Thinkpad General

>>43308036
My x200 arrived yesterday, it's lovely.
Have installed a minimalist gentoo, need to set up x windows when I get in from work

>>43308036
How do I get better battery life on x200?
I installed both tlp and powertop and still don't get anything near the ~10 hours people on here brag about. I'm running xubuntu, btw.

>>43308876
It may be that the battery is in bad condition.

The educational facility where I work has changed their minds from macbooks to thinkpad yogas.

Is there any reliability issue I should know about yogas compared to other lines in the modern renovo lineup?

I think they're sold because of a PD they went to and my X61T

>>43309247
From what I have heard the yoga laptops are one of the most reliable modern thinkpad lines. However I have heard that they might have issues with ghosting.

>>43308036
Daily question.
Is the x60 worth 260EU if I cannot get it for cheaper?

>>43309247

Well they're overpriced and shit, but I wouldn't say any worse than other modern "thinkpads"

Should have just gone with macbooks really, they're overpriced but they're not shit

>>43309352
Why the fuck would pay 250 EU for a 8 year old laptop? You could find a Mac cheaper than that, fucking hell.

>>43309407
Recommend a good thinkpad for that price range. No lenovo shit.

>>43309407

Because they're good?

>Equating old with shit

Typical mac user

>>43309352
You could probably get one for about 100 euro
>>43309407
Where?

>>43309426
I can't find it anywhere for that cheap

>>43309472
Where are you located, I live in expensive as fuck Sweden and I can find plenty under 100 euro

>>43309518
>I live in expensive as fuck Sweden
The price of "equality"

>>43309518
Russia

Falling for the chinkpad scam

>>43309534
Here you go, this one is from France so it shouldn't take long for it to arrive.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-X60-Core-Duo-1-80GHz-RAM-2-Go-HDD-60Go-BATTERIE-NEUF-38-/281394714133?pt=FR_PC_portables&hash=item41846e9615

>>43309550
Thanks for that, also, is 2GB ram enough? I'd like to upgrade it to 4gb is that is even possible.

>>43309568
It supports up to 4 gb so it is possible, and it really depends on what you want to do with it, but I would recommend 4gb.

guys i have a t520i with a dual core cpu. I'd like to upgrade it to a quad core variant.

I've read that the quad-core cpu requires a larger heat-sink.
How do i go about finding the correct heat-sink for the quad-core cpu?

>>43309414
No, I'm saying at that's C2D MBP price in Germoney.

>>43309413
Do you need a Clunkpad? I'm sure you could get a decent Dell Precision or a HP Elitebook for half the price and 3 years newer

>>43309597
Can you link me to where I can buy RAM for it? I am already getting an SSD for it.

>>43309609
I need a non-shitty keyboard. All laptops have shit keyboards.

>>43309620
All high-end laptops have scissors besides, thanks to you chucklefucks, and chucklefucks at every other tech site Thinkpads became a brand name as "Macs for Autists" and are incredibly expensive compared to other business and workstation laptops

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Sometimes I wonder how the chiclet shitstorm is going, or where all those things are going.

http://blog.lenovo.com/design/the-thinkpad-8-happy-accident
He really sold out to promote this abortion.

>>43309610
My bad it is the x61 that can handle 4gb x60 but it should be able to handle 3 gb. What you will have to look for is two sticks of 2GB PC2-5300.

>>43309739
Yeah, thought so. Thanks.

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A little gem some posted in the comments elsewhere on the blog. Maybe this will be the future of the chinkpad keyboard.

>>43309777
disgusting

So what's the deal with new thinkpads? Overpriced?

>>43309813
Poor build quality
Overpriced

Bought a HP Notebook at my local grovery store, it just werks, also no overheating problems. Only 500 bux.

>>43308876
post your

acpi -i

>>43309874

Not a thinkpad

Also that was a bad purchase, you could have gotten a better thinkpad for cheaper

>it just werks

nice meme!

>>43309777
This is actually a pretty cool concept for a phone.

>>43309887
I'm not sure who is worse Clunkshils or Macfags, at least Macfags brag about something you can't find in most laptops (1440p display) instead of their 300 euro GMA 950 laptops

>>43309874
>Grocery store laptop

You fucked up, should have gotten a eBay refurb

I work at a place were they take apart electronics people have thrown away. I was looking around at the grates holding some of the dissembled computer hardware and saw the screen of a x200, broken.

If I see a Thinkpad in a good state again I'll most likely take one home. We mostly have business grade hardware such as KVM switches, thin clients, switches.

What thinkpads support the ultrabay battery

>>43310454
your dad supports the ultragay battery

>Edge E540
>I5-4200U
>8GB RAM 1600MHz
>GT740M 2GB
>1TB HDD 5400RPM + 128GB SSD
10/10 would buy again in future
840 USD

>>43308036
bought a refurb x61, everything was good until 5 min in, fan starting to click and making noise like old air conditioner.

How can i solve this? Also i've always used linux on desktop but never on laptop, so how do i stop the heating and battery life issue.

Using debian with openbox btw.

>>43310679
Give it a slap in the area where the fan is. Probably just dislodged.

>>43310454
Slim T series, T400, T500, W500, older T series. The utlrabay battery is too skinny for the normal westmere T/W series onwards

Hey ThinkBros.

I've just set up FreeBSD 11.0 Current on my T530 (i7 quadcore with optimus intel + nvidia nvs 4500m gfx and 8 gb ram). It work great but one problem. You see, the two finger scroll, I have not found out how to make it work!

