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Other business laptops are also welcome in /tpg/ (e.g. Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook).
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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", 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
What 1080p ips laptop is the best value?
>>54222517
A Retina Macbook Pro.
>>54222574
he said he wanted a cucked 16:9 laptop
>>54222574
>>54222272
Thank you, anon.
Does anybody have an answer for this >>54221642? I also just realized, I could put my HDD in that since the speed won't really matter, then put an SSD in the main bay which will work with SATA 3.
Posted last week about finding a brand new sealed X201 on eBay. Well, it arrived today & is absolutely glorious. Thanks /g/ents for the encouragement to take the plunge as it was kinda pricey (£295). No modern laptop comes close.
How much better is Sandybridge compared to Arrandale? Considering a T410 rather than the T420 for the 16:10 display. Unless 1600x900 is significantly better than 1440x900.
>>54222700
>£295
>for an x201
Holy fuck what country are you from? I just got an x220 for $140
>>54222751
>sealed
Can we get some ThinkPad wallpapers on this thread?
Why is this?
>>54222988
It's becwause the laptops are all hardware and almost no battery!
>>54223010
I meant why is there no size difference between the 48Wh and the 72Wh battery?
Is it some kind of scam?
I would like a battery in between, because it would fit better in my backpack.
Even better would be a 72Wh model (or perhaps even 96Wh?) that was wider but flatter.
>>54222700
Run the battery serial through the recall site
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/hf004122
>>54223010
HALF THE PEOPLE WATCHING THIS VIDEO HAVE A BIGGER DICK THAN THIS LAPTOP HAS A BATTERY
>>54222751
UK. These things are far more expensive here. Also, it's completely unused. Still had the Lenovo tape on the box & security seal inside. No cycles on the battery, etc.
>>54223120
Will do. Cheers.
>>54223143
Based Louis.
>>54222988
>2016
>Apple put large batteries in their laptops by default, lasts 1000 cycles
>Lenovo still try and jew you out on this point leading everyone to complain about shitty battery life, lucky to get 200 cycles
>>54222725
Also curious about this. Also does Arrandale with Nvidia have the option to turn off Nvidia and just use Intel integrated GPU in the BIOS? Did Arrandale even have Intel integrated GPU?
>>54223223
Arrandale didn't have a gpu on the chip, it was the last of it's kind to be dedicated graphics or nothing.
why is it that Lenovo support is never working when I need it to?
I just want to install some drivers . . .
>>54223256
>installing bloatware to download drivers
kys
>>54223256
forgot
>503 Service Unavailable
>>54223247
How well are the Nvidia GPUs from this gen supported under Linux & *BSD?
>>54223277
I got that too when checking the specs of a T520.
>>54223281
Because of their age, they should have good support, especially the integrated Intel.
>>54223196
No, I absolutely love the external batteries.
Just wish there were more than 2 options.
And also wish they kept the "power bridge".
Lend my 72Wh battery to someone with a X250.
He now has over 14 hours battery life.
That's quite awesome.
>>54223269
nigger what are you smoking?
I go to support.lenovo.com
it redirects to download.lenovo.com
my model isn't listed
so I go to lenovo.com
I click on pic related
>503 Service Unavailable
All I want is to update my drivers and refer to the list that lenovo has to ensure I'm getting the right ones for my hardware, same as one would do for a Dell.
>>54223303
oic
Ah well, I'll just have to wait I suppose.
>>54223281
Couldn't get it to work at all with Arch on my T460p.
Nouveau gave a "unrecognized chipset" error.
Proprietary driver just crashed.
Gave up and resorted to Intel HD graphic for now.
>>54223359
>my model isn't listed
try harder
>>54223408
Ideapad p500
I'll give you 0.5 BTC if you can find it on download.lenovo.com
>>54223120
How can check without windows?
Is there a 1080p IPS mod for x220?
>>54223418
Pretty sure the Lenovo website is fucked at the moment.
>>54223420
https://lenovobattery2014.orderz.com/
>>54223488
Lenovo website is always slow as fuck.
I'll bet they would sell 3 times as much is they rented a decent server.
