X220 appreciation thread

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>>57382608

X201 is better fampai

I bought a used x220 from Germany for 200€ but After a month the battery died and i don't know how to choose another one, could someone help me ?

>>57382608
P50 here

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Hello

Overrated piece of shit.

X200 is where it's at.

>>57383202
This

>>57384108
Is there really a reason to use a x200 instead of a x201?

X220t reporting. 2 SSDs installed.

>>57384467
If you don't want the trackpad, then use a x200

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ok
>>57382608

Absolutely terrible machines deliberately meme'd on /g/ so autists with 0 knowledge or opinion buy into this bull.

>>57382608
>Using 8 year old hardware

Ew, no thanks

>>57384684
t. numale apple fag

x201 master rice

>>57384467
absolute freedom aka libre/coreboot with no blobs

>>57383702
Kek I bought a used x230 for 170€ and the battery also died after a month.

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Tablet version. Use it for shitposting, programming, light photoshopping, 3D design, and drawing.

Heavy though, and fans sound like jet engines.

Hackintosh x220t checking in.

i5, 8gb ram, dual ssds. 4h battery. Favorite laptop of all time

About to get one of these great devices ...
any advice you veterans can give me on what to look out for ?

>>57384780
>>57383202
x201t master race
i like the keyboard on this better than x220

>>57384509
No, if you don't want the trackpad you just buy a x200 palm rest and put it on the x201.

>>57384798
Ah, I thought they both could use either but it seems only coreboot supports x201.

>>57384988
if you intend on installing Linux and want to use a WWAN modem, make sure to get the Ericsson one.
Gobi ones require you to extract the windows driver from the installer and then utilise it via wrappers.
Sierra ones, no clue.
Ericsson modem works out of the box with ModemManager.

>>57385028
Any computer with Intel i* CPU has Management Engine. Nasty shit.

>>57382608
How does full disk encryption work on those?
Does it work pretty much without performance penalty?
Do you need a compatible SSD for it to work?

Has anyone, by chance, tried running VMs, and if so, did that work well ?

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>>57384780
>>57385022
reporting in

>>57385127
I'm on X200, and it's unnoticeable. It should be even better with hardware AES acceleration on newer CPUs. No special hardware needed for LUKS (Linux) or TrueCrypt (Windows).
>>57385185
Should be good, I run WinXP in VirtualBox sometimes.

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I have a nice SSD in here too.

Thinking about getting a new battery because it doesn't charge past 78%.

Have had for a couple years now. Bought one for my gf as well, but doesn't have webcam and is an i5.

>>57385185
>>57385909

I run windows 7 in a VM from time to time. works fine, but I only do it for some random times I need MS office or software for school that doesn't work on Linux.

Using my trusty x201. Thinking of buying a x220 in order to future-proof. Any thoughts?

>>57382608
>>>/g/tpg

am i doing it right

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>>57382608
>not using glorious x61s

>tfw too greedy to finally upgrade to SSD and IPS

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>>57384684
I bought my T420 specifically because of /g/. I never regretted it, be it only for the keyboard and for the excellent drivers compatibility.

Also pic related.

>>57382608
Too bad the screen ratio is shit in this.

hello new thinkpad owner here
got my hands on a mint x230, it'll be here in 4 days. what do i do to prepare myself for it?

>>57388144
build a shrine for your thinkpad ?

>>57388144
Order an LP125WH2-SLT1 so you don't have to look at the revolting stock TN display for too long.

Looking into buying an X220
Is 1600x900 at 12.5" comfortable to read?

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>>57388365
i'm already working on it :) just need to figure out where to buy a decent table.
>>57388415
i'm assuming you've done this before, any tips?
and thank you, i will get working on that once i do more research.

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Why is X220>X230?

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The fuck is this

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>>57389215
well do you like it

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>>57389215
charge your phone

>>57389156
Keyboard, otherwise they're practically the same build. X230 with the **20 keyboard implanted is best tho

>>57389433
So should I just get an X220, then?

>>57389448
Yeah, there's not much of a difference between them.

Ivy bridge x220 here

>>57389512
What?

>circlejerking over old business machines which at the time of actual use none of the actual users raved about

Kys yourselves you bunch of poorfag 'le retro nerdy stuff xD' hipsters.

>>57389665

x230 motherboard in x220 shell.

>>57390458
how? when? explain me please?

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x320 master race

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>>57385909
>>57384094
>systemd

>>57390777
Do you know where I can get one?

