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Don't buy anything OTHER THAN T, X AND W/P SERIES if you want the Real ThinkPad Experience™
Recommended models:
T420 - 14", normal size
X220 - 12.5", lightweight
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Why ThinkPad? (also applies to other business laptops)
>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:
http://ktgee.net/tpg
New guides by xsauc:
http://www.dankpads.com
EPP discount for new ThinkPads (USA & Canada only, usually 15%+ off):
http://pastebin.com/DujvzEzU
ThinkWiki - Info on ThinkPads and running GNU/Linux on them:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki
ThinkPad service guides w/ tutorial videos:
https://www.lenovoservicetraining.com/
ThinkPad wallpaper collection:
https://imgur.com/a/NlepZ
T601F master race
>>54293148
second one for W701ds
>>54293219
Lmao, that little slide out screen is so stupid and awesome.
>>54293219
>>54293233
This was something I actually thought up on my own for a cellphone design back in elementary school
>>54293233
actually having a second screen is good for running software like Photoshop, you can leave all the palletes on the 2nd display to have a bigger workspace
>>54293320
i assume most would use the nub
>>54293320
Is that a fucking dell? Also:
>no having disabled your touchpad on the bios
>>54293339
>no having disabled your touchpad on the bios
i did.
Now nobody touches my computer because they don't know how to use it...
>>54293748
Two birds with one stone, I like it.
>local thrift shop selling two T60s and a T61 for $170-200
>One of the T60s is priced at 200 despite only having a 60 gig hard drive, two megs of ram, and a sub-2ghz Core2
>T60 #2 is $180, with 3 gigs of ram and a 250gb hard drive
>T61 is $170 and has 2 gigs of ram and a 160gb drive
goodwill is practically the only consumer electronics recycler in town that sells to the public, the rest of the places apparently disassemble and sell the parts on ebay or ship crates of old PCs to China to be melted down.
Why aren't there stores for old computers like there are for video game consoles? Imagine walking into a shop with an entire aisle of used Thinkpads.
How hard is it to replace hinges on a t420, mine are loose as fuck and its annoying.
>>54293148
I have a thinkpad x201 which is quite old but I don't wanna change it just yet
It keeps overheating (/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/tempreports 100 sometimes) and when it's over 100, it just shuts down
In idle mode it ranges about 44, but I often run long machine learning algorithms and that's when it dies. In order to clean it, I just open it up a bit and blow into the fan, and surprisingly it fixes the issue for maybe several days, after which it starts overheating again
what do?
If I wanna change from X201 to X220, what parts can I keep? Can I keep the HDD as it is?
Which real IBM Thinkpad (*43 generation and prior) is the best?
>>554293148
Did I miss the Retro Model /tpg/ ?
>>54294988
Redo thermal paste, make sure there's no solid ball of pet hair or something trapped between the fan and heat sink.
>>54293148
Anyone with an eGPU setup here?
I need to know which one I should get, and which one would provide the most bandwidth. It would be for my T420 and W520 for a full x16 GPU.
I have been looking at the PE4C v2.1 because you can hook two PCIe devices, expresscard and mPCIe, making it a x2 adapter.
>>54295407
It's on permanent NEVER EVER status due to Lelnovo having difficulties finding someone to make 16:10 screens for them.
>>54295556
Ok then, thx
The X240 spec lists a msata connection, does this mean I can fit an SSD alongside the current HDD, or just as an alternative. Would having both be detrimental to battery life?
>>54295999
yes you can put in an extra SSD alongside the HDD (but i thought the x240 used m.2 not mSATA)
>>54295999
mSATA slot is open (assuming you don't have WWAN option) and you still have the 2.5" drive bay.
In my x230 I have a mSATA SSD for OS/programs and a 1TB spinning rust for donkey and midget porn.
>battery life
Sort of. Your OS can put the secondary drive to sleep after a period of inactivity to conserve power. However, putting anything in a hole you don't need is going to drain some power.
If you don't need the storage and already have an SSD, keep what you've got.
If you don't have an SSD, get mSATA and do or don't keep the spinning rust in the main bay. That allows you expansion potential for the future if you do need the storage space later.
>>54296102
Thanks, do you think a £25, Transcend 32GB m.2 SSD for the OS would be a worthwhile upgrade?
>>54296245
You of course *can* get by with less for linux (32GB would probably do), but I would want at least 64GB for Windows just to have a little breathing room.
Personally, I think if you're already rocking an x240, save your pesos and don't cheap out on an SSD. 120GB would be my minimum, but I dual-boot, have some gayms, and fuck around with a couple of VMs.
Just recieved my T60 i got for $25. Charger i ordered doesn't work, so I don't get to check it out until sometime next week
Also turns out it was a 14in, so hoping its not 1024x768.
>pic related
>>54296484
wrong plug size? what charger did you buy?
![01010_h8WwfqVp4DJ_1200x900[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/hDZp2hx.jpg "01010_h8WwfqVp4DJ_1200x900[1].jpg")
>T420
>"i5"
>new battery
>charger
>$125
Should I? No mention of resolution.