Any helping available?

>>43310679
That's the sound of it dying, I've replaced quite a few of those. Thankfully they're cheap on ebay and easy to replace,

Open it up and give it a good cleaning and replace the paste so it'll toggle the fan less often to increase current lifespan as well as deal with your heat issues. If the fan dies it won't be able to boot as a safety precaution and you'll have to hit escape to ignore the prompt and prevent it from shutting down.

And remember to check out thinkwiki, lots of debian guides on there for that model.

>>43309534
Lol, another rusfag cheking in. Ordered my x61t 2 years ago from US. Suprisingly, delivery didn't take long, Picked up in post office 2 weeks after I ordered it.

>>43310873
I dont know.

>>43309922
>1440p
Oh boy here we go.

>>43311752
Sorry, 1600p, are you happy?

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Hello /g/entlemen, I made the mistake of buying a gayming loptop for ~$900 last year because I refused to listen to the cries and warnings of /g/. After selling it and saving up some extra dosh, I have about 1,300 dollars to spend on computers. I have about $700 set aside for a MicroATX build, and the rest for buying a thinkpad.

Now, here's my question to you;
I'm looking at two different ThinkPads, the x140e and the C720. The x140e caught my eye because:
-AMD APU
-<$500
-Built like a brick
-Matte screen
-Rave reviews

However, I was also looking at the c720 because:
-keyboard
-holy fuck that keyboard
-ibm thinkpad i.e. not shitty
-people will look at me funny
-maybe i could put in an ssd or upgrade the cpu or something

Should I shell out $600 dollars for an x140e with an SSD for light work and gaming, or a couple hundred for a C720 for light work in emacs, and maybe some Dwarf Fortress or OpenXCOM?

>>43312008
> x140e
not a real Thinkpad
> C720
old is old

get a used x6x or x20x instead

>>43312008

Both your choices are shit, get an x201

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>>43312008
>Should I shell out $600 dollars for a new laptop
No.

X200(s)
X201(s)
X220
(X230)

These are your options.

>>43312098

x220 and x230 are shit

Also for the X series always get the tablet versions for the IPS screens

>>43312008
>AMD hardware on a laptop
>ever

I had two AMD laptops, and they were shit. almost literally all they can do well is fry your balls.

>Dwarf Fortress or OpenXCOM
DF is heavy on CPU, so 720 probably won't be enough to run that smoothly (That sounds weird in my head actually)

Something like x201 would be better choise I think.

How big of a difference are you looking at in power/speed with

T410
8 gigs ram
2.6 gz
Nvidia (512 mb)

and

T420
8 gigs ram
2.6 gz
Nvidia (1 gig )

I need a laptop for game development

>>43312356
Just take the Sandy Vag.

why the fuck is thinkpadwiki down
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/

>>43312397

Isn't for me

>>43312418
weird..
guess I should have heeded their "
Please unblock adblocker" cries..

they have cursed me!

My first ThinkPad (X200) is out for delivery. I've been thinking of putting Debian on it, but I may go with Arch if I can figure out the install process. Any other X200 users here? Does the wireless work without any configuring when installing Arch or Gentoo?

>>43312858
You'll need to configure arch, thats the very nature of it. I would highly recommend using and sticking to Debian however. Arch is a fun learning OS, but for a daily driver you need a stable operating system and you really won't miss anything.

>>43312903
I'll go with Debian, then. Thanks!

>>43312903
I used Crunchbang as a daily driver for my x61t for quite a while, but Stable-branch repos are very old, I couldn't play ADOM natively in #! because glibc is old (one day I even broke my install completely by trying to update it). Moving to Sid repos doesn't really solved the problem, so I decided to move to ArchBang and so far I like it. But Arch is Arch, quite a bit of tinkering required to get it to work the way you want.

>>43313196
I do admit, stable debian is quite old, but most people run testing. Testing is basically an ubuntu without the bloat and for day to day use is still stable. Sucks you ran into a problem like that though, #! is a great debian based distro.

>>43313330
#! is basically a buggy Debian netinstall with openbox preinstalled...

>>43313330
I agree, #! is great. Probably the best distro I ever used. But sadly doesn't doesn't quite suits my needs.

>>43308876
>>43308707
>200
sickening

>>43312356
I would get the t420

Do you guys recommend the t440s for a newer thinkpad? And even if you don't where could I buy a used one?

>>43313494
Ebay is the best place to get a used thinkpad. Never get a new one.

>>43312115
>x230
>shit
kek
except for the shitty magnet clasp it's better than all my other thnkpads

>>43312356
Sandy Bridge was a giant leap in performance.

>>43313494
>t440s
>Seen teardown video
>entire case looks flimsy as shit
>apparently made of plastic
>also ULV CPU
>also price

So I DO recommend NOT to buy this shit. I'd rather get t420(s) than this.

>>43312379
>>43313443
>>43313561

Thanks.

>>43313568
not forget
> shit keyboard
> clicky touchpad

upgrading from t400, would like an IPS screen and slightly better performance

any recommendations?

thank you

Check for local listings before going on eBay. I got an x230t for only $350. i5-3320m, 300 GB HDD @ 7200 RPM, 8 gb 1600 Mhz RAM, and charger w/ stylus. Near perfect condition. From craiglist

Find a better deal. I dare you

>>43313519
Thanks!