>>57390901
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb7TjJPbFZz3a2J6OPLNZno85KRwkckdPfxW5xc7TOkO2gDQ/viewform?c=0&w=1

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>>57390939
muh dick

>>57390558

Step one, Buy a x220 off ebay. ~140
Step two, Buy a x230 motherboard ~$90
Step three, Wait for delivery.
Step four, Open x220, take put motherboard.
Step five, Put in x230 motherboard.
Step six, Install modified EC firmware
Step seven, put x220 back together.
?????

I recently got mine. Is it normal for the trackpoint to move a bit on its own after I let go?

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Newegg's selling x200 tablets for 124 right now, this thing isn't half bad. I actually enjoy using one note with it.

>>57391140
You'll need to buy a 44++ battery too because the X230 will not power on and charge simultaneously with the standard 29++ battery in the X220.

>>57391140
Show us the displayport hole.

>>57391166
yes

>>57385909
AW SHIT NIGGA ARE THOSE PISTACHIOS

>>57391208
Add an SSD and they are much better.

>>57385022
I like my t520 and a x201t, I like my t520 a lot but I barely use it ever since I got a thinkpad Yoga 14.

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X250 checking in.
Upgraded from an X200. Nicer display is nice. Trackpad is useless. Chiclet keys are ok.
The main thing I miss is the blue enter key

>>57387791
>tfw too greedy to finally upgrade to SSD

SSD can move forward to other computers. I don't upgrade screens tho since at home I use an external monitor, keyboard and mouse connected to muh Ultrabase. Every Padder should have a dock. Holds another hard drive in a caddy if want.

>>57391140
X230s complete cost around that much, but if you get the parts cheaper might as well do the swap.

>>57382608
Two thinkpad threads? I'll support this one. Fuck those 400 series plebs with their beefy arms and bad eyesight.

200 series until China finally nationalizes lenovo and uses old stock for tank armor

>>57389681
>>circlejerking over old business machines which at the time of actual use none of the actual users raved about

They paid retail. OTOH used Pads are often spectacular deals and tend to be very, very easy to work on. I can afford any notebook I want, but prefer what Pads and their docks and caddies enable me to to, and I can scatter notebooks about my home and shops without worrying if they get damaged or stolen or come to harm. For heavier work I have desktops.

>>57383202
>TN panel

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

>>57382608
What's a fair price for one of these badboys? The tablet one, specifically

>>57391277

No hole, my motherboard came with a base.

>>57382608
x220t here

>>57390777
linux support?

Just got a used one, best way to clean keyboard and screen?

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>>57384893
I too have the X220t.
This shit is a tid bit noisy on Winblows but SILENT as fuck on Debian.


Also wtf is up with this website nowadays
>error: you are banned
>This Pass is already in use by another IP. Please wait 08 minutes and re-authorize by visiting this page again to change IPs.

Honestly all I can say is FUCK YOU HIRO for shitting all over 4chan.
I'm still getting fucking stupid error messages while posting with a fucking pass.

>>57392060
I don't see why it wouldn't

>>57392097
so it's just 1080 on an x220 with a new cpu?

>>57392110
Its just a x220 or x230 with a 1080p screen and a custom made bezel

The x62 does a new cpu

>>57392147
damn, the cheapest one was 500 dollars
do they sell a kit?

X230 here. Had it for four years soon to be five years. Still works, but it sometimes turns off by itself with no warning. Not sure if it's time to buy a new laptop.

>>57391933

So they're basically disposable cheap light load workhorses that nobody wants to steal. As I thought.

>>57392164
at some point I think

>>57392166
>light load.
More like medium load faggot

>>57384893
Can you post wallpaper?

>>57392213
2nding dis

>>57392201

>old TwinkPad
>anything more than document writing and 480p YouTube videos

Ok buddy.

>>57392324
Have you ever used one? X200 works fine with windows 10, and youtube runs 720p streams as well as netflix just fine. Things get a bit better under linux.

X230 works just as well as any modern laptop for day-to-day tasks. I even game on it (Mostly strategy and indie games). Once again linux helps.

Either you don't know what you are talking about, or we have differing definitions of "old"

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>>57392368
you're being played faggot

>>57392386
>jokes
>on 4chan
not fucking likely my man. Not fucking likely.

>>57392368
>X200 works fine with windows 10
But why would you do that when it supports libreboot? Also, the latest version of libreboot makes video performance and battery life better than stock, by improving CPU state support and allocating more vram.

