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If you're looking for purchase advice, READ THE BUYERS GUIDE FIRST. Then post, stating budget and requirements (e.g. size and performance).
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", ultraportable
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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 (embed)
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
Old one's about to 404 and I don't know what I'm doing edition.
Post boot speeds!
I'm down to 30 seconds on an x200.
>>54954297
~20 seconds
when will this meme die
>>54954297
>that glow
affs?
>>54954297
I meant 20 seconds from cold start to desktop.
>>54954470
hopefully never
dankpads are the greatest
Found an x300 locally for $120. Worth getting? I don't see the x300 on the buyer's guide. any reason for that?
>>54954640
x300 is great but not $120 great. Search for x301 for true patrician tier thinkpad.
>>54954640
I didn't even know it existed.
It's basically an incremental sidegrade to the x201?
Whats the difference between the X230 and the T430? Looking to buy a thinkpad for CS classes and narrowed it down to pretty much these two but they seem identical.
I've got a AUD $1000 to spend, what should I get instead of a MacBook Air. I'm looking for lightness more than anything and battery life.
>>54954781
x series are a LOT smaller than the T series.
the only downside is that the x230 only takes slim drives (7mm I think) and it only has a 1366x768 screen (there's an IPS option so that makes up for it a bit).
the nice thing about the t430 is that it's a bit bigger, as a dvd drive slot that you can replace for a second hard drive, and it has a 1600x900 option
It mostly comes down to what you prefer. Do you want thin and light while sacrificing resolution, or do you want resolution at the cost of a surprisingly larger laptop
>>54954297
why are you not just using systemd-analyze?
I thought debian moved to systemd?
>>54954157NAME 42T4708
MANUFACTURER LGC 11
SERIAL NUMBER 206
CHEMISTRY LION
DESIGN CAPACITY 101,477 mWh
FULL CHARGE CAPACITY 100,235 mWh
CYCLE COUNT -
did I hit the jackpot with my t420?
The keyboard is in like perfect condition, the battery is at 98.7% capacity
also can anyone tell me what driver I need for this? I'm running windows 10 64 bit on this t420
I don't think I get it. Can someone explain the thinkpad meme to me?
bought a thinkpad E560 for 700$
how well did i?
>>54955571
you need to be a sperg to understand the meme.
you don't? lucky you.
quick. escape before you fall.
get yourself e better laptop.
Ayy lads, why my x220 audio all whack?
Got an x220 and noticed that the speakers are not so great. My x61t speakers seem better. Did I fuck up drivers somewhere or something?
>>54956840
No, laptop speakers are generally tinny as fuck.
Anyone know of a wifi "mpcie" card that's compatible with the WWAN slot on a T430s?
I've replaced my mPCIe with an eGPU and would like to not have to live with USB wifi
The WWAN "mPCIe" port doesn't seem to be PCIe based (possibly USB bus?) as the eGPU and the WLAN cards both don't work in it.
>>54956912
ar9380
3x3 abgn 450mbps
it's the long type that fits in the 3g slot
>>54956856
Weird that it is so shit though, like full volume can still barely hear youtube levels of shit.
Never had that problem on other pads.
>>54956949
Yeah the T61 and D630 had pretty good speakers in their day for some reason, very warm sounding.
Has someone bought his chinkpad from this seller at taobao?
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=43820633263&toSite=main#detail
This guy sells modded X220 and T420 with FHD - 2k IPS screens installed.
>>54956152
>buys E series, instead of the T series
>ignoring all guides and shitposting here proudly that "bought a thinkpad E560 for 700$
how well did i?"
>to the trash it goes
simply kill yourself.
Bought a T61 about two years ago.
It's collecting dust. Fucking useless piece of shit laptop.
Breuhs, is there anything useful to be put in the MiniPCI slots of T60s?
What is the cheapest thinkpad one should get this days?
I was thinking about T61 but
>DDR2
Should i go for a T400 then?
Hey /tpg/, just bought this thinkpad and would like to know if I messed up.
The deets:
Core i5
No HDD (Rails and cover inatact I think)
No battery
Charger
Ultrabase
My problem is that the seller has 2 more of these in stock and I'm beginning to think I might not get all that was listed.
Has anyone ever had any experience like this before?