>>54296709
A 19v one... Seller said it was 20v. The charger was a lenovo ac/dc combo 90w
Just ordered a cheap x61 to see if it's any good for drawing still
wish me luck boys
>>54296976
inb4 beezid
>>54297046
Nah it's on craigslist
Well I ordered my first T420 so I could be as cool as you guys. What should I do now? Buy accessories like laptop bags and USB mouses and stuff?
>>54297059
Ok. Please screenshot reply from seller.
>>54297038
Be sure to get the Fujitsu Lifebook pen. Osme people say the pressure sensitivity is better with that pen than with the Lelnovo one.
>>54297099
Is the thinkpad you have up on craigslist still available?
>Yes
What resolution is the screen, and do you know if there is a bios password?
>I don't know right now but I don't believe there is a bios password
>>54297282
It was more of a joke, but fair enough. If you read back a few threads there have been a couple of anons trolled by local CL ads that turned out to be penny auction site spammers.
At $125 and no assplay I'd bite. Even at memeresolution.
>>54297388
Oh, well I'm gonna go check it out today, hopefully they'll meet me at wal-mart for no sodomy
Not exactly thinkpad related, but i got my RT3200 in the mail today. Bought it just because i wanted to fuck around with a desktop trackpoint keyboard.
>>54297673
How do you like it? I am tempted to buy a Unicomp with trackpoint just because I'm spoiled to my buckling springs. I could see myself using it for a lot of stuff but not completely replacing a mouse for certain tasks.
>>54297867
Its ok, the classic dome trackpoint sucks, but my soft rim one works really nice. Its weird using a trackpoint thats right on the edge instead of having the palmrest like on a thinkpad. Took some googling to configure on xubuntu, but it works nicely now. I do want one of those M13 clones (or a black/black m13 like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHOAX4FlB4 ) though.
>t420 refurb
>i5 2540m 2.5ghz
>8gb ram 320hdd
>windows 7 pro
Is this worth $350 Canadian? I want to use it for learning and developing with asp.net mvc,many hence visual studio.
Or should I spend $100 more and get something from BestBuy.
>>54297428
>>54297388
Picked it up, no ass play and we got some chicken. Meme screen and 2520 but no bios pass or theft bs
Are ThinkStations Worth it?
I just ordered a t420 too. Holy fuck this meme is strong.
>>54298353
Nice. Sounds like a pretty good deal.
What do you guys use for laptop bags?
>>54298425
I avoided the meme and bought a Blade Stealth can't wait to get it.
>>54298639
Just a shitty 5 year old quicksilver backpack. No need for anything else.
>>54298639
Gotta stay in the family.
>>54298639
Cheap tacticool 3-day backpack.
>>54298154
>canadian money
>>54298661
Avoided the meme and brought a meme.
got a T440p at work
I got external mouse and keyboard, and it's got an i7, but... yeah. Why does the middle mouse button not do a middle mouse click, instead it just scrolls. Lenovo why
>>54293219
Like these?
>>54298822
>calling it a meme because of the colors
The system is top parts and put togetherness for the best price. Prove me wrong.
>>54298866
You can change it from scroll to middle mouse in the track point settings.
>>54298932
Then it's middle mouse button exclusively though
That was kind of a pain to do on the X200 too, but I guess I have to live with it
>>54298680
ok i only got this bag yesterday so i haven't had the chance to use it and only just opened it up to look inside after posting this
this bag is fucking awesome
it can hold two thinkpads, the main compartment has removable padding so you could probably even fit a W700 in there comfortably, there's two pockets for ultrabay drives, and about a million other various pockets and compartments for whatever other equipment your international business might require
every aspect of it feels very high-quality and well-designed. the strap is comfortable and easy to adjust, the zippers are smooth, the handles are comfortable but not spineless
no idea what it's called but if you see this bag for a reasonable price fucking buy it
>>54297388
that would be me
fucking cunts
ended up buying my t42 some stickers, a nice new ibm laptop bag and some other misc shit for it to make up for being disloyal
>>54299892
You did right, anon. I've been trying to figure out how to make it up to my T601F after starting an affair with an X230.
>>54298685
Nigga! I used to use one for school, but transferred to some generic messenger-type bag because it was getting really hard to fit the damn thing anywhere.
So comfy though. Was yours in ACU as well?
>>54300082
high speed, low drag OD green
Large pocket fit my T601F if I removed the extended battery for transport. Didn't leave much room for clothes for a weekend away though.
Just did the Alienware panel swap on my T420s.
AMA
>tfw you upgrade from a piece of newspaper to a 99 cent thinkpad themed mousepad
>>54300380
>4.4% alcohol
shit has less than fucking somersby juice
>>54300336
Hell, yours had more than one pocket? The best mine had was a zip-up divider halfway down the bag... Had to buy some sustenance pouches to hold smaller items without damaging them.
Hilariously, standard-issue sustenance pouches are literally just tall and wide enough to fit an x131e. It's like they were designed for each other!