>>57392471
>But why would you do that when it supports libreboot?

To run Windows applications. I'm not only not paranoid, I would like the NSA to have my metada because it will look fine in any security clearance investigation and I may renew mine someday depending on employment.

libreboot should exist, but running it to no purpose on a PC not used as a classified workstation doesn' t add useful function.

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>>57382608
Booting for over half an hour now, from time to time bar moves one pixel forward. I think i fucked something up.

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>>57392213
>>57392256

I'll post in here because noone answered me in the thinkpad general:

I have a x220. How do I make it so that i can use the trackpoint left handed and the pad right handed? Sounds stupid but it just works for me

>>57382608
why can't I get an x200s with a decent screen. Would be perfect

sent from my x200s

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Such a comfy device. I use it mainly for work at uni. Coupled with an external screen and a mouse it really serves as a decent workstation. Also, the keyboard is godlike.

>>57395610
what is the difference between this big enter keyboard and the normal one?

>>57382608
X220 is meme kys tier.
X230 is superior in every aspect. If you like your shitty keyboard you can swap it in as well.

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>>57395740
Gay post

the macbook air is way better than than that tacky chink plastic piece of shit

>>57395697

It's just the layout, iso is used in Europe mainly and has the big return key. Anti is in America and uses the bar for enter

Surely you could just Google this

>>57395697
It's a German iso layout. It has a big enter key

>>57384467
first gen core i processors in the x201 get fucking HOT

>>57396170
theyre both fiiiine

>>57395740
There is basically no noticeable performance increase when comparing X230 and X220.

I use Windows 10 on my X220 and I fucking love it. Everything is super fast and smooth.

>>57396170
>>>/lgbt/

Anyone know what the transparent plastic on the X200 motherboard is called, how to get a replacement?

I need to clean the motherboard because it got dirty and has some sticky grime on it.

The laptop has shown some weird errors in the past leading to some data corruption. I suspect it shorted itself in some way or another, looked like RAM errors but sticks were tested OK.

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:^)

>>57396170
And a good desktop takes a giant ergonomic shit on all notebooks.

>>57396694
Nice opportunity for a motherboard upgrade.

I've been thinking lately of getting a ThnkPad since waiting for the new macbooks turned out great. Are they sturdy enough to use in a professional envoirment? What i'm refering to is like live gigs using serato and an external controller, maybe ableton, without getting bsod or shit like that

>>57397097
I don't want to spend too much time and money on the X200 anymore desu

working X201 motherboards cost 50€ here, I'd rather spend that money on an X220 or X230+X220 keyboard

looks like those $5 piece of transparent plastic can't be bought separately, they are included in the motherboard assembly

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What's up tablet bros. Very happy with my mobile shitposting machine as well.

>>57387576
It's great and all but why deal with the shitty drive interfaces when you can have an X220 with an SSD in the MSATA and an even faster one in the SATA3, and still get an IPS screen and a really good 2nd gen i7 to boot.

Negatives are ratio and build quality obviously but because of the shielding & fan the X220 does dissipate heat better.

>>57396650
You can get the intel HD 4000 tho which is actually a huge boost in graphics performance. If modern games are well optimized you can play at playable framerates. MGSV runs at ~30fps at 1366x768 on an Intel 4000. It is unplayable on the HD 3000 because it lacks DX11 support.

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>x230
>tfw my headphone jack broke, I have the part but I dont have a soldering iron to replace it.

I've never soldered my laptop before, I'm a bit nervous

>>57398938
Other than games, is the x230 really any faster than the x220 though? I have a t420s and I have absolutely no complaints on the speed. Not a gamer though.

>>57399160
Just get a cheap USB DAC and use it instead of the PS2 port. I had the same issue.

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I hope I'm not late for the circle jerking.

Contemplating on whether I should get a chink 9-cell bat from AliExpress cause this 6-cell gives me 4-5 hrs max.

>>57399933
>chink laptop battery
never. i doubt you'll get more than 4-5 hours you already have unless you'll be extremely lucky.

get original 44++, its price is reasonable.

>>57384946
I thought drivers were not compatible? Which version of the OS are you running? Was it a pain to set up?

>>57399999
checked

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The X200 is the pinnacle of laptop design.

>>57400645
>http://x220.mcdonnelltech.com/
This says it runs pretty okay.