>>43313568
But isn't the build quality/material a gripe most lenovo oldfags have with this entire generation? I saw a rant somewhere. And what would be a good price range for the t440s

>>43313568
T420s owner here, my only complains are the subpar battery life (3:30 hours at most) and the shitty TN screen. Otherwise it's a awesome machine.

>>43313568
Oh yeah and the t440s has a better battery life and screen

>>43313662
>not using ultranav buttons for everything

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>>43313721
the clickpad sucks for that too, just look at this shit.

Just upgraded my t410 from some slow 2x2gb sticks to 2x4gb @1333
shits cash yo

if one is to
- browse
- watch videoz in max hd
- some codez
- need long battery life

would it be better to get an older cheap thinkpad from ebay, or get a chromebook?

linux would be installed so doesn't matter that it comes with chromeos.

chromebooks seem to win because they tout long battery life.

>>43314312

Depends how important battery life is to you, chromebooks get good battery life but are absolute shit in every other way

Before I pull the trigger I just need to ask, is 320 dollaroos a good deal for a t420 with 1600x900 display, i5-2540M, 4gb memory, and a 250 gb hdd that I am going to swap out for a ssd?

>>43314640

It's an okay deal

>>43314662
Because I am European it is pretty hard for me to find good deals.

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>See this in the morning
>x201t is finally coming.

Should I get an acer c720 chromebook and put a linux distro on it or try to find a used thinkpad? I'll be using it for general browsing as an edc, battery life and portability are a major plus

>>43314794

>>43314336

>>43314809
Didn't read the thread before i posted, sorry

Anyone have the pic from a few TG's ago where the guy ejaculated on his thinkpad?

>>43314925
fegget

>>43314968
s-sorry

also:
>Not using appchan x

>>43314925
why not just cum on your own ThinkPad and take pics?

Hey guys some guy is selling a T61 with an XGA screen.
Can I upgrade it?
The processor is kind of slow too, a T7300, but that can be upgraded.

>>43315091
This might just be crazy enough to work!

What does the thinkwiki mean when it says "ram not supported, but works"

Does that effect how fast it runs or anything?

>>43309352

jesus no. I got one off of ebay for $50 last year.

>>43315234
No idea what the fuck that means, needs more context... post link

Got an x31 (its haunted) and a t60. Love them both. But the x31 freaks me out.

>>43315354
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T61p

>>43310679
You can also oil the fan bearing instead of replacing it with a new one. Easy enough to do.

http://www.msb0b.com/home/thinkpadt60fanrepair

>>43315120

>Can I upgrade it?

Yes but the screen replacement will cost more than the whole laptop

>>43315389
I'm guessing it means that it is BIOS locked to only use 4gb, but if you flash the BIOS with a new one then you can use 8gb.

Or it just means you can stick 2x4gb sticks in it, but it'll only have 4gb usable.

>>43315417
Thanks/

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Look what I picked up for $40. Did I do good? Has all of the original accessories, including the trackpoint replacements.

>>43315609
would you take it out in public

>>43315629
Ofc not it looks like shit

>>43315629

I would, it looks cool

>>43313426
x200 is best 200

you can undervolt the core2duos

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>>43315629
I already did!

>>43315657
>star bucks
>hipster coomputer

is this bait?

>>43315788
I only did it for the pic, and I only got water because fuck buying their shit coffee. Yes, it is bait.

>>43315657
is the battery functional?

>>43315819
Not really, but it does hold a little bit of a charge. As soon as I remove the power, it suspends.

>>43308036
How much more powerful than the quadro 1800m is the 2000m?

>>43314925
Guys I need this

I've never looked into what ThinkPads actually are and why people use them. What are you guys' reasons for using them?

>>43308036
Alright, I'll be that guy. What thinkpad is this?

>>43316295
they are laptops

used for laptop things, sometimes desktop replacement things too

>>43316337

Okay, so why not use a regular laptop?

>>43316315
701c

>>43316346
What constitutes a "regular laptop" to you?

>>43316377

I read that these things were used in space. I assumed they were some really special kind of laptop.

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ThinkPad t520 (4243-3ZG) i7-2620M 2,7 Ghz 4 GB RAM 500 GB HDD 1600x900 everything working
>329€ on ebay by a trader

yes or no

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Is there a 1080p IPS ThinkPad that doesn't have a shitty ultranav?

>>43316295
It's because thinkpads and other business grade laptops are very durable.

>>43316448
I would go for it. Never knew the TX20 line still had the non shitty keyboard.

>>43313876
what the fuck
when is someone going to shoot the lenovo design team

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Really loving my "new" t60p so far

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>>43316723
He says, poorfaggingly.

499usd is the cheapest price that I can found for my first thinkpad x220

I don't know if it is worth for buying used Thinkpad on ebay and ask the seller fot International shipping

basically, thinkpad notebook is a rarely stuff on bidding site
(In Taiwan, yes)

>>43316866
>buy forwarding service
>now you can get sweet american products

>>43316866

You should get the x201 instead for the 16:10 screen

But whether it's worth ordering internationally depends on the shipping costs and any import charges

I'm Australian and bought my x200t from the US because it was much cheaper

I have a buddy that can get me a DELL maxed out laptop because the company he works at gives them a huge discount. What DELL models does /g/ approve of?

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>>43316963
I hope you didn't need something too portable...

I fucking did it! I finally ordered a t420 and now I will just have to wait. Can anyone recommend an os to put on it, I am thinking about tripplebooting win 7, crunchbang, and osx, what does /g/ think?

