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 model >T60, X60; X200, T/W4/500 Modern model >X22/30 - 12" 768p, cheap and light >T42/30 - 14" 900p, widely available, socketed CPU, Ivy Bridge w/ Coreboot on T420; Old keyboard swap on *30 >T/W52/30 - 15" FHD, DTR, 32GB RAM on 4core models, USB3 >T440p/540p; W540/1 - Last models with socketed CPU, replaceable trackpad (W541 doesn't need trackpad replacement) >P-series - 15''+17'', 4K, 64GB RAM, Xeon CPU option. Expensive. Bad stock cooling reported by multiple owners.
Why ThinkPad? >Used machines are plentiful and cheap >Good keyboards - tactile feel and quiet >Great durability: magnesium rollcage for structural integrity, with high quality plastic body panels >Utilitarian design: indicator LEDs, 7 row keyboard layout on older models >Docking stations easily turn your laptop into a desktop >Easy to repair (most models), upgrade/maintain thanks to service manual for every model, spare parts easy&cheap to obtain >The best TrackPoint, great for those who type a lot or hate swiping their finger all over a touchpad >Excellent GNU/Linux & *BSD support
only if you can 3d print rubber in decent quality for cheaper than the chinks can churn them out
Hudson Ross
got a idea pad yoga 13 (super cheap and its in great shape) really liek it even though its not a think pad, what should i do with it? il probably just make it my comfy laptop i take around
I need something to shitpost and watch my taiwanese moving caricatures in comfort. I'd prefer something lightweight. I previously owned a T420 and that was too large for my gook hands, so I'd prefer something thinner or smaller. Talk me out of a used X1 Carbon and help me spend my $600 elsewhere.
Samuel Russell
You need to print one with a swastika I'm the pin. Red.
Joseph Perry
So instead of waiting for one of you to tell me I'm stupid I bought it because I have no impulse control. I got this shit too. How bad did I fuck up guys?
Did IBM or Lenovo ever make a blue trackpoint or is that from a Dell
Justin Perez
You did good, user. I don't know if this is your first Thinkpad but I have a T420s and the keyboard/trackpad is God tier. The screen less so but you get used to it. Congratulations.
Sebastian Powell
Should I swap out the keyboard in my T430 for the classic one? How hard is it to remove the extra nubs?
Is 14" big enough for you? T420 Want to be a freetard with libreboot? T400, T60 if 4:3
Joseph Nguyen
Its dell
Lucas Rodriguez
I just got my first x230 with SSD, I'm waiting to receive the extra RAM. What's the next step? Also I'm planning to install some gnu/linux. I've used xububtu in the past but I think I might be going for kde openSUSE.. thoughts?
Landon Cooper
Now you just use it. After a couple of weeks the coolness will wear off and you'll be like, "what's the big deal?" and "the screen sucks". You'll work with it for a while then you'll get tempted to move on. You'll try to do that and you'll realize what makes the T/X/220/230/420/430 special and you'll be ruined for anything else.
Asher Fisher
>>Discord server >/TPG/: discord.gg/SnMqrjE >/r/thinkpad: discordapp.com/invite/mGWNsaN Fuck off reddit stop posting this shit, how hard is it to understand that we don't want you here. GET OUT NOW.
Windows touchpad drivers for t430 and x230 (and others I assume) are horrible, they're unusable. Luckily I don't use Windows but holy shit it's embarrassing.
Brody Martinez
Real thread
Henry Flores
Please help
Mason Long
The X220 is several years old. If you are going to the trouble of opening it up, why not do some other maintenance. Clear out the dust, make sure everything looks good, *reapply thermal paste*, etc. I mean, why the fuck not?
Andrew Barnes
Mainly cause I'd need to go out and buy thermal paste I guess.
What else should I do? So far I have a can of compressed air and a replacement fan/heat sink.