If so could you tell me how it went?
link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Lenovo-ThinkPad-X220-Laptop-Intel-Core-i5-2520M-Vpro-2-5Gz-4GB-/381661801741?hash=item58dcd0ed0d:g:kRQAAOSwHJhXNdwU
Should I have gotten one with a battery, because everyone seems to just buy a new one when they get theirs.
>>54954979
Is your Bluetooth working? Cause my x220's Bluetooth isn't and I assume that's what it is. I haven't found any drivers to fix it either.
>>54954619
~14.2 seconds, Dell Latitude E6420, i7-2630QM true quad, 8GB DDR3, 7200 rpm Hitachi hard drive, cold boot to the login window (some of us do actually make use of password security, you know).
It can actually cold boot in about 8 seconds if I set a static IP for my Gigabit NIC but since I use wireless I have to leave it with DHCP enabled so I lose a few seconds with that connection.
>>54959722
x200 pretty cheap
Hello all.
>>54960038
Did it age well? I feel like if you bought a used one from eBay it would smell like burnt plastic and silicon
>>54956152
Maybe worse than this poor cunt
>>54959996
Only 1 left, grab it fast.
I just can't win with my x60t that I swapped a 1400x1050 display in. One problem after another. I fix one thing and break another. I give up. I just wanted to have and oldschool ThinkPad to keep in mint condition.
>>54959722
T60, everything is supported everywhere and will continue to be supported, you can get cheap used DDR2 on eBay and AliExpress
Otherwise T400
There not much point to the T61
>>54960154
Then why didn't you just buy one that worked instead of getting one that (apparently) has so many issues?
>>54960187
Oh no I did. I swapped a 1400x1050 screen into but my impatience has caused things to break. After fixing everything my LCD decides to take a shit.
>>54960197
Ah, well that would do it, yep, so next time slow the fuck down and do it right lest you end up killing the very thing you're trying to save.
>>54960143
Oh don't worry, I already did.
Someone can tell me how install a 2k screen into a x220? Is out any documentation on how i do this?
>>54960075
No, they aren't that old. As long as you look at pictures before you buy them. I often buy them to replace parts on my x201.
>>54954640
>>54954664
Not really. The X300/X301 were 13.3'' supposed to compete with the Macbook Air.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXBIinZSFns
And thus they had low voltage CPUs which are fairly slow.
>>54960446
Nobody in the west world did it. Only a chink madman and he didn't reveal to his comrades
mSATA (can use SATA2 speed only) or 2.5" Samsung Evo 850 for x220 ? Currently have Hitachi 7200 rpm sata3
>>54961165
msata + hitachi for speed and storage. I really can't tell the difference between sata2 and 3 unless i run benchmarking tools.
If I want a cheap, durable thinkpad that will last me long time, for writing, surfing, streaming, light photo/video editing and light gaming, should I then buy: t410/20/30?
>>54961773
so close
Any ThinkPAd recommendations for learning web dev & ruby on the go? Thinking about getting a budget laptop to use in my spare time at my new job.
>>54961853
thinkpad x220 or t420. if you want something higher res you can get a x240 or t440p and replace the touch pad and upgrade the screen to a 1080p one
>>54962640
For replacing the touch pad, would it just be replacing it with a newer touch pad? Never had a ThinkPad before aha.
>>54962709
yeah get the one for the x250 and put on it. the x240 touchpad is shit because it doesnt have physical buttons
>>54960050
>T420
>Windows 8.1
Does Power Manager work on it? Or is it only 7 and 10?
TFW you bought a think pad T430s for $320 and it looks like mint condition with few if any scratches.
Should be here on Monday.
My erection won't go down.
My t420 is running on low power settings at 61°C. Time to repaste? Or is it just the summer time. I remember it running below 50°C in low power mode.
I cannot get Bluetooth working in Windows 10 for the life of me on my x220, I've tried installing chipset drivers, installing the hotkey program to enable fn+f5, even updating the BIOS then resetting Windows didn't work. Does anyone here have Bluetooth working??
Yo /tpg/. This look like a good deal? I would probably want to get rid of windows 10, but toher than that, might be cool.
https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/sys/5623340234.html
>>54963820
Yeah $80 is a good deal for a laptop like that. Arrandale was a good architecture.