>>43317067
Stick with Windows 7
Maybe run Debian in a VM if you REALLY need to participate in rice threads

>>43317042
oh lawd

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Thinkpad T430.. What priced would you pay? guide didn't have price for it. If I can get it for under 400 is that good?

>>43317164

$0, not a real thinkpad

>>43317185
>muh real thinkpad

>>43317164
depends on the specs

>>43317042
That is one sexy computer.

>>43317191

>meme arrow
check
>muh
check

hella epic meme, I rate it 5/5 bretty gud

>>43317097
But I want to get the most out of the battery, especially since I will probably go a while without the 9 cell.

>do not buy any post-2010 thinkpad
enjoy your
>OpenGL 2.1 limited GPU
>Downloading a bunch of userspace tools to work around the fan speed/heating problem
>Downloading a bunch of other crap unmaintained userspace tools
The only good thing is the keyboard

>>43317214

Just install whatever OS you like, this is out of the scope of a thinkpad thread

If you want my personal opinion I recommend Gentoo linux

>>43317194


Rating: 4.8 windows experience index
processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.60 GHz
Installed Memory (RAM): 4.00 GB (3.21 GB usable)
System type: 32-Bit Operating System
320 GB HDD - Intel HD 4000 Graphics - Genuine Windows XP Professional - 1366 x 768

>>43317214
What will you be doing?

>>43317214
>he thinks Linux has good power management

>>43317238

>OpenGL 2.1 limited GPU

You play games or something faggot? That's fine

>Downloading a bunch of userspace tools to work around the fan speed/heating problem

My x200 idles at 30 degrees and gets up to 50 degrees under full load, werks 4 me

>Downloading a bunch of other crap unmaintained userspace tools

Don't know what you're referring to

>>43317210
thanks bruh
2bad ur real thinkpad meem is only 1/10

>>43317242
ok so what you mean is

>i5-3320M
>Intel HD 4000
>4gb RAM
>320gb HDD
>1366x768

pretty much the minimum specs for that model, would not pay over $350 for it

>>43317252
this gives me an idea
should i time how long my battery lasts using windows and a few linux distributions?

can i even install osx to an sd card?

>>43317267
>My x200 idles at 30 degrees and gets up to 50 degrees under full load, werks 4 me
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x201-random-shutdown/td-p/227471
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/751689

>>43317246
Web browsing, word, movies.

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>>43317313
thanks

>>43317339
If you set Windows up properly via the Lenovo Power Manager, and if you set up whatever Linux up properly with TLP, then they will be about the same.

OS X will probably perform badly and be missing features since hackintoshes are hackjobs and it's not made for non-Macs.

>>43317344

werks 4 me

So some obscure bug in a specific kernel version from years ago means it's impossible?

Epic

>>43317267
>Don't know what you're referring to
https://launchpad.net/tp-fan/tpfand/
http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html

>>43317344
the latest stable kernel version is still affected

>>43316906
I was thinking about it
but if I really buy from American ebay
that means I need to buy backup parts for the model I buy, same laptop model but the parts are not interchangeable(not sure)

>>43317384

I don't understand, whats the problem with using a power manager? Are you just mad because on windows you can't and are forced to use the built in one when on linux you can choose from multiple (laptop mode tools, tlp)?

>>43317267
>You play games or something faggot? That's fine
mpv requires openGL 3, because that's the only sane openGL version

also
>no openCL support

>>43317371
but this is just a hypothesis, feel free to test it yourself

>>43317400

Well it werks 4 me so you must be lying, using the gentoo stable kernel, sitting on 31 degrees right now while web browsing

>>43317412
I'm mad because other laptops don't required specialized tools to work good

I just move the HD to other systems and everything works great.

>>43317415

>mpv requires openGL 3

No it doesn't

>no openCL support

It's a $200 laptop, not a 3d rendering workstation

>>43317434
>Well it werks 4 me so you must be lying, using the gentoo stable kernel, sitting on 31 degrees right now while web browsing
>web browsing
try to compile the kernel

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>>43317444

Are you implying power management is specific to thinkpads?

>>43317371
I just want to have osx to make my friend who is a hardcore mac user mad.

>>43315657

I live in Europe and I'd like to ask other Europeans if there is a culture like this to take your laptop outside with you? I rarely go outside so I wouldn't know. It seems to be an American thing.

>>43317464

Just updated, it compiled a couple of packages, max I saw was 43 degrees

And by looking at the side and listening
I can confirm the fan is indeed on, using an x200 tablet

>>43317494
some people like to work out of doors

T420, really good condition
Processor: Intel Core i5 2nd Gen. 2540M / 2.60 GHz
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 Memory .
HD+
Screen: 14.4" HD+ LED Crystal Bright with 1600 x 900 resolution
Power Adapter: Included
Battery: included (original, extended 9 cell)
Windows 7: Ultimate 64 Bit

$450 This is honestly the best price I can find, and I have been looking for a month on both ebay (shipping fucks me,)

>>43317494
>there are people that buy laptops just so they can move from their desk to their bed

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Jesus, what's the battery life on the W700? I thought I heard it was decent, but I'm getting a little over an hour.

>>43317554
>hating comfy

>>43317630

Is it an old battery? do you have a power manager installed?

>>43317645
This is a new battery I ordered, it came tuesday. The old one the W700 came with had 40 minutes on a full charge. And no, recommend?