>>54300374
Why? Is the lower battery life really worth it?
>>54300402
I don't really drink to get drunk anymore anon. This is just my preferred session beer
>>54300404
not the 1080p ips mod so I don't see it draining that much more battery.
will test as time goes on, I have a brand new genuine 6 cell and a 3 cell ultrabay
>Just ordered a T530
>Going to put Fedora or Gentoo on (can't decide)
What now?
>>54295407
t40
WHAT 10 INCH or 11.6 INCH HAS A CLIT MOUSE. ANSWER ME YOU FUCKING CUNT
What would be the best thinkpad for my little sister, /g/? Her birthday's coming up, and she already has a Sony Vaio SVE151D11L, which is already falling apart because she keeps on picking on the keys/plastic frame. I need a thinkpad that:
>Can withstand abuse from a 10-year-old
>Play modern (people make them apparently) flash games at a good framerate
>Not shit resolution
>Relatively large screen, so no X-series
also
>show her pictures of various laptops, including macbooks and thinkpads
>prefers the thinkpads because "they're bigger"
pls spoonfeed
>>54300404
Mine is basically like this, just not the exact model.
My X230 fits in the middle pouch perfectly, leaving room for a lot more stuff.
>>54298923
I'm not gonna lie i was considering one of these over the x1carbon, was provably gonna stick a sticker over the logo and call it a day. Only thing holding me back is no trackpoint and kinda my dignity.
>>54293320
>using a touchpad
do you know the way >>>/out/ ?
>>54300558
Tbh I really don't get the haters who hate the green and black sleek look it's like the preferred color scheme of any computer pre 2003 yet somehow all the sudden it's meme and not cool to use but everyone jizz's over thinkpads?
>>54300548
You walk around with this daily?
How disgusting.
>>54300710
I only take it to Starbucks and my weekly gay orgies.
>>54300695
>green and black
>preferred color scheme of any computer pre 2003
what are you?
>>54293148
How can you install lenovo power manager on ThinkPad T420 running windows 10?
is it worth it to try Arch Linux?
Or would i just be a ricer?
I'm not super interested in ricing, I just would find it interesting to build a system and learn a bit more, and i have a netbook, so i need to be lightweight.
is it worth it?
>>54300773
Too cool for you
Ask me why the t460s is my best ThinkPad
>>54300999
Don't bother. Take it from a fellow winfuck who tried this myself, if you want a minimal install use Debian netinst instead.
Arch makes you do everything, and there's no guarantee it'll ever work. You're gonna be under a lot of duress and headache. Base debian (meaning no desktop environment, no "Standard System Utilities") is very compact, and reasonably stable, AND it comes with an installer, so if you fuck up you just try again, no extensive wiki cross-referencing required.
>>54300999
Its never worth it. I have tried every distro and its all a joke. Arch being the worst since you have to do everything for it. Good waste of time I guess.
>>54301040
No T40 is way better than T60.
>>54301100
Nah and nah
>>54301126
yee and yee
>>54301126
T420 is best because blaze it.
>>54301135
Fucking pleb they're t42 and t60p
>>54300544
T5xx or T4xx seems to be what you're looking for, probably a Tx20 or Tx30 would be fine. More so preferance on the size.
>>54301158
I agree T420 blaze it.
>>54301175
p stands for "probable housefire"
>>54300544
You can get T440 cheap on ebay. Modern enough, chicklets arent pryed out easily if at all, lighter than T420. Good enough for a child.
>>54301217
I wouldn't even by that little gril a chinkpad, I'd get her the 2012 13 inch non retina i5 MBP.
>>54300505
got my t530 in the mail monday. I think youll be really happy with it. I put gentoo on mine
>>54301242
why give a child a fancy laptop when they are going to get virals on it guaranteed.
>>54301242
She straight-up said she wants a chinkpad. Do you realize what happens when you disobey a ten year old?
Hint: It rhymes with "humdrum"
>>54293233
would be great if it was IPS
>>54301370
>She straight-up said she wants a chinkpad
Best girl ever. call me when she's of age so we can type together.
>>54301370
You have to explain how you're the parent?
Is this your wife's daughter by any chance?
>>54301394
Hi /pol/
>>54301394
I'm not him, but I have more than enough experience with toddlers to know what will happen.
>>54293148
where can I get a IPS display for a t60? I can't find it on amazon or ebay, is it rare by now?
>>54301891
You should be able to find the 1400x1050 Flexview on ebay for a decent price without much difficulty. 1600x1200 is rarer, and those who are selling it know what they've got and demand absurd prices for it.
Bought this x31 and x41 (tablet?) today for $11
Ask me questions pertaining to them
>>54301926
this. SXGA+ is the only reasonable choice for anybody who doesn't have a "money is no object" approach to a T601F build.
Literally nothing wrong with that resolution in a 15" 4:3 screen.
>>54302160
>$11
I can't assume you bought these from niggers. What's wrong with it?
>>54302412
Honestly, not a lot.
Both have old and tired 60gb ide drives, neither have batteries and the x41 needs a new keyboard but theyre entirely operational besides that.