>>54963550
clean out the fan first? Mines at ~50C docked, ambient is about 25.5C.
>>54963915
Shit. mines about 5 higher and its 2c ambient cooler. Might just be the i7 and dual screens though.
How does an x200 compare to an x220?
t420s comes today :)
Test
Is it possible to swap the wifi card on the t410? I'm thinking on putting a AC card on it.
>>54965562
fucked it up senpai.
kys
>>54966132
You'll have to find a BIOS with the WLAN whitelist removed.
>>54965562
Doesn't work with jpg brah
>>54966229
I was testing a new imageboard app on my phone.
Yeah I figured that would get fucked up on mobile. Meh
Anyone here ever use a minipci-e serial card in their x220 or same size thinkpad?
I'd really like to remove my VGA port and replace it with serial, if the miniPCIe works.
How do you know if the corporate perk applied? I don't see anything that says "15% off" near the buying page
>>54964965
it came!
4gb ram 128 gb ssd for $150
fuck yeah
what distro do I get first??
>>54968113
xubuntu, it just werks
>>54968127
Anyone tried installing OSX on x220?
>>54968652
I've seen the T420 doing it, and they're the same chipset so its possible.
>>54968737
Yeah there's a video for it and I'm trying to install it on mine.
>mfw going to starbucks with an x220 OSX
>Do not update to a BIOS version beyond 1.40 – doing so will prevent you from ever rolling back to an earlier version.
I'm fucked aren't I
Anyone know how to get the middle mouse button to open links and close tabs and shit like normal on an x220 with windows 10 installed?
Doing some tech support for a family member.
Someone is selling a X220 tablet thinkpad for $190. i dont know how good they are. im looking for a thinkpad right now and it does look nice.
Should i do it?
>>54969052
I paid almost that much for an x220 non-tablet. I would have to pay twice that for a tablet.
If I had the option I would get that.
I bought an adapter to turn my disc drive in my t420 into a storage slot. I now have an ssd with linux and an hdd with windows 7. Should i fill the msata slot and get OSX for the triboot?
>>54968113
Fedora 23 for sure
Whats the best non-poo in the loo video review of the t420?
>>54969141
Fedora Bareback is better desu famalambalam
>>54969138
You have autism
>>54969150
THAT RHYMES!!!
Poo In Loo --- Video Review!
>>54969277
shit i just made a new meme my bad
>>54968941
You can always flash a new BIOS the hard way (a chip clip and EPROM programmer) unless the ECU version is also different.
Been using a x201 for a couple of years and it died. Was thinking about fixing it but got a T420 instead. Installed the x201's memory and SSD and it started like nothing happened. Just had to install maybe two drivers and keep working. I love this shit.
Miss fingerprint reader, tho.
>>54954786
Thinkpad 13
>>54954786
Refurb X250 or X260 might be a good choice. I just got a X260 i3 cpu, 1366x768 IPS, 16GB ram & 500GB HD for $569 USD.
X series is sturdier than the Thinkpad 13, has the 2 battery system. CPUs are low power so you get about 6 hrs use.
>>54970939
I recently purchased a i7 1080p x260. What OS did you install on it? What BIOS settings did you change?
>>54970939
>i3
>1366x768
>$569
Sounds like money well spent.
>>54970430
Still wondering how much cheaper the Chromebook version will be.
>>54963721
Got around to getting to the module itself, it's fine, and now I have no clue why Windows won't detect it
>>54971122
This, if you're gonna buy new, get something high end that wont become an out dated pos in a few years with a low res screen.
how hard is it to change the screen in a t420? I'm about to buy one with 8gb of ram, a 320gb hdd, working fingerprint reader and webcam (need it for school) for a really good price, the only downside is that it isnt the 900p screen. Is it that hard to do?
>>54971334
Starts on page 122 (116 if you use the written page codes.
https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/t420_t420i_hmm.pdf
Next time use google.
>>54971365
i didn't ask how i was asking if it was difficult. I could just google that yes but I figured that someone here would have some hands on experience and be able to let me know if it is more difficult in practice than in theory.
>>54971573
I always find plastic clips to be torture, but then again I'm just not paitent. bezels are probably cheap af on ebay anyways though.
