Thinkpad General TPG

If you're looking for purchase advice, state your budget and requirements (e.g. size and performance).
Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P Series if you want the Real Business Experience™

>Other business laptops are welcome in /tpg/ (Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook).

Libreboot-compatible models:
>T60, X60; X200, T/W400/500
Modern models:
>X220/X230 - 12", 768p, cheap and light
>T420/T430 - 14", 900p, widely available, socketed CPU, Ivy Bridge installable w/ Coreboot on T420; Old keyboard swap on *30 series
>T/W52/30 - 15", 1080p, DTR, 32GB RAM on quadcore models, USB 3
>T440p/540p; W540/1 - Last Thinkpads with socketed processors, easily replaceable trackpad (W541 doesn't need trackpad replacement)
>P-Series - 15'' + 17'', 4K display, 64gb of RAM, Xeon CPU option. Expensive. Bad stock cooling reported by multiple owners.

Why ThinkPad?
>Used machines are plentiful and cheap
>Excellent keyboards - tactile feel and quiet
>Great durability: 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 (most models), upgrade & maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for every model, spare parts easy & cheap to obtain
>The best TrackPoint, great for those who type a lot or hate swiping their fingers all over a touchpad
>Excellent GNU/Linux & *BSD support

>Hardware Maintenance Manuals (HMM's) and Windows drivers for legacy devices:
download.lenovo.com/eol
>Used laptop guides by xsauc:
dankpads.com
>ThinkWiki - Info on ThinkPads & running GNU/Linux on them:
thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki
>ThinkPad service guides w/ tutorial videos:
lenovoservicetraining.com/
>EPP discount for new ThinkPads:
pastebin.com/JVwVGVTW
>BIOS logo booru:
biosimage.booru.org/

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Other urls found in this thread:

youtu.be/UM1p-kBaw6U
biosimage.booru.org/
twitter.com/SFWRedditVideos

Reminder that the x220/x230 is NOT more portable than a t440s

Whos that faggot

Daily reminder that the T440s is the worst thinkpad ever made
The IPS is worse than the T420's TN
The cpu is barely outmatches a X60
The casing is made out of thin abs
The keyboard is worse than a Walmart special
The trackpad, is a trackpad
The battery doesn't last
You're better off buying a X1 carbon 2nd Gen than a T440s

It's idab.

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>unchanged OP
Huh
I thought it was just gonna say "if u don't buy a T440s ur dum"
Thanks for that

watch this post disappear as the shill janitor deletes it by tomorrow

Disgusting

You mean watch idab get b& to hell and back for ban evasion and spamming the board

Thats me man. So please watch your words.

Why are ThinkPad users homosexuals?

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Are you an homosexual too?

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You're a disgusting faggot

I wanna refute but I just look at OP and realize no matter what I say you won't believe me

Nope but I dont discriminate. We are all IBM/Lenovo fanboys here.

link to previous thread?

I don't believe you anyways.

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Should I be worried about vPro when buying a secondhand Thinkpad? I think I have disabled everything that involves vPro in the bios but I'm terribly uneducated on the subject.

We're all faggot here

Oh yeah
Previous thread

What a bad OP you are.
Like really, not in a good way.

I'm not the OP
This fag is

Because I forgot a link?

You better start shilling this thread hard because someone's gonna make another thread and abandon yours

From old thread, wondering if /tpg/ has any input for me before I buy shit: So before I buy a used dell precision m4800, is there any other option I should be looking at for $400 ish? m4800 even has bios updates from march of this year for meltdown / spectre.

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YES get a t440s or p

I dont give a fuck. Im only helping anons posting in my thread. Stop being toxic. I know its the same user harassing me.

is this gay porn of these guys or do they just post one of gay shit ?

X220 or T420?

Those are just attention whore Sup Forums users. Are you new?

Do you want a 12 inch or 14 inch display?

I'm having fun though
Also any 40 series thinkpad for a beginner is a bad choice due to the touchpad. I know there's a swap but it's too daunting for a good amount of people just picking up one
Say what you want about the shitlet keyboard, it doesn't leave as bad of an impression as the touchpad

That said if it's any consolation prize, I'd buy a T440x if I had to buy another thinkpad

I want your 3 inch dik OP...

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T420 for 140 USD or T60 for 25 USD ?
All im going to do is programming and running linux (kali)

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The trackpad swap requires no tools other than a screwdriver. Its insanely easy. No adhesives. No bending.

Took me 5 minutes at most, and its a $15 part.

I'd say t60 if you're just toying around. t420 if you program for money.

The process looks somewhat daunting to a beginner
youtu.be/UM1p-kBaw6U
I mean yeah someone like you or me could blow right through it no problems and I'm not saying the keyboard replacement on a 30 series doesn't but having to remove almost everything sounds like a chore

literally makes no sense

Gay
My trackpoint only gets stiff for women

Why? He's actually right with that one for once

Like what would be the difference between "toying around" and "actual work" when refferingm to programming ? You think i compile my projects on a fucking laptop to being with ?
Seems like something a person who has no experience in the field would say

The rubber (?) coating on the top of my x220 is rubbing off. Kind of disappointed, have only had it for 2 years and thought it was known for a laptop that could take a beaten. This seems to have just happened from being pushed in and out of my bag daily for 2 years.