>>54222240
I'll give it a go now but I'm pretty sure the PSU part of the mobo is fried now because it was on fire.
>>54223706
Totally dead. Not keen enough to go around and fuck with the power area.
fuarrk the t420 I got has windows 8.1 on it. How do I get it to 7?
>>54223819
Install Windows 7.
>>54223883
Is there a way to downgrade for free without pirating?
>>54223932
Your T420 should have a win7 key on it somewhere, it's legit, get a win7 iso and use it.
I've had my thinkpad T420 for a couple of days now (2.4ghz 160ssd 8gb ram) And I am loving everything about it. I had a 2k macbook pro in the past but this machine feels more solid and feels better to use. DANK
>>54224513
>2k macbook pro
>DANK
when did you start posting here?
>>54223380
>T460p
>Integrated GPU
I was asking about the dedicated Nvidia GPU in the Arrandale gen W510/T410. I'm hoping that because these machines are 6 years old all the kinks should be worked out. If you but the latest hardware you're far more likely to have issues with Linux support.
>>54224576
few weeks ago
>>54224600
lurk moar before posting, like a year or two
>>54224600
Fresh off the boat, from reddit, kid? heh I remember when I was just like you. Braindead. Lemme give you a tip so you can make it in this cyber sanctuary: never make jokes like that. You got no reputation here, you got no name, you got jackshit here. It's survival of the fittest and you ain't gonna survive long on 4chan by saying stupid jokes that your little hugbox cuntsucking reddit friends would upboat. None of that here. You don't upboat. You don't downboat. This ain't reddit, kid. This is 4chan. We have REAL intellectual discussion, something I don't think you're all that familiar with. You don't like it, you can hit the bricks on over to imgur, you daily show watching son of a bitch. I hope you don't tho. I hope you stay here and learn our ways. Things are different here, unlike any other place that the light of internet pop culture reaches. You can be anything here. Me ? heh, I'm a judge.. this place.... this place has a lot to offer... heh you'll see, kid . . . that is if you can handle it.
W-worthy Macbook Pro competitor guys? (never mind the kekdows)
>>54224661
Who's the little hottie back there?
>>54224661
Those look like chink bootlegs compared to the glorious t420/x220
>>54224697
Oh wait, it's a notebookcheck pic, I'm a fucking moron.
>>54224661
>16:9
Nope.
>>54224712
>glorious t420/x220
>defending the shittiest classic thinkpads ever made
>>54224828
Still better then the modern ones.
>>54224915
my keyboard literally doesn't do this. i should record a video of it.
>>54224915
>Delusional motherfuckers repeatedly posting this webm trying to defend modern chinkpads.
>>54224915
Thats a retard that whines like a baby banging 10x as hard on weak points of the keyboard. It doesn't do that throughout the keyboard as nearly as it does on it's outer keys. Besides even if you banged that hard while typing you wouldn't notice it at all if you weren't looking at the keyboard. It doesn't affect my typing at all. Suck Rossmans cock more.
>>54224893
>Still better then the modern ones.
No it isn't.
Current build quality is better.
>>54224915
>in other news
>an autistic 24 year old had to be forcibly removed from best buy after repeatedly smacking various laptops
>>54224994
>>54224999
>>54225014
>>54225093
In other news, properly constructed thinkpads don't suffer from this problem.
>>54222700
hmm what resolution is it? I dig the style. like a version up form t420
>>54225116
It's not even a problem.
>>54225116
>problem
It's actually quite comfy
Is the x61 poweful enough to handle W7?
I already have a T420 but I want something really small and lightweight.
>>54225179
Easily, my old atom N270 could run 7.
>>54225154
>>54225155
>It's not shitty design, it's a really innovative comfy feature
I bought some new goodies for my T42 /tpg/.
As stated in previous threads, ive ordered a 15" IBM laptop bag, a new hard drive caddy and screws, a new 12 cell battery arrives today, another 1gb ram stick to replace the incredibly old one thats in there, and i bought this thing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/152034540442
Ive never seen one before, but it has the old IBM logo, supposedly works fine, and looks cool.