>>54954786
you can get an x240 with 256gb ssd for $300, put the x250 trackpad on it and upgrade it to a 1080p ips screen. i have all this shit coming in the mail and i spent about $450 total
>>54971589
thanks, this is more what i was looking for
I want to plop down my thinkpad on my dock and have it project to the external display without opening the lid.
Is this possible?
>>54972069
Yes, just set windows to duplicate the output display and to not go to sleep when the lid is shut, they're excellent desktop replacements.
>>54969048
Anybody?
>>54963915
Thanks, will try that first
IT'S HAPPENING
>>54972095
For those who actually work/study, whan you have to do a presentation (using powrrpoint or some equivalent) what do you prefer, duplicate screen or extend and use presenter view?
>>54972309
That's pretty cute
>>54972325
I like duplicate when using a monitor and lid closed, whatever works for you is good.
>>54972309
How do I do this
School is chucking out two R400 thinkpads. Are they worth grabbing or better off to sell on ebay?
How good is the T500 today? I can get it for 100$.
Pic not related.
>>54972309
IPS?
>>54972309
A B S O L U T E
M A D M A N
>x220 doesn't get delivered until tomorrow
This wait is suffering.
>>54972309
OSX has no drivers so I doubt your wifi will work.
>>54975626
Murrika
>>54954781
if you're getting a T430 get the s version. You can mod it so that it has a IPS 1080 screen, you can't do that with the normal version
>>54975761
I read the reviews on the lenovo website.
Don't get the T430s.
Pic related. For the money you pay, the hard drive gets filled up too quickly, and you'll get a virus, even if you've never had one before.
Will Lenovo ever make real ThinkPads again?
>>54976016
Maybe if they make the retro thinkpad otherwise no
What's the best Thinkpad for DOS Gaming? I would like it to be relatively portable and around a 12-inch screen. For less than £70 preferably.
>>54976234
Something between X60 and X200
>>54976271
Did any of them come with floppy disk drives, or are they too late for that?
>>54976988
x60 came out around 2006.
>>54969277
Parody channel with that name when?
Did I do good guys? Got a x230 for 230 usd
>>54975645
that's why you swap out the intel card for a broadcom one, dumbass
Hi, Im about to buy a used Thinkpad W540 for CAD 1500$
>15 inch
>3k screen
>i7 4800MQ
>16 gb ram, 512 ssd
>Nvidia quadro k2100M
>9 Cell battery
>2 year warranty left
Any inputs?
Anything thing I should know?
Thanks friends.
My t400 has a flashing orange blinking battery light and the battery doesn't charge. Can only work when plugged in.
I've read some forums and they suggest keeping it in the charge for 24 hours. Which I'm currently doing but has anyone come across this issue and whats a good solution?
I've already replaced the batter but i get the same issue.
>>54977593
That's a big laptop.
>>54977593
thinkpads are xool.
>>54977607
It will mainly be for business/office work
Im an accountant.
Anything I should make sure to check before buying?
>>54969052
i literally just bought one of those, was it the ones with the dock in the pictures?
After 4 days of having my x230, I wondering some things.
Is it normal that the speaker aren't much loud? Is it normal that the mini displayport isn't transfering the sound?
>>54976988
Just use a USB to floppy or copy the games to the hard drive
>>54979188
Yeah, but I do own quite a few DOS games in their original floppy disc. Oh well, it's not a deal-breaker or anything.
>>54970403
You can get a fingo reado on the weed-pad. Grab some stripped one off ebay and shove it in there.
>>54972309
You should remove your stickers.
Dip your dick in paint and make a new little icon.
>>54977620
You might save money if you buy an SSD separate and swap it in, if you're buying one.
My T420 is running at 80c at near idle. What should I do?
>>54979784
Clean the fan, try and remove dust build up, replace thermal paste, remove battery or lower battery charge thresh-hold.
>>54979820
Alright, thank you. This laptop has some excellent documentation.
>>54977620
You're an accountant and you're getting a laptop with a quadro?
Fucking hell man. What are you using that requires Revit/CAD level workstation graphics?
>>54977620
Why does an accountant need CAD?
Get it though senpai. Look more business as FUCK than everyone else and their cheap plastic Acer macbook ripoffs.
