money barely even buys you a Celeron, you won't even be in shitty i3 trash territory.

The nu Lenovo chiclet is far superior to a Macbook keyboard.

>implying I can't mod
You eat a dick nigga you eat a dick!

based w series

Nice blog

>tfw T430 with T420 keyboard, an upgraded i7-QM CPU, 16 GB RAM, and a modded 1920x1080 IPS screen

Feels good man.

Total cost?

>Calvin Harris

i know the pic is bait but leave a 5" space between them two shitbooks

how do i get the terminal out of he screen?

can i still to it on ubuntu?

Wh....where is nipple?

Calvin harris made some bangers lad, his new stuff is sell out trash for sure

>We do a lot of number crunching these days.
Same. Except they're all on workplace/university servers with 48+ CPU cores and dedicated floating-point processors.

Lenovo is chinese botnet. Best thinkpads were ibm

And that MBP keyboard is better than the current one that has almost zero travel and is made to feel like a touchscreen.

your roommate is a retard

The student cluster at my uni even has gtx780s for cuda.

Ours have older teslas or something like that. Either way modern heavy computing is never done on "consumer" grade PCs anymore.

>Background is a picture of his thinkpad

There's several different cards connected. I think they had a few random ones donated and then bought the others. For the purpose of teaching parallel programming to undergrads it worked great. There are several other much faster clusters for the upper grads.

how the hell do you people get good spec'd thinkpads for less than $300?
always on the hunt but either someone snipes with a $100 more or they're just priced so low

>>buy Thinkpad W520 for $250
I still have mine (Quadro 2000m), I bought it for €2000 years ago

>not listening to I Created Disco

>6 year old computer

This sort of shit drives me up walls. What is wrong with people that they think they have to be constantly upgrading or else be stuck with the barbaric, uncivilized stone tools of a couple years back. I guess people need something to invest their ego in.

Computer parts disintegrate after about 5 years.

>tfw the thinkpad i use the most is 10 years old
lolipad best pad

I'm still using Win XP. I'm thinking eventually I'll get a chromebook for web browsing and continue using the Win XP machine for everything else. For me "everything else" is primarily note taking with WordPad.

the X220 is my first thinkpad and i love it

p.s. i'm running ubuntu

This particular computer was made in 2006. Have the parts disintegrated twice over? Am I going to get nuclear radiation?

no but the display is going to wear out

you will get new queer gradiation

I await that day.

Honestly it makes me appreciate the value of my newer machines more whenever I switch work stations. Isn't it grand that we have these wonderful devices at our fingertips? It's a shame most people don't appreciate shit.

Once a machine is 3 years old, id say it’s obsolete.

This. If being a Mac owner has taught me anything, it’s that you need to stay up on the curve.

He's right, though. What's the point of buying this old junk if you are not going to libreboot it?

What GPU does it have?

i hope you await it so it gives you an excuse to buy something even older

whats the battery life of a thinkpad?
and is it able to run blender, and render something in a "normal" time?

because those specs aren't something which make me think it will.

>implying I need excuses

>What's the point of buying this old junk
cheap, fairly fast, good keyboard, incredible build quality, good accessories.

>Cheap

It's second hand garbage that some lolifag probably blew his spunk on, so yeah, cheap.

>fairly fast

You can find faster for the same price.

>good keyboard

It's membrane bullshit. Placebo effect to the max with all these ThinkPad keyboard memes. That hasn't been true since IBM ThinkPads.

>incredible build quality

Go get a rugged laptop from someone like Getac if you want incredible build quality, they look aesthetic too. All the Sup Forums-tier ThinkPads I see on sale are typically chipped from business use of all things.

>good accessories

So you can buy more shit for the shit you already bought.

Newsflash, niggers, FOSS doesn't protect you if you're using ISP internet.

You can literally get a refurb 2014 macbook air for $350 on ebay

> some lolifag probably blew his spunk on
Hot.

Even the chiclet keyboard on thinkpads is still vastly superior to keyboard on any other laptop. It's actually surprisingly close to x20 series in terms of feel.
The layout sucks ass though.
t. Owner of a modded T430

>people enjoy things
>stop enjoying that! you can enjoy something 10% better instead!

Remember kids, if there's something slightly better out there, it's shit. If you're not first, you're last.

The viewing angles are very shit but being able to tilt your screen 180 degrees help

>he can't pay 10 dollars for a pack of 50 and throw the rest at macbook ""people""
How's it like being this poor?

>he's too retarded to handle a screwdriver

>buy T430
>roommate sees it
>roommate buys X220T
Inferior roommate

>t. Straw-man-argument-using-piece-of-shit

The absolute state of this board. There's nothing wrong with using an outdated computer for FOSS purposes, you fucking retard. Where did I say you should stop enjoying your ChinkPad?

Just don't claim it's the greatest thing ever because you happen to enjoy it, since it objectively isn't. It literally has zero benefits over newer same priced shit unless you make unsubstantiated claims like botnets and people trying to abuse IME to hack you personally.

There's nothing wrong with chewing on the rock you found in your backyard for the sake of enjoyment, but don't pretend it's better than not being autistic.