I also bought The Sims complete 8 disc collection but the first set was lost in the mail, so the seller is sending me a new one, which should arrive this week.
I love my T42.
>>54225230
You are comparing one usb slot on a laptop to a keyboard form factor?
I guess you are more autistic then the retard in his mid 20s smacking his keyboards.
>>54225277
>keyboard form factor
more like keyboard quality issue
>>54225288
Have you typed on them? Did it affect your WPM and overall quality tracking the keys?
Got my recall batteries. They are 70++ (the recalled one was 55++) but it seems to work in my dankpad.
>>54225288
>quality issue
They last a long time and are nice to type on.
More rigid doesn't mean better.
>>54225321
I have used ThinkPads for the last 15 years, starting with the T23. I have used various models, upgrading on a ~2 generation cycle (T42, T60, T400, T420, T440p).
From 2008-2012 the quality of the keyboard feel declined due to Lenovo reducing the thickness of the keyboard backplate and not providing adequate support to the keyboard.
This was a issue with early model T400 units, until Lenovo added extra bracing in later production runs (see photo). This did not fully solve the issue and keyboard feel wasn't the same as my T60.
In newer generations of TP, the magnesium rollcage was placed underneath the keyboard to finally provide adequate support with thinner keyboard backplates and killing the flex issue altogether.
>>54225438
Rigid is good for keyboards. Just the right amount of flex is good for the chassis - too much flex and you end up with shit breaking like the T42 GPU.
>>54225487
further evidence
>>54223706
Need to make the dead mobo a sacrifice to the Lenovo Space Program.
Just how horrible is it to use the X1 Carbon gen2 keyboard and touchpad?
>>54225725
unusable
>>54225487
>too much flex and you end up with shit breaking
How often did you break your T420 keyboard?
>>54225725
Wait. Do you have to use Fn+Shift for caps lock or something? Thats horrible.
>>54225769
>Just the right amount of flex is good for the chassis - too much flex and you end up with shit breaking like the T42 GPU.
I was referring to the chassis.
Has anyone in /tpg/ bought their thinkpads new, if so why?
>>54225772
Double press shift.
>>54225787
company paid for it
>>54225725
Not as nice as a "proper" Thinkpad.
Better than 95% of consumer laptops.
100 times better than any Apple.
>>54225809
>100 times better than any Apple.
>with that shitty ass keyboard and clickpad
thinkcuck delusion, kys
>>54225809
This.
>>54222811
>>54222811
>>54225787
I did.
>if so why?
I use it 40% of my waken hours.
And I can afford it.
So I see little reason to save money and not get the nicest laptop there is.
Plus I can write it off as a business expense so it's only half of what it would have cost me as a consumer.
>>54222811
>>54225923
Prepping and installing Win98 is so comfy.
>>54222811
>>54225962
>>54225973
>not installing os/2 warp 4 for the authentic ibm experience
>>54222700
Not gonna lie, I think that is a sweet deal and would have bought in straight away. Is there a particular place I can find new in box obsolete laptops?
>>54225973
>fucked orientation
Thanks apple
>>54225895
>>54222811
>>54225982
>X220
>i5 2.5Ghz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD
>190 USD. Free Shipping.
Good deal?
>>54225825
Sorry to break it to you, but Apple keyboards are cancer.
I literally can't even type my own name on them without making a typo. (I once had to, to register for something, and it took me like 5 attempts just to fill out my name and address)
>>54225973
You will never again live in a time where an operating system was simple and you actually manually had to set up an internet connection.
>>54222811
>>54226008
>>54226013
and yet apple didn't fuck with the keyboard layout like the x1c g2
>>54225992
Monster Truck Madness 2 doesn't run on OS/2, sadly, but I want to try it anyway. Will it play nice in dual boot?
>>54226052
You better install Hard Truck 2 also anon.
>>54226033
You can get used to layouts.
You can't get used to zero travel and God awful caps.
>>54226027
Business International Machines?
>>54226085
>You can get used to layouts.
Just like you can get used to getting fucked in the ass by your boyfriend.
>>54226121
Thats IBM's OG logo. Used until 1947.