That being said, i'm hardly anyone to speak about it. I'm this guy
>>57394607
And after entire day of fiddling around i still don't have bootloader set up on my hard drive (booting through pendrive). I found some Yosemite .dmg image, installed it through some kind of windows program, now i'm struggling to run it after i (probably) screwed something up with OSX drivers. And i had only laggy framebuffer image. It's probably not as hard as i think, but it's definitely not very user-friendly and requires some time to set it up right.

>>57397091
Desktops are shitty to use in bed

>>57383702
>>57384878
Your fault for not setting up TLP and changing battery thresholds to optimize life. Default 95-100% thresholds kill battery life the fastest, while 40-50% charging thresholds are most optimal for battery life.

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>>57399999
consider your digits checked

>>57399933
>those broken buttons

>>57390777
why isnt this model posted in thinkpad threads? looks like its keyboard is same that x220 has

>>57401374
It's not a rely model, just a chink mod. I think.

My x230 battery dies after an hour of use from just browsing websites. Is it time for a new battery? It's the original battery that I have had for almost five years.

>>57401938
Check battery wear with AIDA64 or the power manager

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My baby

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>>57384893
>x220t
>heavy
you must be trolling.. even girls arent that weak.

>>57395270
Are your talking about your touchpad or your pad's buttons? Do you mean to move your pointer with your left hand and to set your main button as the right button?

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>>57384094
>>57382608
Hi there!

>>57391946

>16:9

unproductive pleb

Here's hoping I finally got rid of cursor jumping after disabsilng touchpad 1-finger tap as well as trackpoint tap-to-click.

This has driven me insane

>>57403585
>he doesn't disable the touchpad after installing his OS

>>57390939
Can anyone vouch for this being legit?

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>>57382608
sure thing, fampai

what os you all running? recommend for x220 pls

>>57403853
Eh, it's nice to keep around for 2/3 finger gestures. But yeah, I rarely use it at all

>>57403885
https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/4xyxmt/51nbs_x320x330_coming_available_today_thread_4/

>>57403885
>>57404106
guy says they've been shipped, but no new posts or reviews popping up

I'd love to have one though, even if it's just a display mod

>>57404600
Keep an eye out im sure if they come in some people will show them off on /r/thinkpad

>>57383202
Fuck off taylor, get out of my/g/

>>57384509
My X201 has no trackpad, just the trackpoint.

why did i buy a t420

>>57405118
Because you can get it for less than $200 and it kicks the shit out of anything you can buy new for 200

>>57403897
Looks comfy. Is it shopped or a mod like the X62?

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X230, but close enough. I am thinking about buying an x260, talk me out of it.

>>57384108
Evgeniy?

I'm on the verge of getting an x230 (mai beautiful pixel is on the fritz). Why get an x220 over an x230?

>>57397148
I'd grab some suitable plastic, perhaps from a document protector, and glue it in place with clear RTV from an auto store. The sensor-safe RTV is fine for electronics and you can peel it off safely with some effort if ever necessary.

>>57400772
>Desktops are shitty to use in bed

Keyboard + Marble Mouse mean I can chill in my recliner with my monitor on a stand and my desktop next to it. Would duplicate in bed but recliner is so comfy I only use bed for sleep.

>>57405394
other than the keyboard of the x220, which is considered superior compared to the chiclet-keyboard used on the x230, there is practically no reason.

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>tfw phoneposting

>>57384094
Im a newfag but i wonder can this shit runs android studio?

How much does /g/ think I could sell an X220T for on eBay?

It's a midtier i5 model with 4GB/250GB (HDD not SSD).

>>57405630
you could look that up all by yourself and be thankful that i spoonfeed you:
yes, it should theoretically be able to run it, given you have 4GB of RAM (though 8 are recommended); an SSD is also helpful; The processors have all the needed extensions and functionalities VT-x, (VT-d), Intel 64, Disable Execution Bit

And stop calling it shit, you faggot

>>57405630
Just be sure to have enough memory

>>57405279
Why would you even want one?

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C-can X230-tan play?

>>57405543
And even that reason is invalid since the x220 keyboard can be used in an x230 >>57406989

>>57406535
Why do people let their disgusting animals lay on their computers?

>>57391140
Or just buy an x230 and an x220 keyboard. No reason to use the entire x220 shell when the keyboard is the only damn difference.

>>57384893
>heavy

Do you weigh less than 100 pounds?

X61
6
1

>buying outdated hipster shit hugly and dirty

Fucking morons!