Got my x220 to run el capitan. Wifi doesn't work though because of intel stock wifi chip and I can't roll back BIOS because fucking lenovo. Ordered my wifi compatible card on amazon and everything seems to be working fine.
It's running on 128GB SSD
$220 IPS x220 + $85 SSD + free OS X = pretty good for uni.
>>54981668
How hard is this?
This should be in the OP.
>>54981836
You need another macbook or OS X on a vm. The only hard part is getting the el capitan from the App Store.
http://x220.mcdonnelltech.com
>>54981922
Very neat. I'll try this over the weekend. Thanks Anon.
This should be in the OP imo.
>>54954459
Would a Hackintosh boot as fast, or is this because Macs skip all the splash screens?
>>54982049
Mine still has thinkpad splashscreens. And it has a bootloder for rescue etc. But when it comes to the apple logo it only takes 3 seconds on SSD.
Basically 11 seconds tops for my x220
>tfw T530
>go to class comfy as fuck
>see guy with anorexic mac
>feel surge of inadequacy
>sweatingballs.jpg
>too autistic to pull mine out
>tfw guy in front of me pulls out his gaymeme laptop
>It's fat as fuck
>gain confidence and turn to pull mine out
>notice guy in the back with another alienware
>see girl with a fat Toshiba
>feelsgoodman.jpg
Also, it's usually poorly dressed Mexicans I've seen with Macs
I'll probably get a tablet for my non computer courses and for watching some tv on the commute though
>>54982402
>being this self conscious
whats it like being a beta fag?
Hey /Tpg/. So I just put a new mSata ssd into my x220 and put the thing back together when I noticed the keyboard looks like this in the corners. Is this how is supposed to be?
>>54982423
Here's the other side.
>>54982402
>laptop is a personality accessory
How's it like not having to work
>>54982447
My t420 looks like that. Just unscrew it and bump it down a little bit if you can i guess.
So should I cheap out or buy a genuine battery?
>>54982544
Ok thanks for the fast reply. I'll try that.
>>54982635
Which think pad do you own? xx30 models only accept genuine without bios mods. Genuine also generally are much better performance.
>tfw no 14" ThinkPad with IPS and 1440x900 or 1600x900
Buy a thinkpad they said.
>>54982661
A t420, they should work with "fakes"
>>54982691
Repaste if needed they also said. Same processor in a T420. I get maybe 85c with 1080p60 youtube and its 26c in my house right now.
>>54975957
the fuck
>>54982723
>forgets image like a tard
>>54982723
What temps do you get at full load?
>>54982691
>i7
>laptop
>>54982677
It's time to stop being a manlet.
>>54982691
>i7 dual core
get memed on son
>>54982710
New genuine 9cells are only ~$40 last I checked, not much reason to settle for chinkshit at that price.
How do I turn down my cooling a notch? My t420 spews out cool air.
>>54982755
Did a 30 second test. Varies between 77c and 95c with a max i saw of 97c for 2 seconds. Full 100% load on all cores.
>>54982822
>DDR2
>45nm CPU
>no hardware AES acceleration
>ancient IPS with CCFL
>no battery life
No thanks
>>54982843
Thinkfan.
>>54982862
thx anon
Hi /tpg/, maybe you can help me
I'm considering a HP Elitebook 8460p for ~220$, should I? Looking for good battery, 12-14" display, and I also nice looks. It will be used a lot while traveling, and I don't want to look like a fucking trogdolyte with a bulky-ass Thinkpad.
How is a i5 2520m performance-wise? Do thinkpads around the same price perform better than a 8460p?
just bought a w520
screen hurts my eyes now i want to sell it :(
>>54982946
bigger than x220
same CPU
more cost
worse keyboard
i would choose an x220 instead but if u dont like chinkpad then go with it
>>54982447
The thinkpad keyboards need to be pushed in with some force in. Leverage it 60 degress to the board, push in and lay it flat. Screw the screw from the bottom in.
T61 reporting in! :)
>>54982875
>4:3
>IBM logo
>Thin bezels
>Flexview
>Tank
>8 GB
>SATA 2 speeds
Not bad for a 2006/2007 laptop mixture
>>54983223
It's a great laptop but since I always encrypt everything, a CPU without hardware AES eats into my battery life
>>54983251
Are you a terrorist or a pedo? :^)
>>54983289
Allahu Akbar
Just got this in the mail today. Holy shit I should have ordered a long time ago.
any particular hdd that fits well in a thinkpad caddy? ive had wobbly drives and i hated it.
im looking at this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/272080493533
toshiba is dependable, right?