Im running mint lisa atm on the x31 because its 32bit ldxe but before that it booted to win 7. The guy who sold them to me was a slav who couldnt handle the challenge of fixing these, couldnt figure out how to get the x31 past post, or how to reinstall windows on x41. Poor fucker.
>>54302160
you planning on flipping them?
>>54302472
Not sure at this point, wife expressed interest in the x41 as a large e-reader because it can be transformed/flipped
Honestly im not sure if the $40-70 id have to sink on these is worth trying to sell them
Mostly my intentions are self amusement at this point
>>54302485
well at least you have a little project. whats wrong with them?
>>54297025
get a refund from that cunt.
or buy a T4* w/o charger too.
Can anyone recommend me a good 1600x900 panel for the T420? (IPS and matte)
I remember someone recommending some kind of dell screen a while ago...
>>54302493
See
>>54302467
Just new batteries, new hard drives (if thats possible with these ide connections) and a new keyboard for x41, oh and also another power adaptor.
Cosmetic damage, as you can see in pic related but im not worried about that
>>54302519
>http://www.laptopscreen.com/English/model/Dell/ALIENWARE~M14X~R2/
https://rbt.asia/g/thread/54136028/#p54142393
>>54302519
>>54302567
it's not IPS though, just a better TN. IPS panels easily swappable into a T420 do not exist, someone please correct me if I'm wrong
>>54301040
Jesus Christ, that 16:9 is horrible.
>>54302467
>guy who sold them to me was a slav
is anon a yurofag?
>>54302567
Oh that's the one thanks, I'd also need to buy an HD+ cable too right?
>>54302526
>>54302493
>>54302412
Oh god why is this ide drive so fucken small, ill never be able to replace this
>>54302636
Kiwi, but we do get slavic migrants like any other country
How do you use these laptops as LAPtops? Don't they beat the shit out of your legs
>>54303348
>being so frail you cant have a 5lb laptop on your legs otherwise you will get hurt
>>54303361
I don't have one but I assume it would feel like a brick on your lap
>>54294326
>)
I would also like to know this.
Are there X220t pens that also act as pens that you use to write on paper?
>>54302646
>Oh god why is this ide drive so fucken small
>being this new
>not knowing at anything pre X6x series uses some fucked up 1.8" drive
on the bright side you can use a cf card in there
>>54293148
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-W700ds-17-Notebook-Customized-with-extras-/252366372660
I'll just leave this right here.
>>54303673
>$100 shipping
wat
>>54303622
It was 11 dollars hombre, i dont need to know anything
Better get a shark to cf adapter
>>54297025
>>54296484
Fyi; you can use the 19V one if the plug just fits...
Hi /tpg/,
someone asked me to reccomend them a laptop. It'll be used for:
* AutoCAD
* Photoshop
* watching movies
* Internet
* maybe some PS1 emulation
I think a T420 would be a good choice. The thing is, they come in many different configs and I don't want to reccommend an overkill.
Which of these upgrades do you think I should get and why?
> 8GB RAM instead of 4GB
> SSD instead of a HDD
> i7 instead of an i5
> additional nVidia graphics
>>54304923
T460 imbedded gfx shits on anything t420 offers
>>54304923
>asking for purchasing advice
>not proving any budget or location
kys
>>54305202
Thanks. Is T460 good overall?
>>54305258
It wasn't that important. I could afford even the best-spec option, but why waste money on something too powerful? It'd be like buying an i7 1000W box with 2 Titans and 1TB SSD just for Facebook.
(The sad thing is some people do that.)
For so long I though thinkpads were just a meme, but after buying one I truly see the light..
>>54304923
Fujitsu Lifebook T5010, T900, T901, or T530/T531 if you have access to eBay.
Just as powerful as a Thinkpad T420 and often very affordable, though they don't come with discrete graphics, they do have quite powerful hardware and I can emulate up to N64 with no problem. Very compact too, and of course they convert to tablets with Wacom digitizers which work beautifully for drawing. As with Thinkpads, the extra digit on the model number implies a Sandy Bridge CPU, while the ones ending in 0 have a Penryn CPU. They are all upgradable too and will take up to 16GB of RAM despite Fujitsu's claims otherwise. There's space for a mini-PCIe SSD where the WWAN card normally goes.
They're functionally similar to the X200/X201, but the build quality is better, even if the plastics used are not as durable. T5010 has a nice borderless drawing surface, but the other models have a normal bezel. They have very bright 16:10 screens as well, and unlike the X200-series, the screen rotates in both directions. The T900 and T730 series come with HDMI out, but it's quite nice to simply flip the screen around and open the lid a little to let the machine stand freely in tablet mode, as I've done here
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/IBM-METALISSED-CHROME-EFFECT-STICKER-LOGO-AUFKLEBER-30x12mm-576-/121920796682?hash=item1c630bb80a:g:kQ8AAOSwoBtW4pYO
Tell me why I shouldn't buy this, /g/.
I own a T420. That's the only reason I can think of.
