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
X220 vs X230? Looking for a good programming box to compliment my desktop as well as make some notes in lectures.
Xavier Bailey
I've owned a thinkpad p50 since july 2016 and honestly I love it like a person.
Anthony Wood
Seconding this, looking for either of those too.
Matthew Young
X220 would easily suffice for your needs. Especially with its keyboard unless you prefer chiclets.
Christopher Morris
Stop making these shitty threads
William James
X230 if you want to fuck with keyboard mods X220 if not chiclet keyboards are OK to type on, definitely still better than 90% of other modern laptops, but the layout is shit
Logan Nelson
redpill me on a thinkpad for use with FL studio/DAW work.
I'm not too worried about resolution, so much that i'm looking for performance. If i can find a decent deal on a thinkpad with similar processing power (and room to expand storage and memory) i'd be all ears for it.
My friend recently purchased a T520 with a shitty HD screen (1367 x 768) and wants to upgrade.
Can anyone confirm or deny that this particular model has difficulty with FHD panel upgrades?
To the best of my knowledge an upgrade would run into issues if the LVDS cable was single channel; is there any way to find out if this upgrade is possible without some kind of third party LVDS bullshit?
Joseph Morris
Literally any thinkpad can handle fruitypoops
Hudson Jackson
T430 user here. Fucking love that laptop. It's the best one I've ever owned.
Landon Murphy
The T430 is great but seriously fuck those low res screens.
Jonathan Bailey
I have a HP elitebook folio 9470m, what can i do to screw around with it?
Dont use lcdkings on ebay, they market the IPS screens but send the TN, be sure to ask before you buy.
Easton Wood
i have to choose a new ssd, which one is better between Kingston v300 and Samsung 840EVO both 120GB
Asher Powell
Put it in the trashcan where it belongs.
Josiah Martin
Has anyone here corebooted a T420 for Windows 10 usage?
Jordan Smith
Yes but not that model, and only temporarily to see if I could. But what's the point? You're freeing your BIOS just to run a botnet OS anyways. If you really want to do it, then just use SeaBIOS or Tiano Core. Those are the only payloads that I've been able to get the Windows Loader to boot from without any issues. Tiano Core is probably the best, but I don't know if you'd want an EFI necessarily. Don't use GRUB as the payload. It has issues booting the Windows Loader unless it's installed on a disk and not in the BIOS ROM. I don't know why but it gave me blue screens.
I tested SeaBIOS with Windows 7 and Tiano Core with Windows 7 and Windows 10 LTSB on a T400 and X230. T400 has SeaBIOS and X230 had it too but I replaced it with Tiano Core so I can boot from a 4TB GPT disk.
Wyatt Johnson
My thinkpad x201i is being used for the following
used a cf reader to write files for my HP NX6125 there was a peice of tin stoping the laptop from booting so i removed it. and it works well
got lots of CnC games in it working flawessly found a bottleneck using the 1.8GHz stock cpu the Old HP woun't work with out a IDE HDD so i had to buy one from a dead laptop on ebay.
battery is DOA on the HP6125 need a new one My x201 has far more ram than my NX6125's 2GB of ram max and way more storage than the 6125's piteful 55GB HDD and bigger ones woun't work on the connector
I think i found a way around I've got a IDE to SATA HDD caddy to replace the dvd drive But i ran into a snag all my games require a cd drive for DRM
HELP !!!! HP is better bisness wise its keypad feels better on the older models Op But i like my thinkpad as well
Is 1360x720 the highest resolution i can get on my x220? i think the connector can handle 1400x900 technically, but i haven't found any screen with that resolution for my thinkpad.
2spooky4me
Gavin Turner
Great now we have CIA niggers in space glowing brighter than the sun.
Ok Sup Forums, just got a T420, first thinkpad in my life. Picrelated, what the fuck am I looking at? It catches WiFi including 5Ghz despite apparently not having a card, and posts 4Gb of ram despite bot having a stick. I'm currently taking it apart so fuck knows what other weird shit I'll find inside
Nvm I'm just a fucking retard apparently, sorry for a low quality post
Levi White
I already have a thinkpad with a 1080p screen, but is a chinkpad that's why I'm looking for a sub 14 with a resolution higher than 720p, i guess a moded x230 is my only choice.
That's is for the 3g card including the antennas, on newer thinkpads you can put an ssd in there, not sure about a t420 tho.
Alexander Carter
Is there any reason that a m2 ssd that I have from 2015 won't work today? Lenovo sent it to me when I got my x1 fixed but I haven't touched it since. It's still in the box that they sent me.
I want to put it in my t480.
Jacob Sanders
If you're looking to buy a nuPad with corporate perks, I made a site to track the discounts on all the latest models, updated every 6 hours.
I want one with an SSD, 2x4GB of RAM, and 1080p so bad, it'd be the perfect laptop for me, but it's price is getting into overpriced Ultrabook territory.
Brandon Clark
Idab here
>Inb4 idab is a nu-pad cuck
I used this x60 for 3-4 years as my daily driver
It's 2018 and I update my hardware accordingly, you should too user.
i need help anons. I recently got an x220 to replace my T430 (artifacting). But now when i use my headphones the sound occasionally hangs, and makes the errrt sound for a split second. It's fuckin annoying. Anyone have an idea?