>>54226012
anyone?
>>54225487
What do you mean by "extra bracing"? This thing? If so, how does it help keyboard stiffness? Does keyboard backplate lie directly on it?
>>54226026
I really prefer the old method of prepping the drive manually, though FORMAT.COM takes absolutely forever.
>>54226268
Yes, that's the bracing.
Like I said, when the keyboard backplate was thinned out they didn't add anything else to ensure it was stiff enough.
The added bracing partially solved the issue, though I ended up swapping it out for a T6x NMB board.
>>54226479
>swapping it out for a T6x NMB board
Was it a complicated mod? They have different dimensions and whatnot, don't they
>>54226012
Guys?
>>54226012
It's good
I live in a shitty country, but I might me able to get a T400, how shitty it is?
>>54226672
It's good, not amazing.
>>54226810
The price, or the computer?
>>54226800
Get a T420.
>>54226800
Buy a Dell E6400 if a Penryn notebook is in your price range, other than that, get a T420.
>>54226844
The X220 is an ok computer, but those specs aren't great, and the price isn't low enough to make it an awesome deal. It's fine, and I wouldn't feel bad about buying it, but you're going to be wanting more than 4GB of ram for pretty much anything.
>>54226667
No, they are all interchangeable,
>>54226845
>>54226863
I'll save for a T420 then, thanks.
Will nvs 4200m perform better in games if I use geforce drivers?
does anyone have an x1 with the wqhd screen? is it worth buying?
i'm looking buy something slim with a hi res screen
>>54226800
what shitty country?
>>54226946
I don't think it would help much. It's a GT 520m equivalent, so you're not getting much out of it anyway.
>>54226956
Nope. fhd is perfect for the form factor. Plus you'd get better battery life
>>54226956
Get a T460s.
>>54226963
Argentina, land of the black. The cheapest T400 is 190 USD.
>>54226990
>fhd
kys
>>54227006
what's the problem nigger? muh 16:10?
>>54227041
>paying macbook prices for a thinkpad
>get $300 wallmart acer tier aspect ratio
>>54227001
how does having a bbc feel like? do you cuck the whitebois from Brazil?
>>54227221
Feels nice. Brazil actually cucked themselves with Dilma.
>>54226000
>>54225973
>none of my Win98SE CD keys work for some reason
>not even the 600's own license tag
what the absolute fuck
gonna try an OEM image instead
>Intel confirmed for thinkpad bashing
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/hd-graphics/hd-graphics-iris-cyberlink-power-director-video.html
>>54227001
Hey fucker, argie here and looking for a T420. Fuck Megarcholibre prices.
>>54227461
Hello Carlos Negro, prices are shit, and all of them are dirty as fuck.
>>54227432
reeeee fuck off jewntel. t420 with ayymd when?
>>54227358
There are several types of keys, OEM keys, retail and upgrade keys. Won't work without the proper setup disc.
Try VFWGM-3GRYG-QB43V-MVP84-XB3G9
>>54227495
Yeah, some sellers want us to pay a small fortune for what they got a truckload of from a cheap ass business auction.
Better time to buy a chikpad was sept-nov/2015. After that the prices went way up
>But you can't buy anything new, not even a celeron with $8000 negropesos
Fuck sellers and that stupid lie, also fuck local brands (Bangchot, BGshit, exo, pcbox...).
>>54226863
>Dell E6400
seriously? how come?
I can get a IBM ThinkPad T41 with a not working WiFi (have spare wifi cards) and broken CD-ROM for 30 Eur, but not sure if it's still active.
Then there's a posting for a ThinkPad T61 for 90 Eur that doesn't look too beaten up
Would either of these two work as a good portable shitposting machine if I upgraded the RAM and changed the HDD to a CF card with an adapter? Which one I should grab?
I'm a poorfag student btw and I plan to run latest Fedora on it
>>54227665
Don't do that to yourself. Just save up for t420/x220
>>54227619
I like the E6400 over the T400 because it has the Nvidia NVS 160m, which is 9000 series based and was very reliable. I had als seen forums about people having graphics switching issues on ATI models, and i really wanted a discreet GPU, so I went E6400.