>>43317721
>And no, recommend?
Necessary

>>43317645
>>43317798

linux mint comes with a power manager, not sure which one though, probably laptop tools

If you want to confirm post the output of "ps aux"

>>43310586
Fuck me
In italy it would have cost 1500 €

>>43317550
I just got one for 360 dollar and that is including the retarded import fees that you have to pay when importing to Sweden from the US. I would also recommend trying to get one without 9 cell battery and without 8 gb ram because they are both pretty cheap to get alone.

>>43317821
Closest I see is upowerd, PID 3443. Thanks for the assist.
>>43317798
I meant "Is there a package you recommend?"

>>43317344
Are you all 100% sure that this isn't just to do with the fact that you're all using ancient machines and probably haven't re-done the thermal paste?

Looking at picking up a x240 off of the lenovo outlet site, but im hearing mixed reviews about the panel it uses. I'm coming from a retina though im not really worried about resolution moreso color vibrancy. Could anyone comment on it? Also how much battery life did you get with the 6cell

>>43308707
It's called minimal you grammar-less faggot.

>>43318169

Not a thinkpad

>>43318220
> A thinkpad user

Just avoid them altogether

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>>43318006
It took me this fucking long to realize I was supposed to include a picture.

>>43308036

What's a good entry level Thinkpad?

Not Thinkpad related are there any other Laptop brands that are upgradeable like Thinkpads. (In tearms like CPU, motherboard, non soldered GPU, bay HDD, screen exc.)

How good are Lenovo Thinkpads compared to IBM Thinkpads?

>>43318437

Don't see a power manager there, install tlp

>>43318169
It gets 15-20 hours

And it's totally a thinkpad. The keyboard looks different, but don't be fooled. It still runs hot, creaks, makes you look like a dork, has a shitty screen, and will be thoroughly deprecated by a macbook by the time its price drops from $2k for the best possible setup to $500.

>>43318458

>What's a good entry level Thinkpad?

Depends what you want and for how much

See: >>43314974

>Not Thinkpad related are there any other Laptop brands that are upgradeable like Thinkpads. (In tearms like CPU, motherboard, non soldered GPU, bay HDD, screen exc.)

Dell latitude is the closest line to the thinkpad, but they're generally worse and more expensive

>How good are Lenovo Thinkpads compared to IBM Thinkpads?

There aren't any actual relevant thinkpads made by IBM (last one was t40 I believe), just buy one made before 2010

>>43318556

Thank you, will have a look.

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>>43318458
>thinkpads
>upgradable

You wanted faster wifi? Too bad.

>>43318613
Why are freetards so obsessed with Chinkpads when they're not even FREE to insert their choice of wireless card/

>>43317494
Youropoor here.
In Sweden some macfags likes to go to starbucks and such to display their 2000 usd Fb machine, the only people who does work outside of their homes are students at libraries.

>>43318632
freetards believe the only things that should be recommended are freedom approved things, ThinkPads aren't freedom approved, so they hate them

>>43318613
thinkpads confirmed for apple-like garbage

>>43318613
>>43318632
>>43318677
>>43318704

Can you name one laptop that doesn't do this?

>>43318632
Thinkpad users aren't freetards unless they go through the trouble of flashing an open source BIOS

They're posers trying to fit in to /g/.

Go look up AMT and mull over the possibility of backdoors and master keys in that. Then be delighted to learn that it only works with a set of "approved" wireless chipsets, and mull over the motivation behind locking thinkpad pci ports the fuck down

>>43308036
What's a fair price for an X200 with a P8600, 1GB memory, and a 160GB HDD? Any X200 owners want to share their experience with it?

>>43318725
It's easier to name the ones that do. It's mostly HP and lelnovo.

Dell, ASUS, Apple (yes), etc are all exempt

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>>43317900
Thanks.. but if the 9cell battery and 8gb ram is going to cost me 90ish, I might aswell get the entire thing for 450 right?
And right now my canadian dollar is worth only .92 of american dollar so i'm getting screwed online regardless.

pls respond

>>43318732
>/g/ is now synonymous with freetards

I bet you think the Stallman sticky is not supposed to be satire, don't you?

>>43318613
Too bad you are too fucking stupid to patch your bios dumb fuck. You picked wrong laptop, should have gone with Macboog Bagina ™
>>43318632
x60 with coreboot is closest you can get to 100% free machine. Other than that there is nothing that makes thinkpads any more free than other laptops.

>>43318767
/g/ is synonymous with pseudo freetards. Free when it suits them, proprietary when they don't care.

>I use free software to avoid backdoors
>oh yeah and closed source games are fine
>also I use skype but don't type any sensitive data into it

>>43318776
>Implying that all thinkpads have patched BIOSes available
>implying it's not mostly old/weak ones that are practically bulky netbooks with five hour batteries

>>43318792

Stop projecting

Also take your samefagging somewhere else, this si a thinkpad thread

>>43318792
freetards are a vocal minority and have nothing to do with Technology

>>43318813
Who are you quoting?

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Is this common?

>>43318884
It's not like installing an OS is difficult or takes effort.

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>mfw missing out on so many t420 deals for 220$ because I'm 20$ short

being a poorfag sux dix

>>43318895
No one ever said it was.

>>43318776
>x60 with coreboot is closest you can get to 100% free machine.
wrong

>making umbrella statements that are wrong

>>43318884
Kind of disappointing it wasn't an X200 Tablet, that'd be kind of cool.

>>43318751
Anybody? I'm watching an auction that ends tonight, I think I can get a good deal but I'd like some input from those with experience first.