So I have a bad habit of only using my right thumb to hit space. This over time has caused the right side of the spacebar to not always work.
1. Can it be fixed?
2. Do I need to worry about matching a serial or can I get any t400-t420 keyboard to replace it?
3. If push comes to shove, could I replace it with a t430 keyboard?
>>54307497
bc it won't look right
Any problems with the Nvidia NVS 4200m in the T420?
Also what's the difference between a T420 and T420s?
>>54298680
I've got one too
It's pretty based, but it can barely fit my 15" laptop
>>54307542
>Also what's the difference between a T420 and T420s?
t420s is thinner, is lighter, has a metal body, has a generally more solid build quality, a USB 3.0 port, and in general looks sexier because thinness.
This is at the cost of an expandable battery, and less ports. I'm posting from a t420 with an ultrabay battery expansion. Very comfy.
>>54307512
what do you currently have. If its a t430 you could get a new t430 keyboard or you could get a classic keyboard and do the bios mod to make it work. pretty much any board from the last 4 generations before and including the xx30 series will work.
>>54307622
t420s
>>54307598
Seems like I'd prefer a T420 over a T420s, I like my ports, and as I have a desktop I don't need USB 3.0 on a portable philipine cartoon and korean image board machine, but would like max battery life
Is the nvidia card problematic or worth getting for light vidya?
>>54307699
Buy it with the nvidia no matter what, you can always disable it to save batt.
>>54307699
eh if you're just going to play TF2 or something you can just stick to the integrated graphics
>>54303673
just going to get this, senpai
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slidenjoy/slidenjoy-double-or-triple-your-screens/description
>>54304923
>autocad
>4 gigs of ram is an option
are you high or something? you should be asking about 8 or 16 gigs.
> SSD instead of a HDD
obviously, although you can have both if you're poor and can't afford to get a 500 gig ssd
> i7 instead of an i5
waste of money
> additional nVidia graphics
not all that worth it, the dgpu is barely faster than the integrated one.
>>54302507
Already did
>>54303909
The plug didn't fit, it was too small
>>54307679
just search x220 keyboard or t420 keyboard. Any of them should work just fine.
What card can i get for an eGPU setup to run 3 screens (not for gaming, just general browsing) on linux? Also, will it make my laptop run cooler because im not using the iGPU?
Any idea why this is checke dlike this?
Been having some GPU problems. I used to be able to play D3 just fine but now it just doesn't run well and the temp stays much lower during it like I'm not even using it. I have it set to high performance. Not sure what issue is. Sort of been like this since I reinstalled OS
Using a T420 btw with Nvidia
My Thinkpad doesn't start downloading torrents through Deluge instantly or at all to be fair. Usually torrents start downloading after few seconds after adding them, but now they randomly start downloading like several hours after adding them, usually I've turned off and on the laptop at least once in that time. Any ideas ? I've only recently came into possession of this laptop and I did a clean win10 install, haven't had much chance to fuck something up I hope, did several virus scans and it was clean too
>>54309102
The fact that it's a thinkpad is irrelevant. >>/g/sqt
>be looking for some laptops
>guy is selling T61 for $50
>holy shit
>texts me he doesn't have it, but has T42p, T60, T60p
>ask him how big the screens are, think they are flexviews
>meet up with him and buy them, $20 and $15 each
>he had a Dell m3800, Lenovo W530 and some 17" Fujitsu Core 2 Duo as well
>he had a bunch of dell Windows install sticks
>end up giving him $100 for the 4 laptops and 6 8GB sticks coz he's nice and felt bad how he undersold it
I tested three of them, two were IPS (;
>he texts me some crazy story and needs money
>tells me he would sell the W530 for $250
>go there and buy that and the Fujitsu for $70
>bought 4 250GB drives and 3 Windows 7 install disks with COAs for $40, he gave me some extra COAs
Got lucky I guess.
>>54310791
Did he let you suck his wife's son's dick too?
So I was thinking about getting a X230 for watching movie, schoolwork, browsing and possibly some light gaming.
My question is, since I'm buy refurb from newegg, is there anyway to tell if the device has the IPS screen? They don't offer the model number and it never says in the specifications.
>>54311202
You can bet your ass they're all going to have TN screens.
I'd say just buy an IPS panel and replace it yourself, but I take it since you're buying refurbished from jewegg you're not much of a DIYer.
Is the Dell latitude 3160 any good? Just for surfing, movies and writing/document editing. Maybe very light gaming.
>>54311263
Thanks for assumptions. I'll probably end up doing that if its not IPS.
Also where would you buy refurb? Ebay blows since the seller wont guarantee returns and I quite like having all my bodily organs so Craigslist is a no go
>>54300530
X130e, 11"
>>54300548
I have a Rush 24 that works for 3 laptops, and an x series in its back pouch. I got it in tacticool black, but I mainly use an IBM era thinkpad bag.
>>54303348
>Not being able to handle the massive W700ds
The only thing is that my balls sweat too much from them.
>>54303673
Mine sold for $987, but I had a shit battery, regular DVD drive, somewhat worn keyboard and a dock.
