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Other business laptops are also welcome in /tpg/ (e.g. Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook).
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 SERIES if you want the Real ThinkPad Experience™
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No news.
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Why ThinkPad? (also applies to other business laptops)
>They’re really cheap when you buy a used one.
>Keyboards feel excellent while typing (yes, even the newer ones).
>Great durability thanks to the inclusion of rollcages and use of glass fiber reinforced plastic for the chassis. The keyboard is splash proof and spilled liquids will drain out.
>Utilitarian design - e.g. indicator LEDs, 7 row keyboard layout on older models.
>Docking solutions that easily turns your laptop into a desktop.
>Easy to repair, upgrade and maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for almost every model. Spare parts are easy and cheap to obtain.
>The best trackpoint (that red thing on 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
EPP discount for new ThinkPads (USA only, usually 15%+ off):
http://pastebin.com/TdZByAXS
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/
>i5 2.6
>4gb ram
>500 gb hdd
>x230t
>used-good condition, minimal wear
$300
>4gb Samsung ram
$25
>128gb Samsung sata 3 msata ssd
$50
I was going for under $400 since shipping is a bitch and I ended up paying closer to $500
Did I do [spoiler] ok [/spoiler]?
>>51209559
>Samsung
>Samsung
nah, would not trust samsung even if my life depends on it
>>51209449
i still use a 400 with 6bg of ram i installed. everything else is spec.
no one wants to steal it because it looks like shit. all my friends are impressed because it can open up facebook just as fast as their mac.
Looking for a media player that..well just werks. One that has native support for just about every major codec and format out there as well as an easy-to-understand GUI.
I tried MPV, works fine just no UI.
Fucking Rhythmbox is shit.
Tried using Banshee, seems nice but it didn't have any support ffor any of the formats I had.
Help me /g/. I see all of you with nice ricey desktops maybe you can point me in the direction of a nice media player.
Use meme player v with gahnoo plus leenux.
mpv
Instead of tech gore, lets post tech porn
YES, TECH PORN.
Last one is almost at bump limit and is pretty dead. Gimme dat comfy /g/ents
>>51202287
wtf?!? Do you live in a bathroom with a microwave in it?
>>51202287
aye r8
Need to get movie poster frames.
>>51202287
lol @ the proximity of the microwave
ramen is just at arm's reach
Ubuntu or Linux Mint?
>>51201794
Gentoo.
they're both shitty, but I would go with ubuntu
>>51201794
xubuntu
This thread is about the appreciation of watches, as well as the micro-engineering and materials engineering that is required to make a fine watch.
Required viewing for newbies: https://youtu.be/508-rmdY4jQ
Previous thread >>51168636
I'm just gonna leave this here ;^)
My 15$ chinkwatch (Skmei 9073).
In the back is the International Crime Court in The Hague.
Grorius Seiko lume.
DIY-edition
>>51194126
More like edgy-redditfags-who-don't-like-the-sticky-because-it-makes-them-feel-alienated Edition.
about $25 for 1990 mechanical with legit white alps. backslash key not working.
worth getting it? how hard fixing that one key would be?
>>51194283
If it's just the switch that's broken, replacing it should be quite easy. You'll just have to take out the pcb and desolder the broken switch and solder in a new one.
I'm not sure where one finds alps nowadays, the easiest would probably be to take a switch from another key on the board.
If the flaw is in the PCB, then you probably can't repair it, though that seems unlikely since the adjacent switches probably wouldn't work either if that were the case.
I'd gut that board and build a new one out of it, but either way it's a good deal. Go for it.
No stickers thread.
Stickers thread.
I just picked up my order from printing, what do you think? They fuck up cutting a bit (shifted ~2mm right)
>>50843251
What a jokester! Ha! Ha!
Good job, those stickers will protect your virginity like Jesus wants you to.
going for a nap then tewi, wriggle and chen are getting decorated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSjRluOmCD8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRk7SlwKQUw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_P4kISd3CM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHHw0sq2ONk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVJCO86s-7o
THANK YOU BASED PC
>>50843003
>https://youtu.be/iSjRluOmCD8?t=13s
What's richard stallman have to do with PCs?
>They bought into apple marketing and called their computers PCs
>>50843003
lol windows laptops are kill by tablets macbooks and chroebooks
this is clutching at straws
>he thinks you can escape the botnet
>>50842897
ofcourse you can't, if you deliberately log into it, you sperglord.
The internet is broken. This isn't nostalgia for the past just hatred for ads. Especially those ads that block the content by filling the whole screen until you address them. Ad blockers suck now
>>50842897
>Wingstreet Waffle Fries
What the fuck is wrong with you Americans, no wonder you're all over 800kg and constantly require $1,000,000+ surgeries.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/microsoft-asked-lenovo-to-sell-surfaces-lenovo-says-lol-no/
THINKPADFAGS CONFIRMED ON SUICIDE WATCH
>shilling a boring article with a line like that
how far will ars fall
>>50842826
>American companies are pragmatic and willing to share in a deal that makes money for all parties involved
>Chinese companies are petty, short-sighted, and turn-down a revenue source on pride/nationalism
Sounds normal to me.
>>50842826
>implying that's a bad thing
I bought an iPhone 4s some time ago and I had this WLAN problem after the 7.0 iOS update, where the WLAN button was just gray. I repaired the WLAN antenna and now after the 9.0 update I got the same problem. I'm officially fed up with Apple. Soo I would like to buy a new phone that's reliable, stable and well built and doesn't cost more than 150 euros.
Could you guys help me out?
What smart phone would you recommend?
iPhone 6s
a dumbphone
>4s
>I repaired it.
>4 year old and refurbished.
You have a lot more problems then apple here.
Might I suggest something other then part time after high school and higher then minimum wage?
Have you cancelled your pre-order yet?
nope
Why would I? Is that image meant to mean something to me?
stop caring about benchmarks of a phone. different phones are for different people. its a fucking phone, not a rendering PC.
let's be totally honest here, who plays non-emulated graphics heavy games on their phone while they're out? no one. the new nexuses are great because they're fun to fuck around with, and especially this year, they have awesome build quality.
/g/entlemen, how many tabs do you use on average while browsing the world wide web?
3, 4 at the most.
~15-20
Usually it's work, sometimes it's all porn videos playing simultaneously
|sin(5000x)| of tabs
Does it really matter having a new smartphone rather than an old one?
What do you mean by old?
>>50841897
No
In fact the N9 is better than every single smartphone that comes out these days
What do you mean by new?