>>43318884
no and you should feel bad

>>43318929
x Tablets are built like shit

>>43318949
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Thinkpad-X200-Core-2-Duo-2-4-Ghz-2GB-160GB-12-1-Windows-8-1-WIFI-Ready-/261547287871?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item3ce56ee53f

Sure you don't wanna buy it?

>>43318959
Yeah but Windows 8's metro is optimized for a touchscreen, X200 Tablets has a touch screen... Kind of makes sense.

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Is there anywhere I can buy these stickers that cover up the screws?

I'm guessing the previous owner lost one and replaced it with this slightly larger, glossy sticker and it bothers the SHIT out of me.

Also I want to try putting W8.1 on it, but no cd/dvd reader and I don't have a flash drive big enough. Is there any way I could do it via sticking the HDD in another machine or remote control?

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>>43316295
I upgraded from a Toshiba Satellite L305 to a Thinkpad T60p. Since they're both 15.4 inch, vintage 2008 machines, I feel I can make some very fair comparisons.

The Thinkpad feels more physically solid. The plastic body of the Toshiba flexes perceptibly when it's picked up, and the screen wobbles slightly while typing. The Thinkpad's metal hinges stay just where the screen is adjusted, and the matte black rubberized lid does not attract a litany of fingerprints and smudges like the Toshiba's glossy plastic.

Typing on the Thinkpad is much, much, much better. This is the number one reason I chose the Thinkpad. Laptop keyboards are all terrible, and the Thinkpad is the best of a terrible lot. It's comparable in typing quality to a decent desktop rubber dome keyboard, and the Toshiba keyboard was a mushy nightmare. As a bonus, "mushy nightmare" is becoming the most popular keyboard style in the world because we live in an unjust and perverse universe.

My Thinkpad has a 1680x1050 screen, compared to the 1280x800 Toshiba. A downright frightening number of laptops still come in 1366x768 even today. Apparently I don't even have one of the "good" Thinkpads because I don't have the 1600x1200 IPS screen, but the screen I have suits me just fine - and makes me wonder why the FUCK every laptop in the world is now 16:9 aspect ratio EXCLUSIVELY.

And /g/ will frown on this but the T60p runs League of Legends, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead 2 and Minecraft quite handily and Skyrim somewhat poorly but still playable. The Intel graphics in the Toshiba couldn't really handle any of those. As far as I can tell those specific games are what most people buy $1000+ gaming laptops for so it's kind of amusing.

>>43319026
No, windows does not take kindly to being moved between motherboards and hasn't since windows XP.

>win2k last good windows

>>43319046
Oh, also I'm not >>43316723
Is the T60p a particularly popular model around here?

>>43319026
Looks like you need to go down to WalMart and buy an 8GB flash drive for $15.

Also pick up some sticker paper while you are there, print black stickers, cut them to fit with x-acto knife, and you're set.

>>43319026

Why would you want to cover the screw holes up?

>>43319099
Can you even print matte black..?

>>43319128
glossy sticker looks better than phillips head

>>43318751
>>43318948
I got one like that for about £75, if you're in America you might be able to go cheaper. To be honest I could have probably got one cheaper but it was a bit of an impulse buy.

>>43319163
Depends on your printer I suppose.

>>43319203
Sounds about right to me, thank you. How does the X200 perform? I'm not expecting a lot for it, but I need something for browsing the internet and word processing/spreadsheets on the go. Might try to run inkscape or virtual dj, not expecting anything on that end.

>>43319315

Works fine, the most intensive stuff I've ever done with it is play videos and it can do that fine, has no issues playing high bitrate 1080p bluray rips

Only issue is if you're using linux you may have to hack a bit to get hardware h464 decoding depending on the distro, I run gentoo and had to manually edit the libva-intel-driver ebuild to use the g45-h264 git branch

>>43319315
For web browsing, it's pretty good. You will probably want more ram than 1GB though. I have no experience with inkscape or virtual dj on it. I'm afraid that at the minute the most I've used it for is web browsing and compiling a few short FORTRAN programs. It can handle that ok.

I just bought a t420, how fucked am I?

>>43319394
I plan on running Debian, so I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. But from what you're saying it sounds like a good notebook if the price is right. Thanks again.

>>43315398
w0t are you serious about this cant i just grab any t60 screen and put it there?

>>43319461
Some T60's were 4:3 and some were 8:5, obviously those would not be interchangeable.

>>43319461

Yes, but the t60 screen by its-self will cost more than the entire laptop

>>43319429
Makes sense, I planned on upgrading the RAM eventually, also investing in a small SSD if I find myself using it a lot. If it can't run those programs it won't kill the deal for me anyway. Thanks.

>>43319488
>>43319506
Maybe I buy a T60 or T60p with a bigger screen (15") and put the T61 mobo inside I did some math and it fits.
Yes I would have to buy 2 thinkpads but could it work?
Getting a matching FRU would be a pain in the ass tho.

>>43319547
Seems like there are a lot of Thinkpads for parts on eBay so I bet if you looked around enough you could make that work for a decent price.

Got my X200 in the mail today. To my surprise, it came with activated copies of Windows 7 Ultimate and Office 2013 Professional Plus. I may need them (and Visual Studio) so I kept them on there and set up a dualboot with Xubuntu. This is really an amazing laptop for the price I paid for it.

10/10 would buy and recommend again.

>>43319609
I'm not american I can't order from eBay or anything online, I'm sorry.

Is the s440 any good?

Looks sexy

>>43319842
What country? eBay isn't a USA only website.