>>54227665
>Replacind IDE with CF cards
Although that may seem like the best idea to replace an old IDE hard drive, it's not cost-effective since fast CF cards are still considered "pro" equipment and expensive as fuck.
mSATA SSD's got down in price recently and they can be adapted to 40 pin IDE. You can also get direct drop-in replacement IDE ssd's.
>Source:
>My latest try at reusing an old laptop with a broken IDE drive
>My latest try to reuse old ipods with CF cards.
![asset[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/634IKAz.jpg "asset[1].jpg")
T530 finally came in the mail today. First thinkpad and I'm really happy with what i got. Surprised the mouse clit was as good as this board made it seem. I got the screen 1920x1080, 8 gb, 256gb ssd all for $400
>>54227794
Oh man i am so sorry haha why is it sideways
>>54227794
Barely any wear, nice
![chrome_2016-04-26_00-58-13[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/saRP1MK.png "chrome_2016-04-26_00-58-13[1].png")
>>54227708
I forgot to mention that I like in Narnia so I can't use eBay or shit like that unless I want to get assfucked by the shipping fees
For example, look at this shipping. There's not a single thinkpad I can get in EU so I have to use local bazaars and there are no listings for X220 or T420 and other Thinkpads are overpriced as fuck compared to eBay (200%, even 300% in some cases) which I can't afford
>>54227876
I'll buy you the newest thinkpads if you introduce me to your qt slav sister
>>54227876
wouldn't it be cheaper if you used german or bong ebay?
>>54227579
Shit, my dad bought a BGH 2 years ago, battery died in 4 months.
Also, fuck that business resellers, 5000 negropesos for a used T410 and a kill battery
>>54227794
Nice, a lot of people give the **30 series shit for it's keyboard. But I tried one in person not too long ago, and it wasn't bad at all, it just doesn't feel as nice.
>>54227963
She's sadly already engaged and studies in UK
>>54227995
You won't believe how CRAP those computers are. Some BGH shits are made by a manufacturer I can't remember now. Had built-in 3 cell battery and the motherboard failed in hours.
Got a TCL, made by Pegatron, although it had nice firmware features, again the HDD failed within hours and had a soldered CPU. Got it november, it's still in the service center.
Noblex are ECS/Uniwill barebones
EXO are Compal, this one is somehow good.
Bangho rebrands Clevo comps.
They're all shit.
>>54227432
Man, video was pixelated as fuck in 2010.
The menu's and text looked fine, but 2010 was more like 20x10 when it came to video resolutions amiright?
>>54226013
>can't even type my own name on them without making a typo
Anon, i'm sorry to break it to you, but i think you might be retarded
>>54227064
>paying macbook prices for a thinkpad
Thinkpads have always been expensive, they're business laptops you fucking dipshit.
>>54227579
Yeah, I was using 98SE Full Retail from Winboards and neither of their keys worked.
I'm in class atm and can't whip out the 600 and just start installing because of its loud and immutable POST beeping, but I've burned an OEM disc, hopefully that will work with the 600's own key.
Is there any place to get an iso of the Official IBM Recovery discs for the 600 series? Seems ridiculous that they're so hard to find, everyone wants to get paid for a disc of outdated software.
update: The OEM disc doesn't get past the package selection screen. After you select installation packages and hit OK, it goes back several steps and looks for the presence of a C:\Windows folder that it had just created in the previous step but never installed anything into. It continues in a loop, checking for the folder and asking what software packages you want to install. Installing to a different directory (such as C:\WIN98) causes the same problem.
Fdisk and scandisk are acting weird too, I think the hard drive might be toast, it's a Fujitsu I pulled out of a G40.
Ok so just got my t420s. Looks pretty clean 9.5/10. Any tips on how to downgrade 8.1 to 7 without paying for a new key?
>>54228353
1. use the old 7 key on it to downgrade
2. pirate
4. buy a w7 pro key for likek $20 on ebay
>>54228370
>use old key
where do I get that?