A guy on youtube used plastidip to give his thinkpad a new finish

4:3 is a great aspect ratio but the T420 can quadruple the T60 performance wise is what he's hinting at
But yeah it guess I wouldn't compile actual projects on a laptop either

You mean the plastic lip right? It's fine just stick a bit of tape over it. I did mine with black electric tape

Wrong. I meant how often is he using the device.

t60 if you only plan on using it 15-20 minutes a day to shitpost and practice coding because you dont own a computer.

t420 if you plan on using the device for more than 15 minutes a day.

There is a certain point where:
>saving money

turns into:

>cucking myself with outdated hardware like the t60

I have an x60 but I wouldn't use it for anything other than an art piece of my shelf (what its currently only good for)

You probably paid $100 for that x220. How far are you trying to push your $$ user?

Try spending more than $50 annually on your main portable computing device.

Just replace the lid you stupid shit.

I want an X220 Tablet, please give me positive feedback and support so I can make my purchase.

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Okay why is a t440s or p better than a dell m4800?

GIVE ME POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT!!!

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Design, durability, trackpoint, better keyboard, battery life, replacement parts, community.

The S is thinner and more portable than the m4800 and the P is more powerful.

No kys
You're worse than idab

>order a T420 off eBay
>it's actually a T430
>mfw

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Thats like ordering an xbox one and getting sent an xbox 360.

I get the t430 is newer, but it has little to zero value. The t420 is just as good, and the t440s is 10x better.

You cant file a claim and get it returned?

wish me luck

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Does the t440 have a WLAN whitelist like my old t420 and b575 have?

Just bought this for my X200.

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Oh yeah, why do HALF OF THE t440p laptops I'm looking at on ebay have 'vertical screen through LCD' descriptions?

Should I use my college money (only have 28k) and get a x1 carbon, or stick with my x220? I photoshop in gimp, edit videos in blender, make music with Renoise, and do basic shitposting/browsing.

I haven't been to this general in months and idab is still fucking here. How??????

>imagine being retarded
Order a new keyboard and sell the old one you retard

He came back yesterday

Fuck.

Just spam him until he goes/gets b& again

Who is this tripfag and why should I care

He's just a retard giving shit advice

Someone from reddit with a shitty shilling youtube channel that clogs up the general with giant reddit spaced posts. He tries to give advice but doesn't give knowledgeable ones. Basically someone who doesn't belong here.

Also buying used, any suggestions for which cpu config I should go for?

I honestly wanna get one just so people would come up to me and tell me how cool my X220t is

No it's like ordering a Xbox 360 and getting an Xbox one then being upset because you can't play your 360 games
Backwards compatibility works pretty well you retard
Just like the classic keyboard on a 30 series thinkpad

Hey guys, i bought a t420 in box never used for 260$ did i meme myself or did i get a great deal?

Good deal, but shit specs. I don't understand how people can get anything done on 400 series.

I dont need to get anything done on it, I just thought it was neat, Its still sealed so its MEGA fresh.

>buying anything older than t450(s)

>buying the intel botnet
wew

The t440s is a direct upgrade over the t450s in terms of price and replacement parts.

Try again.

for me it's the x201
yeah you should kill yourself for wanting a meme keyboard, face it theres nothing with xx30 series keyboard

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I know everyone is falling for it, but you're just the same guy as that's posting the xx30 regret images all the time. Good for you that you're being creative.

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Should I buy an old ThinkPad Sup Forums?

I already have a Surface Book which is my daily driver, but I want a device to refurbish for fun and something that runs Linux without any problems.

soyfag detected

There are some thinkpads on ebay but mostly without HDD and battery
how much will these cost? how about a thinkpad with no ram?

It's not Sup Forums approved but I wanted a 13 inch laptop with a GPU. This was the best I found lol

hmm...that's not so good

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what distro is that?

>1366x768
>winshit
>2018 and playing games
...

post cute bios animu splash screens :3

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Do it here: biosimage.booru.org/

Have anyone liquid metal to cool thinkpad?
I just added bit more liquid metal to my i7 x230 and temps are still bouncing between from 45c to 60c so that doesn't seem to be any advantage to stock thermal paste.

>it's an x220, what else could it have.
>it's my university laptop, so i haven't bothered putting debian on it
>plebian

sorry about that. could've been a T420.

np user

Is it possible to turn a Thinkpad fanless?

Anons,
I cracked the display on my W520. It was the nice 1080p one which is basically unavailable anywhere.
What can I replace it with? Looking for similar image quality and obviously 1080p.

what would be the point?

To make it completely silent

My T530 with an SSD basically is unless I start compiling shit. When idling and web browsing it's dead silent.

>responding to a thread posted by idab
sage

how retarded am i for getting a w540

I can buy a x220 tablet version right now for 250, should I pull the trigger? Anything I need to know before buying?