>buy Thinkpad T530 for $110
>bought without hdd, ac adapter, or battery because I already have all those
>Brag to literally everyone I possibly can
feelsgoodman

True, but it will be of the lowest quality build and components. Modern equivalents of business grade laptops ultrabooks and workstations are in the 700 - 2000 price ranges.

retard detected
You can easily install a xx20/10 keyboard in the xx30 thinkpads.

w510 bro here. i love mine very comfy and quiet. best battery for such a beast. i am running deb atm but i am probably going back to 7 since my t30 has gentoo anyways

>need absolutely any portable computer with good battery and minimum bullshit, even if it's old
>bid on X60s for $21 with free shipping
>build and flash coreboot by reading directions for several minutes
It's old as shit but it worked.

>It's second hand garbage that some lolifag probably blew his spunk on, so yeah, cheap.
Swap the keyboard if you care

>You can find faster for the same price.
No you can't
Ultra low memes can't even touch quad cores
They're barely faster than dual core ivy bridge cpus

>It's membrane bullshit. Placebo effect to the max with all these ThinkPad keyboard memes. That hasn't been true since IBM ThinkPads.
How does it feel being absolutely retarded?
>Go get a rugged laptop from someone like Getac if you want incredible build quality, they look aesthetic too. All the Sup Forums-tier ThinkPads I see on sale are typically chipped from business use of all things.
Glass reinforced nylon and magnesium are plenty strong without being bulky
Also try looking at thinkpads above 50 dollars

>So you can buy more shit for the shit you already bought.
Literally not an argument
Making your shit better for you isn't bad
I threw out my disc drive because I don't need it
I bought a dock because I like having my keyboard mouse and screen hooked up with one port

>Newsflash, niggers, FOSS doesn't protect you if you're using ISP internet.
Agree
The most true thing you said so far

It won't be faster either though
Entirely false

>Swap the keyboard if you care

Then you're spending even more money on a second hand computer.

>Ultra low memes can't even touch quad cores

durrr corez r moar powa. Sandy and Ivy Bridge laptop shit gets BTFO by more recent stuff just because they support new instruction sets and have lower power consumption. See the 6300U. Most of them are even faster.

What exactly are you doing on an ancient refurbished ThinkPad that requires immense computational power anyway? Software development does not require a good CPU. Browsing TOR and pretending to be a cybergod that eludes the NSA does not require a good CPU.

>How does it feel being absolutely retarded?

Literally not an argument. The classic ThinkPad keyboard is the most overrated shit on the planet when it comes to laptops.

>Glass reinforced nylon and magnesium are plenty strong without being bulky

Subjective shit. Not worth considering.

>Also try looking at thinkpads above 50 dollars

I can't even find any ThinkPads at Literally not an argument
>Making your shit better for you isn't bad

You missed the point, dumbass. Why are you spending even more money on accessories for your cheap ass laptop? Why not spend that money and the additional bucks on something that truly exceeds your ChinkPad?

Nice wangblows.

Got a T510 for 150 euros
found some sodimm in my room and made it 6 GB of RAM
slaped a 50 euros SSD

Using ubuntu right now because I'm kinda lazy

That thing is neat, I'm studying English at uni so it's quick and easy to type with.

>2017
>Buying a chinkpad
Those 50 centers must be pretty effective on this board.

Okay what do suggest I buy?
Lemme guess
Macbook pro 2017

When you know how expensive tech is where I live, 150 euros is really cheap for a refurbished -really really clean, so much that I suppose it was just one that was exposed in a store- qwerty keyboard laptop.

Honestly I really like how thinkpads look, so there is that too.

God Damn, don't know how editing a picture works, do you boy? That's ok, there's always work for you in the chicken plant.

I suggest you buy a rope so you can hang your ChinkPad with it. Perhaps don't be a retard and buy a low-mid range laptop? Even a Chromebook will do.

Better yet, buy something cheap from Purism or System76. If you're going to be a hipster, then at least buy shit from hipster startups.

>a thinkpad isn't mid range

ThinkPads are high-end machines, so you can expect pretty good performance for the year they were made.

>Newsflash, niggers, FOSS doesn't protect you if you're using ISP internet.
lol

i've been wondering, how does a 3rd gen quad core i7, or 3rd gen dual core i5 stack up against the latest ulv dual core i5?

>something cheap from Purism
You mean a dual core without an external gpu for $1600? I can get a refurbished thinkpad with a quadcore and a gpu for 1/4 of that price.

>Ubuntu
Oh I love when you talk dirty

get the rubber bumpers that cover the long edge of the ssd

dude these threads are like war thunder forums when talking about tanks

I bought a W520 recently for $200 plus the shipping.

12GB RAM, 2720QM, 128GB SSD and a 750GB HDD in an adapter (I was going to get an adapter anyways)

I asked the seller what screen it had, he said FHD, and at that moment I knew that was going to be my PC. :)

>Once a machine is 3 years old, id say it’s obsolete.
ok retard fucking retard

Can't decide if I want to dig in and get a t450s or get something that doesn't look positively ANCIENT (like X1C or something)

Why not get the w530?

what's a good thinkpad to buy new? I'm asking because I can get one almost for free through my new job

>looks
are you thot?

the T420 display is one of the worst ever released on a business laptop. Ever.

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