>>54227432
what's the laptop on the left
>>54228397
physically on the thinkpad, possibly on the bottom or under the battery, if it's not there then that's out
>>54228397
Under the battery
>>54228353
Looks like yours requires clockwise orientation adjustment.
If it came with a Win7 sticker/downgrade license, use that. If not, see if the BIOS contains a Win7 key. You can try to see if RW-Everything can see one. If it's there, the right edition of Windows (probably Home Premium x64 at a guess) should pick it up and not even prompt for a key on install.
Other than that, Daz Loader.
I do suggest giving Win8.1 a fair shot though. I thought I'd hate it when I got a laptop running it. But after a little theme tweaking, installing Classic Shell's start menu and disabling edge actions I never touch anything Metro. It's almost like Win7 with things like better resource utilization, more useful task manager, and native ISO mounting added.
>>54228447
why not install windows 10 if I'm at it?
>>54228412
Read the bezel. Acer Aspire something.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/131790738144
how'd i do?
>>54225895
>>54226005
Someone can educate me why these are IBM related?
>>54228462
I've had better luck with 8.1 in terms of reliability, responsiveness and speed so far.
>>54228499
pretty good. congrats
>>54228499
Bad.
1366x768 cancer on a T420 where you could get a 900p one
>>54228485
I must be blind or something
>>54228513
>>54228517
>>54228626
who do i believe
My T60p it's going into Sleep Mode all by itself.
What's happening?
>>54228663
For the price you paid, pretty good. You can always put in a 1600x900 display if you really want to.
>>54228663
He's right that 900p is better than 768, but you did good for the price. If you don't like the screen you can just upgrade it to 1080p ips
>>54228111
Nice trips.
Anyways, I think I have some family going to USA, I might be able to get a chinkpad from there.
Also, thanks Cristina!
>>54228672
It's getting old and tired.
Should I stream 1080p or 720p on a 900p screen
>>54228713
What do i do, Anon?
[faint tada.wav in the distance]
>>54228713
>>54228626
>>54228663
If you dislike the 1366x768 screen, you can buy a 1600x900 or 1080p one and install it without too much difficulty.
>>54225487
Are you the guy in pic related?
I still don't get it why you say that the magnesium rollcage fixed the flexing when my X220 keyboard does flex when I apply a bit of force on it.
It does not bother me at all because it doesn't flex under normal conditions, just when I push it down a bit.
>>54228756
>1080p
Link?
>>54228818
X220 doesn't have rollcage, only magnesium chasis
>mfw approaching max comfy t420
>2620m
>8gb
>900p
>ssd and hard drive
>9 cell
>90w charger
>dock with dual 16:10 monitors
>soft rim TrackPoint
All I need is a quad core, egpu, more ram, and a NOS keyboard for max comfy
>>54228735
engage T601F
>>54228703
I can't believe we're still under that bullshit 2 int'l shipping a year.
Hurry up fucking Mauri, I can't wait to go back and suck on amazon tits to import all the crap I need to be happy. Fuck paying exorbitant prices for a fucking SSD when you can get it for $70 on amazon.
>>54228914
Do you actually need a quadcore and more ram or you just trying to max out your 420?
>>54228990
Holy moley!
>>54229072
Not as of right now. I probably wont do any more upgrades for a few years. Maxing out my laptop never hurt anyone though.
Idk, I use a t60 frankedpad for web browsing and light coding. Everything else I can stream over steam. Even windows cad and exclusive games can be streamed locally.
POLL TIME!!!
I need a new shitposting/netflix machine for around 125GBP and can't decide whether to get a refurb chromebook or a thinkpad. I am thinking that the chromebook will be more trouble free but not as fun to buy and own(I have had both old thinkpads and chromebooks before).
What would you pick?
>>54228996
Please based Macri, bring us imports like Carlitos
>>54228846
the chassis serves as rollcage too
>>54229159
Chromebooks will have better multimedia abilities. I wouldn't recommend an old ThinkPad as some of them struggle with 1080p streaming.
>>54227461
>me-garcho-libre
top lel
>>54228243
this made me think, why can't lenovo allow thinkpad users to download recovery discs for older models via FTP? they could charge obviously but its faster than having to search the whole internet to find someone selling them.