>>54983874
What did they send it in to keep it cold?
>>54983874
>>54983899
should have ordered a straw to go with it
>>54983947
This. It really helps protect your teeth.
>>54983878
i'm having a hard time finding out if i need a 2.5" 9.5mm or a 2.5" 7mm
for a w530
>>54984159
Should be a 9.5. No reason to need a slimshit in a workstation.
Are SSD a meme or are they truly worth buying? My x61's HDD is dying.
>>54984197
Meme worth buying.
>>54959720
Depends what your end goal is.
I'm intending to equip my X220 with a Mini PCI-e RS232 card so I can have a native port.
>>54984205
Laptops, yes, 24/7 desktops, no.
I'm considering buying an X2*. I currently have a T420 and I find it bulky as I move around with it at my job a lot. I mostly need it to be able to use RDP, browse, light programming, and general sysadmin stuff. Screen size isn't all that important to me since I can just hook it up to my monitors.
Is an X220 overkill for non-intensive stuff like this? I'm drawn to the X200 because it doesn't have a touchpad and I never use mine anyway, but I don't know how well it will perform in the future.
Debian with i3, if that matters.
>>54984179
>>54983878
anything to know about western digital?
>>54984291
Go for HGST. Apparently WD is the new seagate meme wise.
My space key hasn't been working very well when I press it close to the edge on the right side. Is there anything I can do to fix it? I have popped it off and blown it out but it really doesn't help much but how safe is it to remove keys.
Its a T60 btw so its the classic keyboard
>>54984265
Where do you think we are?
Even if you do use it as a desktop, a laptop with an SSD is pretty sweet if you want to pick it up.
>>54984327
ok thanks. they have the right size too
Do you fags even use the fucking fingertip shit, that crap doesn't even work with your nerd OS.
>>54984539
Lol, no, speaking of nerd shit, idk why thinkpad linux guys leave a terminal window open at all time, trying to look technical.
>>54984539
my laptop has no fingerprint scanner because i am prepared to use my nerdOS :^)
>>54984558
I know this might surprise you, but some of us actually use the terminal.
Yes, I know this is bait.
>>54983973
lies lies..
so what do i use to find out info on my battery, been looking for different programs. none seem to be able to find that number. or its listed as 0 cycles, theres no way right?
>>54984558
I'm a weird fuck who likes to be able to view top processes, network load and fan levels.
>>54984600
I'm being a fag, nvm, forgot you could monitor shit on it.
>>54978817
>Is it normal that the speaker aren't much loud?
If it is anything like the x220 then yes.
>>54981668
>>54981836
Are you arts students? What do you need OSX for? I only know three people who use apple computers. One is a graphic designer, one was a website designer before he went crazy and became homeless and the other is my grandmother.
>>54982402
>go to my uni classes
>maybe one person in the whole lecture with a laptop
>most people have paper and pens
>some people do not even bother with that and just sit there empty handed
>a couple people using the free ipads the uni gave us
Such is life as a science student. I have seen one person with a macbook in my 3 years here.
>>54984762
I live in california, and all the millenial douchebag kids use an air or an mbp, people my age are retarded.
>>54971170
How sure are you that it's not in the mSATA port?
>>54984716
>>54978817
You have to adjust your audio out settings in whatever OS you use manually.
>>54984737
I have a spare tiny ass HDD that fits in my laptop and want to play with my computer.
>>54982691
Repaste that shit.
Am I cucking myself if I buy a thinkpad yoga 460?
>>54984786
its because youre in california dude
here in illinois (uic) i see about as many thinkpads as macbooks, and not many of either desu
btw i'm a "millenial" :^)
>>54984585
Compare design and full charge capacity
>>54985451
This site is +18
>>54985449
Yes. Go for T, X, W, and P series.
>>54954470
The T420? Probably in 3 years... it would be in T61 category by then, maybe it would, who knows.
>>54954640
Eh...