However I had a 128GB SSD, 1TB HDD, 8GB RAM, and a 'quadcore' QX9300 2.53GHz processor...
>>54310839
I'm not like that lmao.
>>54311340
Arrow Direct.
>>54293148
>>54302485
>>54302526
So I downloaded murphy78s 5in1 32bit windows 7 SP1 from the pirate bay to use with this x41, and windows update wont work (after installing lan drivers and plugging in lan), and dx diag and device monitor wont recognise cpu.
how can i remedy this
So, it seems my yellow USB port on my X230 stopped detecting peripherals. It delivers power just fine, even when the laptop is turned off (always on enabled), but it simply doesn't detect anything connected to it.
The other USB's on the left side work just fine.
Do you fags have any idea of what's causing this?
What is the worst that could happen if from luck i managed to get a worn/damaged Thinkpad, in what would i notice it?
>>54312018
>windows update wont work
Does its svchost.exe seem to just stall, max out its CPU thread, and devour ~2GB of RAM without ever actually downloading or installing any updates? I've been having the same problem with Windows 7 installs as of late and I don't know what to do about it either. Neither fresh installs or new installation media seem to help.
>>54312433
I'll have a look but I doubt its using 2gb of ram, theres only 2gb in the machine.
My issue is odd though because old forum posts show that people havent been having issues with installing win 7 but I'm -assuming- that those people went to a techie to load a lenovo oem disk or some shit onto it.
The lenovo service page seems to show little to no drivers available for x31 and x41 outside of vista, and god knows I REALLY don't want to put that trainwreck on
>>54312415
your question is a bit vague. Gookpads can generally take a large beating and still operate fine . This is more true for the older ones however before Lel-no-vo fucked up the line and made everything a ultrabook clone.
Hardware wise, you would start noticing failures if the fans were damaged or there was significant impact on the mainboard
>>54311303
Bump? Anyone have experience with one of those?
>>54312415
The worst? You get a thinkpad with everything broken.
Less so? Bad motherboard
Even less so? Bad broken/cracked screen
Then a broken usb port, broken fan
even less important is bad ram, broken hdd, no power supply etc.
>>54312433
I could never figure it out, there's a hotfix or update to fix that but most installs I don't have that problem, but sometimes I do.
What's the cheapest fucking thinkpad I can get?
I need something for my grandmother who only uses Skype and watches memes all day
T60 maybe?
>>54313469
T400 or T61, even a grandmother should be 64-bit.
>>54313505
Hmmm.
I'm trying to figure out something for her how I can best foolproof shit.
Xubuntu with ublock origin and pepperflash and shit good enough? How can I make sure she doesn't fuck anything up?
I'm mostly worried about her getting phished desu
>>54313597
She'd get phished no matter what os, i feel you, my grandma is 76.
>>54313630
Ik but I mean I can make sure malware doesn't affect her very much with the aforementioned but then I realized... She'd just get phished.
Fuck man
>>54313652
Xubuntu is a great OS for basic browsing and skype, would do well with her.
>>54313630
That being said, I'm loving my T420-blazeit.
Only thing is I'm considering replacing the screen and getting an SSD.
Other than that it's great.
Thanks to the dude who suggested a refurb store in my area, they had great stuff and it's been almost 2 years with my thinkpad now
>>54313669
>>>54313652 (You)
>Xubuntu is a great OS for basic browsing and skype, would do well with her.
I had a wild idea of making her install Gentoo but then I realized it would backfire and she would get frustrated.
She doesn't know how to save pictures...
>>54298680
A guy is selling one of these for a twenner on my banana republic third world country. Is it worth it?
>>54313597
get her something with a dock so she can use it with a monitor
>>54308439
did you actually install the nVidia drivers?
SWAGPAD SWAGPAD
IVE BEEN SHILLING THINKPADS TO EVERYONE
WHY ARENT REFURBISHERS PAYING ME MONEY FOR DRIVING TRAFFIC?????
>>54313877
Totally. I got mine with a G40 for $114 and I don't think that was even a bad price. It's a fucking great bag.
>>54293148
oh yeah also this.
I have a x220 that I have repaired. There's one problem though, I cannot get my right click to work more than once. Then, the left click switches to right click functionality. I have tried uninstalling the drivers, fucking in the BIOS and disassembling the keyboard and putting it back together.
I'm at a loss here, is it just a busted keyboard?
>>54314254
Sounds like a fucked up ribbon cable, yeah, have you tried plugging in a mouse and right clicking twice with that? could be some fucked up software
>>54298639
Ironically, a Dell Latitude bag.
About to pick up my first thinkpad, pic related is info I've collected so far. The buying guide lists 2 graphics adapters:
"Intel HD Graphics 3000"
or
"Discrete NVIDIA NVS 4200M (1GB VRAM)"
Is there any idication through serial number or other that'll let me know which graphics adapter it might have?
>>54314523
It's got both, $210 is a damn good deal for what appears to be an all original T520.