>>54228353
1. Call lenovo and ask for the Win7 discs set for your laptop.
OR
2. Search on eBay
OR
3. If you find a windows 7 key under the battery, use it and then call the MS activation line to finish the activation.
OR
4. Use Daz Loader after a clean install. It should reinstall the OEM certificate and SLP key.
>>54229196
What do you consider old?
The T420 is over 5 years old now, but it can stream 1080p for me without any issues.
>>54229332
i don't consider the t420 to be old, and cant really be had for 120quid, i would say a core 2 duo is old
>>54229318
is this the key?
>>54229387
My t60 struggles
>>54229387
Agreed, while still very usable, C2D is really bottlenecked by the graphics of their time, normal users will run into some issues, especially if they've got an iGPU.
>>54229423
Yeah
>>54229450
awesome
>>54229387
>c2d
>old
Is like you to meet my pentium III 1ghz R30
Holy fuck!
Should I? It's about $50
>>54229538
It's my favorite, but it's dying and I don't want to use it too much
>>54229540
What model is that?
Honestly any pre-lenovo IBM stuff is a good deal at 50$ or lower
>>54229538
Where do you people get IDE drives for such old laptops?
>>54229572
rip them from old mac g3/g4's
or, ebay
In case you missed
>Glorious chink keyboard
Also
Seller says it's an R52, the cover says X24. No idea of the model and specs.
>Listed as not working/spares
It's kinda hard not to buy it.
>>54229596
go for it m'dude
>>54229596
definitely and x24, ive got an r52 and its still got the glossy bar on the bottom of the screen
id say go for it, refurbish it, motherboards and pentium 3's are cheap
>>54229581
>tfw i want to collect those
Fucking Powerbook G4s STILL go for over $100.
>>54229647
>>54229638
Any idea of the real specs?
It also seems like there's something missing on the side.
>>54229674
Hard Drive and cover.
>>54229596
that's a nip keyboard
if you're going to be causally racist at least get it right
>>54228914
Picture of monitor setup?
I'm doing the same shit with my T420. Waiting until libreboot is possible so I can put in a quad from the next gen.
>>54229674
yeah HD cover. Mine are also fucked due to screws being stripped. lcuckily they snap back on well enough. no biggie and you can buy new ones.
>>54229665
>tfw I want it too
There's something oddly satisfying in having the "last" in some particular category. In this case the PowerBook G4 is the last PPC apple laptop
>>54229674
According to old cnet articles, the X24 came with:
>Pentium M @ 1.13ghz
Soldered, non upgrade able
>256mb of SO-DIMM RAM @ 133mhz
It has one 128mb module soldered to the motherboard, the other is interchangeable with a 512mb stick
>ATI Mobility Radeon, 8mb of Vram
>30gb 5400rpm HDD
>3hr battery life
It has an ethernet port, and it has bluetooth
Seems to be a more weak R30 to be honest, max 640mb of ram, non upgrade able CPU, it was much more expensive too at $2,400
The missing part looks like the hard drive caddy, probably no hard drive
>>54229260
Because it comes with a copy of Windows, presumably.
Compaq was bad about this too, I'd love to get a hold of restore disc images for my Presarios, though my 972 is literally falling apart -- all the hold-downs for the DIMMs have snapped off and it's got a Cyrix chip in there instead of the P-166 it's supposed to.
>>54229718
I know BB, just following the chinese cartoon joke.
>>54229756
Thank you very much sir.
If the HDD and/or caddy is missing, that's a no-go. I won't fucking bother sourcing a PATA HDD right now.
I'm kinda hung by my balls because I had a perfectly working Seagate Momentus, 60GB PATA and decided to sell it a few years ago. I sold it super overpriced but that's now haunting me it seems.
All reasonably priced old P3 and PM laptops are missing a PATA hard drive.
>>54229746
Yeah. I'm currently bidding on a TiBook but i dont really think im going to win it, mainly because i want it for under $50 including shipping, but who knows. I still need to get new fans for my G4 tower.