If it has a good battery, but it's worse performing than an X61 but much much sleeker.
A chromebook will do much better.
>>54960130
Whatever happened to that guy?
I tested one at a Fry's the display was a lot better than I thought. Would SSD it.
>>54956949
My T430 has shit speakers, probably because rinux os
Though the X230 wasn't much better.
>>54957095
>legs for days
>>54959720
I know a Broadcom HD decoder is available for the X61.
I think you could get some internal USBs in there... but really there isn't much other than WWAN I would think.
What was the last good thinkpad?
>>54974833
Yeah, I sold a W500 to my dad for one hunnit
>>54982691
>i7
>no qm
hahahaha, get milked
W530 never overheated while gaming, lasted 5 hours on batterylife.
>>54982946
Are you in burgerland? 8470's should cost you $220 and are newer.
>>54982990
are there lines and a blue tint?
happened on my W530
>>54984159
9.5mm, sometimes they make caddies to fit 7mm drives though
>>54985449
If you NEED it.
Just messed with one at a store, not a bad machine, saw the X1Tablet and it was too big/thin for my liking, I really didn't have a good time with an X1C3.
After seeing that unboxfag thread about the new P40 yoga I feel like fucking buying one now but fuck it's so fucking expensive.
Anyone can hook a brother out with some discount codes?
>>54985574
I'm 20 , that's a millenial.
Can someone help me with changing all the right options in the bios?
I have a x260 and I run fedora on it
There's stuff I don't really understand and have a hard time googling and learning about the pros and cons of enabling and disabling certain options
Like the security chip should I disable it? Computrace? Execution prevention? Enable virtualization? Secure boot? Intel sgx? Device guard? Total graphics memory 256mb vs 512mb)? CPU power management? Speed step technology? And then theres all these UEFI options I don't understand...
I know this probably seems stupidly obvious but I just don't know what all these options do or how useful/not useful they are when using a linux distro like fedora
I'm chiefly interested in maximizing battery life and not opening myself up to potential exploits or powering useless features etc.
Also minimizing any botnet esque features
>>54986356
dont enable computrace once you do you can never turn it off
Someone is selling a T61p near me for 80$. He has the AC adapter but no battery. I'm only going to use it for simple word processing.
Is it worthwhile if I buy a decent replacement battery (also does anyone sell a reasonable replacement battery)?
>>54984786
>implying
>>54986430
I ain't implying shit, my filthy Gen X mother isn't as bad, and i'm often pissed at the dumb shit she does from age.
>>54986395
Should I permanently disable it?
Decided to get rid of my T60 today. Didnt want to deal with problems with linux anymore. Gonna get something more modern. X220 perhaps
>>54986409
There's t420 for ~$75 buy it now on ebay of you're in 'merica anon.
>>54986640
Thanks for the heads up, but the closest one I see complete with HDD and battery is 90$ at current bid.
i'm looking to upgrade my 1gb ram, 1.6ghz atom processor netbook. i mostly want to run a web server, firefox and vim for web developing without much hassle. maybe a few other apps like skype and thunderbird. what do you think is the lowest i could spend on this?
>>54987660
That thing is really dated, and not even high end when new, get a Core 2 duo notebook like the T400, you'll be set for years.
>>54987684
do you think i'd be able to play league of legends on that? it's not important but it'd be nice
also yeah, i keep computers for a very long time.. much more laptops
>>54987703
For league of ledgends, and the fact that you want to keep it for a while, get a T420 for around $170, or the newer T430, which will costs you a little over 200 dollars but has better integrated graphics and a slight cpu boost.
Hello /G/ , is the x220 with an i5 fast enough for sketchup? Going to install a ssd too
>>54988826
depends on what you're trying to do but i'd guess it's adequate
>>54988826
Yes, the X220 i5 will chew through that.
>>54986509
I did. Fuck that shit.
Can you change out the cpu on x220 for a lower tdp one giving you more battery life?
>>54988894
No, it's soldered on.
>>54988894
Is it possible? Yes. Can anybody here do it? Very few. Just buy the mobo you want and swap.
>>54985964
X230/T430/T530/W530, and only because you can swap the keyboard with the _20 series one now
320$ x220 with an i7 worth it?
>>54988954
A little higher than average but for the tablet version that's pretty good