>>54314523
If the seller provides a picture of the bottom, there should be a seven-digit TYPE number listed somewhere on it, circled in red in pic related. You can punch that into this site: http://sm.krelay.de/tp/ to get detailed specifications on what that unit was equipped with when it came out of the factory. RAM and storage will likely be inaccurate since they're so easily changed by the user, but the GPU is unlikely to have been swapped, as that requires a full motherboard+heatsink swap.
>>54314523
machine type number
You enter it on lenovo's support website and the specs will appear.
>>>54314523 #
Thanks guys.
>>54314523
Where did you find this damn good price nigger?
Hey, I saved up enough GBP for a $600 check.
What ThinkPad should I get for the best raw performance? Thinness and lightness do not apply
I live in the US and ebay works as well.
>>54314777
It was on craigslist for $200, the seller turned out to be a commercial off-lease laptop seller. I asked if they'd do a discounted rate with if i bought an ssd as well, he said he'd do both the ssd and hhd for 210 or just the ssd for 200.
>>54314832
W530, W520, W540 if you can find one at low price, etc.
>>54314850
C'mon man that's insane.
>>54314850
I can include some photos he sent
>>54314875
Dumbass of the year for selling that for $210.
>>54314872
>>54314883
Is it grounds to be suspicios? Or am i really lucky?
>>54314903
Your are lucky, you've just ran into a gem is all, it's legitimate.
The sound the T420 makes when you plug the charger in reminds me of Sonic for some reason tbqh.
I bought a thinkcentre and I can't access the bios.
The buttons simply don't respond when prompted.
It just boots to Broadcome NetXtreme, looking for a network boot.
I know it's not the keyboard because it responds to keypresses within netxtreme, and I already tried taking the CMOS battery out and resetting it using the reset jumper.
>>54308028
can't whatever is built in do 3?
and honestly just get the cheapest thing with dvi dvi hdmi or something similar that's all digital
>>54314390
Yeah. I figured. Another mouse that I have worked, so I don't know that its a software thing.
Just wanted to make sure there wasn't some known thing about the x220 keyboard that I wasn't figuring out.
My X220 is running hot and the fan is blaring while I'm playing a visual novel.
I don't think it should be having a rough time with a visual novel that nips run on windows XP. Any suggestions?
I have a T60 on the way, but the specs are not too great. Core Duo T2300E, 512MB RAM, 1024x768 screen, 15" screen.
What's the best way I can upgrade this thing? I might be able to find a 1GB SODIMM for it, but otherwise I got nothing.
>inb4 T601F
Any suggestions to improve performance on a x220i?
So I got this X220t off eBay today. Got it for just under $120. i5 2520m, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD.
Has an issue as seen in lower left of the picture: palm rest plastic casing is damaged and needs to be replaced - easy fix.
I'm excited to get something for sketches and I feel it'll make a great companion for my T530 powerhouse.
>>54317140
T601F + Advanced Dock
I used to e bale to play a game fine till I reinstalled windows and now it sucks. I tupdates my drivers right away. any ides fo a T420 on windows 10?
I am about to ay fuck it till I get my desktop back and just run linux since it is better an games are for kids.
Do you hae to ad a PSu to use a eGPU?
was just wanting an older cheap egpu . something that would double the specs of t420 nvidia
>>54317382
I guess this response was to be expected.
Forgot to mention that it also is coming with an Essential Port Replicator. (Not sure how important that is, but figured I should mention.)
Time to start the hunt for a T61 in OK condition...
Why isn't the W541 listed in the wiki?
>>54300380
what kind of piss poor hipster fag are you that you used a piece of newspaper as a mousepad?
And most importantly why are you wasting money on the shit mouth fedora instead?
>>54300380
which aspire model is that and which coils does it use?
>>54317140
Not sure of your ultimate budget, but...
Get a T7400 processor for <$15 and some more RAM (2GB DIMM is <$10).
Get a small chinkshit SSD (64GB or more) if you don't have one for your OS and a caddy ($10) for your spinning rust.
If you want a better screen, go for a SXGA+ Flexview screen ($60).
That's what order I'd go in if it were me.
>>54317356
Did your gookpad come with a tripcode?
Finally getting an ultrabase series 3 dock for my x220 tablet. Feels comfy
>>54317546
Nope.
guide me, /tpg/. good cop?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LENOVO-THINKPAD-T410-LAPTOP-14-1-CORE-i5-540M-2-53GHZ-4GB-230GB-HDD-WIN-7-/322091631941?hash=item4afe284545:g:fywAAOSwFEFXJKBU
Has anyone here had problems with display port to HDMI adapters on the x220? My laptop can detect that there's a screen plugged in, but it won't actually output anything. Meanwhile my screen keeps going through and endless cycle of sleeping and waking. Any ideas? I've reinstalled the graphics drivers repeatedly.
i'm finally saying goodbye to my T520 and looking to upgrade to a 1080p laptop. i... i... i think i'm going to leave the thinkpad family.
tell me why i shouldn't get this lenovo flex 2 15 that looks so damn good? the closest thinkpad model in price that's 1080p is the W520 and that seems... eh.