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>>43317550
i got the exact same thing, with the original 2 year warranty and an nvidia nvs 4200m for 350$.

>>43319438
consider suicide

hey, is it possible to replace a t61p's monitor with something like http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/171395869603?lpid=82 to get a higher resolution?

>>43318458
the only acceptable lenovo is the x61 or x301, or x220 maybe...try to get an x60s

>>43308036
What is that thinkpad in the backgroung with the white or silver edge?

>>43317042
Apparently the battery for the m4800 is god awful.

>>43318632
I'm not a freetard but I use ThinkPads for my own reasons.

Thinking (get it?) about getting an x201 or an x220 but which one I prefer.

Could anyone help?

>>43321523
X220 will have slightly better performance and battery life, also can take mSATA SSD's.

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Are there any decent Thinkpads that aren't used goods?

>>43322581
not anymore

>>43315394
You can, and it won't last.
The noise is from the surface in the sleeve bearing no longer being straight or the right inner diameter. It wore the hole out larger. Adding oil temporarily fills up the extra space and dampens the oscillation of it rattling around inside the loose bearing, but that will only last a week to a month.
Get a new fan.

>>43317630
About 1:40 on a brand new battery.
Hell, the screen backlight alone draws 15W on that thing.

I've got myself an old(er) T500, bought it for 250 from a 2nd hand shop.
Runs like a fucking champ, but I want to replace the LCD bezel with one that allows for a webcam.

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>>43318613
Hello. I can put in any wifi card I want, and I did.

>>43319026
multiple eBay sellers sell them.

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Has anyone had any trouble with the ribbon cable coming loose in the back of an x201 tablets screen? I keep having to open up my screen and push it back in. I'm going to go and buy some better tape tomorrow but it has really been getting to me. Is there no clip to hold that thing in?

>>43322828
No.
It's supposed to be secured in place with kapton tape, and the connection is really tight anyway. Are you sure you've actually got it in all the way flush? And that the cable lower down is properly taped to the screen with cloth pressure tape like it should be?
Maybe post a pic?

>>43322872
Sorry I have it all back together for the 3rd time. The adhesive on the tape was old so I
reapplied some craft glue tape until I can pick up something better later one. The plug pops
out pretty easily but I don't have the money to replace it at the moment.

>>43322995
you're probably using tape with an adhesive that gets soft when it's warm.

>>43323070
Anything you would recommend? Would packing tape or duct tape work?

>>43317494

Pretty sure people use laptops at Uni all over Yurop.

>>43322581

you can pay +$700 and find out for yourself

>>43323086
not duct tape. Packing tape (the polyester stuff, not the paper) works pretty well in a pinch.

Why is the thinkpad so popular around /g/ ?

I always wondered ...

>>43323256
lurk moar

>>43323256
Because most people are fuckin sheeps. Just look at this fucking thread, idiots parrotin what other people say about thinkpads both new and old without ever even owning one.

>>43323256

>build quality
>budget
>trackpoint
>good screen options
>keyboard
>still lots of parts available for customization from ebay

They're good for budget non-gaymer purposes.

There are some older Dell Latitudes you can get for good prices, they have good screens/build. For the average person who makes a 'Pick a laptop for me /g/' thread there would be no reason to pick a Thinkpad other stuff.

But you can't stop the Thinkpad maymay.

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Just bought this /g/, a 1600x1200 T60, IBM logos
With a FireGL
Yeah, I guess it's a Frankenpad
Roughly 90 USD

But there's a catch, the seller says it freezes after some time, I guess it's because of overheating, could it be something more serious?
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.mx/MLM-453665043-laptop-lenovo-t60-1gb-ramdisco-duro-320gbpequena-falla-maa-_JM

>>43309813
MBP's are way better
And MBP's have quite some flaws

The only good business lines nowadays are Dell Precision and HP Elitebooks

>>43313664
Maybe W series

>>43315609
Holy shit you did great
>>43315788
Well, it's in MoMA, so it qualifies perfectly for hipster computer

>>43316443
Just great build quality (unless newer ones)

>>43323819
It said $50 on the CL ad, but the guy gave it to me for $40 because it seemed to him like I would actually use it. It's been a pinball machine for the most part, but I'm thinking of installing DSL, along with a USB PCMIA card.

>>43309777
That font reminds me of the A20m boot up screen.

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>>43322581
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221504433720

>>43324238
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/221504433720
$1000? Just buy used dude. You can return it on eBay and if you're buying it in person, test it out thoroughly. You can get any other decent laptop brand new for $1000 that blows that chinkpad out of the water

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>>43323256
because an old thinkpad is pretty much the anti-macbook. cheap, utilitarian, good keyboard, easily fixable and upgradeable yourself, looks better, people will think you are a hacker

>>43324374
macbooks are great though, all the shitter retard nondevs of this board use thinkpads because lel hackers

>>43324396
I agree macbooks are great if you have lots of money, but an old thinkpad is also great and $100

>>43324238

THAT FEEL

Is there like a guide for new thinkpads? Windows tweaks? (thinkvantage, drivers, etc.) GNU+Linux twekas? (power management, drivers, etc.)

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>>43315609
Congrats the 701C is a cute machine. Dislike the feel of the keyboard but well, I love everything else heh
$40 is a great deal, were you the San Diego guy I lost to?

>>43316963
Get the M4800 with its QHD display and K2100m CPU

>>43317185
Oh yes, and next is that it wasn't produced in the correct IBM factory either.