Am I the only person who doesn't mind TN panels or the T430 lowres 1366x768 screen? I'm more sensitive to refresh rates.
Carson Barnes
Never see anything about the e431 edge on here. Is it complete shit for some reason?
Jackson Butler
CCNA and p50 here too. Lol are you me?
Christian Parker
Hello I would like to remind everyone that for internet browsing, playing the shit out of CS 1.6, and YouTube (as long as it's not 1080p) the T-60 ThinkPad is the literally best laptop around.
Thank you
Evan Ramirez
I work as IT support at a company with about 2000 employees, everyone has a thinkpad. We've noticed that keycaps often fall off. The insurance doesn't cover this because they think it's the user that's careless.
When chatting with a lenovo salesperson who sold this she asked "do you have trouble with keycaps falling off", didn't think much of it then but now it's a real pain in the ass and costs much money.
Does any of you have the same experience with keycaps falling off?
Jeremiah Brown
I don't see how Keycaps fall off on Thinkpads without prying. Unless you have Manicured Nails and they keep digging under the Keys. I've never seen keycaps falling off unless it came in contact with Children.
> edge > Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P Series if you want the Real Business Experience™ That should say it all. It's still a good plastic Acer-like laptop, but don't blame Sup Forums if you purchase it and it will be w/o a docking port or ExpressCard port.
Asher Evans
I like Yui.
Try a different player? I had this problem with AIMP 1.x. Or try ASIO or something.
Kayden Smith
it doesnt seem to matter what player or application that it does it to. Like sometimes it does it on youtube or netflix, and sometimes its every 30 sec or it wont even happen for hours. i just want my comfy thinkpad ;~;
Cooper Russell
why would you want to? just buy a cheaper sata ssd.
Noah Lopez
Tfw your MacBook has no chinkvantage button
Nolan Lewis
This is a problem with the E series. My sister has one and the A key is really fucking loose, much like her vagina.
Easton Turner
X230 if you want a step-up in performance. x220 if you want to join the meme team on this board.
>What ill be using it for -programming -linux -reading and watching videos. >Budget 180
What can you guys suggest ? I already had an x220 before and hated it due to many reasons (to name a few): shitty build quality (lots of rubber pieces and hdd cover coming off) screen bleeding shitty screen
Im looking into getting an T4xx -t420 looks good but im not sure if its deprecated or not and if its even worth getting at this point -t430 looks the best right now but im not sure how it will fair with linux -also not sure between t440 and t440p what the differences are and if its worth looking into those ones
T430 works perfectly with linux. However T420 is not deprecated and will probably last you 5+ years
Isaiah Martin
Any of you fags sell chinese batteries refit with brand new cells? I'd 70 bucks.
Jackson Gonzalez
I'm thinking of getting the t430 if I can't get it for around 100 and replace keyboard, what are the difference interns of CPUs ? Is there a huge difference between the t4x0 i5/i7 which is noticeable ?
Elijah Nelson
T420 has a Core i5 2nd gen while T430 has a Core i5 3nd gen. Not worth unless you can get the t430 at the same price and replace the keyboard (or you are one of those weirdos who like chiclet keyboards)
What is the difference between t420s and t420 ? I found a really nice t420 for a great price, is it worth to bite the bullet and get a t420 instead ?
Justin Thompson
s is thinner and more expensive
Cameron Nelson
i found a really cheap one for 100 and not sure if its worth it ; people say it overheats and is not customization and is really easily scratches and gets generally fucked easier
Evan Martin
anyone recognizes this model? ad in facebook giving this away for free and mentioning it has windows XP - wondering if it's worth my time to drive and get it
Ok so I bought that p50 for 1500€ and it has an i7 and 3 ssd and 16 gigs of ram and an m2000m.
Then I see gaming laptops with also quad core i7 and 1050ti cards costing less.
Why are Lenovo laptops more expansive? Had I known I would have purchased one of those gaming laptops, even the xiaomi one. Looks good too.
Did I fuck up? Did I pay for better.build quality? The screen sure does suck. I need to change it, it's got bad backlight bleeding.
I need a laptop for work, so I move it around a lot. I know gaming laptops, in the past, were fragile and. I would see folks at university with such laptop and they always had an issue at the hinges and what not. Is that still the case with today's gaming laptop?
Gabriel Martin
T4* of some sort.
Ethan Bennett
just get it anyway desu
Mason Adams
I Just bought a X220, did I fuck up?
Christopher Bailey
should I swop my t520 to a t430? Very similar specced.
Ayden Williams
>Budget: ~300$, but flexible
>Requirements: programming moderate-heavy matlab use linux
Landon Reyes
welcome to memeclub
Jordan Morris
x201 with 1440x900 and a i7, and coreboot.
or
x60 with 1400x1050 and t7100, and libreboot.
I have a x60 and a x200, and am deciding which one to upgrade.
Carter Wood
>xiaomi There are chinks you can sort of trust, and then chinks you cannot trust at all. Lenovo are the former, Xiaomi are definitely the latter. You'd have a lot of fun with their shit breaking after a year or two, if my experience with their phones is anything to go on.
Tyler Morgan
T420
Jaxson Martinez
This bastard of a thread didn't die and now it's about to be new thread Fuck
Zachary Price
Coreboot will still boot faster, and you don't have to put up with hardware blacklists. It's better than stock BIOS regardless of what you run.