>>54317750
Why not just get a 1080p screen for your T520?
>>54317750
Or you know.. you could throw an FHD panel into your T520. It /was/ a configurable option.
What do you guys think of the new thinkpad 13? I can't find many reviews of it online
http://www3.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-13-series/ThinkPad-13/p/22TP2TX132E
Keep in mind these are the Australian prices
>computer drops 2' onto two layers of carpet
>screen comes off and backlight fuse is blown
Sturdy my ass.
>>54317770
>>54317768
It turns out I am an idiot. My T520 has a better CPU than the Flex 2. I assumed because of the 2 year release gap and a complete lack of understanding for i5 generation labeling that it would be an upgrade across the board.
Thank you kindly.
>>54317899
Hahahahaha
what model?
>>54317356
Nice deal, I just sold an IPS X230 for $240 locally, last X220 I sold was for $245 thru ebay, I'd say you scored well!
>>54293148
About to buy a x220 , i5 320gb thinkpad in perfect condition for 180 eurobucks , is it worth it /g/ ?
>>54317964
First generation Helix.
>>54317981
>thinkpad
>helix
>tablet
>durable
Fucking kek, there goes $500
>>54317970
X220 is always a safe, cheap yet powerful and comfy choice. Best $300 I spent, though mine isn't IPS screen. It chugged CSGO at 40-70 fps at 720p, which is nice.
How mint is the chink you are looking at? Does it has ips screen?
>>54318035
thanks for the reply anon , i didn't expect it to run csgo at 60fps , glad to hear that !
it does have the ips screen , heard it has really nice view angles . Gonna have that little beauty in just 5 days and i can't fucking wait
>>54318035
>>54318090
I had an x200T. This isn't exactly comparable but fuck I loved it, and it didn't even have a trackpad. It was my little baby, cutest damn thing ever. If I didn't start needing the screen real estate for education purposes I would have toted it around forever.
Can I drop in a replacement password EEPROM on a T520 board and have it bootable? I ordered a new board for mine, but if I can just install a new chip onto the old board, I could sell the board as refurbished, yeah?
>>54293148
Chinkpads are for lowend hipsters who can't afford crapintoshes.
You can rice them all you want, but it's still a piece of shit affectation.
>>54318501
>Not actually thinking differently and using a thinkpad among a sea of foxconn garbage.
>>54317964
I'll make sure to post pics on here when that shit comes in
>>54318501_(You)
>>54307699
I'd always opt for the Nvidia in the T420, integrated is so shit it's not even funny if you want to any sort of gaming. Replace the screen eventually too, the 900p stock one is shit compared to the Alienware m14x screen.
>>54318501
Or for people who actually get work done. I just sold a few refurbished (memory upgrade+ssd) T-series thinkpads to guys who were leaving their companies because they wanted enterprise laptops that could actually be used.
Find me a shitty consumer line with a port-replicator dock. Ever.
>>54317520
This is super helpful, thanks.
Ultimately I'd like to assemble a T601F, but I might consider beefing up the T60 as is, depending on my eBay luck.
I don't want to pour too much money into upgrading the T60 if I'll eventually just make a frankenpad, though...
>>54318433
Depends, why did you buy a replacement?
Did it have a bios lock? Then presumingly yes, though I would still test it if it had problems, but that is just me.
It will be a pain in the ass if it was already dissassembled and you dont feel like reassembling it, but if you'd want you may get away with removing the LCD and keyboard to test it (thats all u need anyways, might work with connecting it to a monitor.
>>54318501
>implying Thinkpads aren't as expensive or more than MacBooks
Yes there are cheaper models that are below the Macbook price standard but Apple doesn't want to produce a cheaper laptop just like when they were discouraged people were buying iPad mini so much because they are the cheapest apple product you can get thats not an iPod.
>>54318633
All those upgrades would be transferable to the T601F anyway. You definitely want to replace that XGA screen, and a Merom processor is good to have if your T61 board needs Middleton's BIOS flashed to use a Penryn.
>>54298639
A Nike Lancaster rolltop.
>>54318660
I had already replaced the board because it was BIOS locked. I am wondering if I can just replace the EEPROM with a blank EEPROM of the same model.
>>54318673
Yeah, I'm definitely wanting a screen swap if possible. And good point with the Merom processor, I didn't think of that.
Considering the prices you listed seemed pretty cheap, I just might look into those upgrades once the thing actually arrives.
>>54318711
Well if it worked fine and you dont botch the BIOS reinstall you should be fine.
This is a complete shot in the dark, but I have an issue with my T460p running Windows 10 where it doesn't recognize the HDMI audio. Funny thing is it worked yesterday and the only thing I did was install Ubuntu on it in addition to Windows 10 and a lot of stuff on that system like Nvidia drivers etc. How could that affect the Windows partition?
Can I play league with a T420?
Has anyone figured out where it's possible to buy a keyboard receptacle compatible with X220? Picrelated.
Buying a broken motherboard is one way to do it, but it's way more expensive.