>>54229723
I lied :^) The 2nd monitor is still in the mail, but its exactly like this one and will go to the right of it.
>apple keyboard
its to amuse me while i wait for my shitty rubberdome spacesaver to come.
>>54229821
>forgets image
>>54229802
theyre like 25$
http://www.ebay.com/itm/80GB-Hard-Drive-IBM-ThinkPad-T42-T43-A31-T22-T23-T30-X20-X30-X23-X24-X31-R52-/221326347190?hash=item3388140bb6:g:nYEAAOxyXDhSlurc
My gf is in the market for a new computer and she isn't opposed to a Thinkpad
What's the Thinkpad that's closest to the specs of a 2010 Macbook Air?
>>54228990
I want to know more of this.
>>54229927
see thats a bad comparison, because mba's are low speced as shit
you want reliable, modern and powerful? T420, it'll run you 200-250$, or you can go a step down and get a T410 which is still pretty decent and only 150-200$.
>>54229927
Get her a **20/**30. Much better specs than a C2D
>>54229960
or, think about /k.
the mosin, its the cheap, reliable, working mans rifle
the t42, the cheap, reliable, working mans shitposting machine
>>54229906
>On Ebay
I can't buy on ebay. I live in sandniggerland.
Also I'd rather hook up an SSD or CF card.
>>54229995
i feel bad for you in some ways, but ive also been to Jordan and experienced a bit of sandniggerland, and its pretty chill in Jordan
if you really need one, find a t42 or r52 for cheap as shit and take the hard drive from there, maybe use the ram too
>>54229927
closest to specs as in thinness/lightness? get her an x series. x1 carbon if you want premium and x220 if you're on budget (you can get one in good shape for $150-$250)
>>54229995
>sandniggerland
you don't deserve a dankpad unless you change from your terrerist ways
This is the screen that supposidly fits into a T420, am I right?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-Dell-Alienware-M14X-Laptop-Screen-14-0-LED-BACKLIT-HD-/400330490907?hash=item5d358e841b:g:G34AAOxyCepSblGa
I'm noticing the absence of the "R2" in the name but I don't think this makes a difference.
>>54230112
Based on that one pic maybe.
http://www.laptopscreen.com/English/model/Dell/ALIENWARE~M14X~R2/
>>54229986
X230, make sure it's a IPS panel and install a new keyboard.
Do X series Thinkpads have Ultrabays?
>>54222491
Anyone else here running a quad core in there T420?
>>54230149
I bookmarked that site from a previous thread. I was going to order from it but ebay gets me a better deal shipping to Australia. Fingers crossed this is the correct one.
>>54229821
I hate most apple products to the core but I can't hate that apple keyboard. I feel as if it has done nothing wrong in it's life.
>>54230015
Oh, I live in Argentina. I'm surrounded by a virtual wall where I cannot buy shit from ebay or amazon or chink sites because current law forbids the import of such goods.
I'm looking and looking through the listings and all I can find is
>Cheap laptop, not working and also no batt, hdd, ram, covers and anything that can be sold apart or salvaged.
They're selling literally scrap parts, the rotten bones of what one day was a full laptop.
Only complete laptops are useless P1 with teensy hard drives like 1024MB or 3600MB.
On another note, I know my way around electronics and found some non-working chinkpads listed. What are the common mode of failure for such boards. I'm looking at pentium 3/pentium M era boards. I like newer boards with simpler circuitry but they're still expensive, even when not working.
Is the thinkpad tablet 2 a good device for 200 dollars, or for any price? I just want to play baldurs gate in bed.
>>54230226
The only thing that it has done wrong is that it isnt height adjustable, yellow af because of age, and the F keys. But it makes up for that one by having 16 of them. Makes good media keys though. And the usb ports on the back make for a good place to plug in a wireless mouse dongle.
>tfw just took the plunge
>tfw browsing on my X220 as week speak
Feels good as fuck guys, thanks
>>54230019
>>54229986
>>54229960
She literally only uses it word processing, emails, and _maybe_ minor image editing
Would an X201/T410 suffice?
>>54230392
Both of those would handle the tasks fine.