>>43319046
The WSXGA+ screens I have seen are not that bad at all, I played LoL on my 14" T60p, but since I'm spoiled with the W700ds, I've stopped.
Never tried Skyrim, but thanks for letting me know it can be played, may just get a few more games just so I can install them on my old systems to sell.

>>43319076
They aren't telling you everything about it.
15" T60p laptops came standard with an IPS UXGA or SXGA+ screen, which were known for their wide viewing angles.

Here is a comparision of a W500 and a 'Frankenpad' T60/1 (15" T60p with the mobo chassis modified to fit a 14" T61 mobo)
You can see the difference between TFT and IPS technology.
Its /g/ hype, like mechanical keyboards

>>43319438
About as fucked as getting pulled over by the cops after ripping a sick bong

>>43319547
Try out a 15" T60p ThinkPad first, and then think about getting the slight performance boost from a T61, all in all, the 140M GPU from the T61 vs the V5200 on the T60p didn't seem to have that much of a difference when I played LoL.

But I did like it more, yet I think its because I was quite happy that I was able to do such a "hack" job.

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>>43320885
Yes, no need to switch cables or whatnot, just make sure you have a spudger or some sort of long flat object that isn't a normal flat head screwdriver to take off the LCD bezel.

Decent price too, but its because it has some deadspots.

>>43323753
>FireGL
no its just a T60p, unless it has a W500 mobo inside it.

>>43324238
>buying it and still needing a battery because it degraded overtime

>>43324396
Not going to lie I eventually would like one. I hear that Macbooks have a decent student discount, plus the refurb ones are decently priced.

>>43324462
No, make one.
>that CPU, GPU, Screen guide I've been too lazy to finish

Would a T60, T61, or X60/61 be able to run Dolphin? Or would I have to buy a later model to do that? I want to play some gamecube games on it.

On my x200 tablet sometimes when I start X the backlight dies and the screen is just black, then I exit X and it comes back on

What's the problem?

>>43324819
need a good cpu for emulation, minimum i5 imo

>>43324880
Would the T60, T61, or X60/61 be able to run an N64 emulator at least?

>>43324939
Kinda, if it's one with one of the fastest CPU's and a decent GPU (aka not a Intel iGPU like those fucking GMA's)
I never had a thinkpad, so I'm talking out of my ass
But I do have the same iGPU that the T60 haves, and a pretty low end C2D at 1.8 ghz, and it's able to do jack shit when it's about heavy stuff, it could barely emulate PS1 so I guess it would have problems with N64 stuff, and it couldn't do NDS
Best bet go with a later thinkpad

>>43324939
Probably.

I ran a Sega Saturn emulator decently on an X61T (SSD, L7500 1.6GHz CPU, integrated gfx, SXGA+)
I played Rayearth, Radiant Silvergun, Panzer Dragoon with decent FPS, light lag here and there.
I know the N64 is a stronger system, but it should do OK, it will be playable.

What's the best Thinkpad for $200-250?

>>43325251
Transnote

>>43325251
Sandy Bridge ThinkPads are starting to get down to $250 if you have patience.

>>43325431
What is Sandy Bridge exactly?

>>43325556
second gen i core processors

>>43325571
I core*

>>43325556
first link on google explains everything

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>Bought a replacement screen cable for my x200t
>Has the wrong connector, is 45N4369 instead of the 43Y9826 that I needed

Is $200 for a refurbished T410 a good deal? Also, is it generally better to get a used or a refurbished?

>>43325713
If it has an i7, nvidia gpu, and 1440x900 display, then yeah it's a good deal.

>is it generally better to get a used or a refurbished?
Literally the same exact thing.

>>43325713

Depends

A used one could have been owned by a /a/-tier pedo and a refurbished one could be mangled beyond repair (or will just need some configurations changed) if its some shitty supplier

Alright /g/, I am pretty damn convinced to get a thinkpad.

I want it just to browse 4chins and word processing.

What's my best bet?

>>43325813

x201

>>43325813
*60-*61 will be more than enough for that, but I'd probably go for something newer.

>>43325833
>>43325855

Something like this? I honestly am not sure what to look for. I plan on putting a 120GB SSD inside, using it for notes at school and such.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-X201-Tablet-i7-620LM-2-0GHz-4GB-250GB-12-1-Win-7-/331271993296?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item4d215977d0

>>43325968
you said you'll use it only for 4chan and word. Tablet is unnecessary imo

>>43325968
i7 is overkill. Using it for notes is like shooting ants with Barrett .50 cal.

Also, tablet is useful if you going to use pen input. I don't use it on my x61t at all.

>>43325990

Didn't even notice that. Will keep looking.

>>43325968
>4channing and web-browsing
>posts link of a tablet with an i7

Well, the IPS screens are better than the TN of the other standard X201 units. (picture wont look like shit at angles.)
But it is limited to WXGA
A special few X201s and X300/1 come with WXGA+ screen, I recommend those for web surfing, espeically since you could only see 1/3 of your word document if its WXGA crap

It'll probably end somehwere around $270, the i7 would drain the battery faster than you'd think but it will def last you a good while
An i5 is sufficient for an ultraportable, especially at what you will be doing.

Get a T400 maybe if a T60 is too old of you.

Hey guys, I'm looking for an t60p with an 2.33GHz processor and an ok-good screen. What is a good price with things like a battery, hdd, etc, and a good price with out those things.

>>43324540
What do you mean "lost to". Did the guy tell you that it was already bought

>>43324777
And yeah I am in SD