>>57407266
>posted from my iCuck

Lol these look old. If I caught my boyfriend with one of these dinosaurs I'd leave him immediately.

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>>57400950
Yeah the middle button is pretty flimsy. Got this as a refurbished unit. Don't think it's worth replacing the whole keyboard just for that part

>>57399999
Digits of truth

Also for those of you who've tried both Linux & Winblows10 on your x220, is there a difference in battery life?

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:^)

>>57398840
Jeeze how fucking moddable are these things?

>>57402623
yeah, i want to set the buttons above the touchpad to be left handed (right is mouse button 1) and for the touchpad 'clicks' to work right handed (pushing the left side of the touchpad is mouse button 1)

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>>57407707

>>57407707
use as mouse pad

benis

>>57389215
>Using a browser
Download Mimi, nigga

>>57392324
My girl's x61 with a c2d and 3GB RAM has zero issues with pretty much anything but dgpu type shit. Can even play some more modern games on low settings, like Dank Souls, free MMOs, TF2 etc

>>57391657
I have an X131e. I absolutely adore it, but they don't have docks :(

>>57391976
prolly around 150 usd

>>57392165
overheating? try replacing thermal paste

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>pioneer A-10 amp
>dr dre beets
Top fucking kek

>>57407707
>>57408196

>>57408608
>>pioneer A-10 amp
SA-7300 actually

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>>57387576
Ahem

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yisss

After two days of fucking around i can finally say my hackintosh kinda works. Like, with GPU acceleration and other important things every normal OS should have.

Maybe i'll even get some supported USB WIFI card to test it further, running on ethernet cable is annoying.

>>57399999
Holy fuck, quints.
Checked.

>>57407115
what if I want expresscard
just sayin'

>>57408642
I'm jelly ;_;

>>57405440
good tip, thanks

>>57405659
look at recently completed/sold auctions and compare, 300-400€ maybe? not sure

the power button on my x220 is completely caput. is there anything I can replace it with? Currently turning it on with a polished nail

>>57391638
this looks sexy but i fear i'd miss the larger blue enter key as well

>>57402581
>>57407193
I'm 165lbs and along with the laptop I gotta the rest of the shit that I use on a daily basis so that's why I mentioned it's heavy. Perhaps I wasn't clear in my phrasing. Coworker has an X1 Carbon, and that baby's light.

>>57397135
>Are they sturdy enough to use in a professional envoirment? What i'm refering to is like live gigs using serato and an external controller, maybe ableton, without getting bsod or shit like that

What specs do you require? There are plenty of rugged and semi-rugged notebooks available like Getac, Itronix and Panasonic. Much love for Pads but military rugged (not just MilSpec, because there are MANY military specs) notebooks are nice and beastly. If you buy used and install an SSD you can beat rowdy fans to death, wipe off the blood, and keep jamming.

>>57408637
My bad. Doesn't excuse the shitty beets.

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My familia

>>57383202
No, it isn't
x230 masterrace
>muh aspect ratio
your laptop a shit

>>57396586
>hot
x201 here
I literally have to TRY to get my processor over 60C

>>57408057
Oh I see, I don't know if that's possible hardware-wise. You may set your DE as left-handed sure, but that's all I know. Sorry.

PS: a friend of mine shown me this: https://linuxfr.org/nodes/52494/comments/901723

>In my case, I use a ThinkPad trackpoint and for a left-handed it's much better when inverting the buttons, the right button is much more accessible for the thumb when my index is on the trackpoint, I use gnome-settings-daemon in window maker and once changed in the GNOME preferences, all the applications without exception are inverted, and for GDM, [all which is clickable,] the result is the same no matter which button is pressed.

I don't know what he meant and I translated the best as I could, I'll let you make your way through this.

I ordered x201 for 140e.
Thank you faggots for spending my money.

>>57411176
It doesn't have to because I don't own any. Different people, you see.

>>57385057
Not with libreboot, that's why you get x200

>>57395610
Prima, danke! Jetzt haben wir auch deine Adresse!

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>>57405440
I totally forgot that I still had anti static bags from my desktop build......8 years ago. Gonna use that and some electrical tape

>>57382608
Isn't the resolution a bit shitty though?

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>>57407115
Then just put it in the expresscard slot.

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>>57414570
Whoops meant for >>57408917

>>57396170

>m-muh DONGles

I bought into the meme and just bought one of these for 120 squid to use as a travel laptop.

>>57415530
You won't regret it. I used one for over a year, and it is one of the most comfy laptops out there.

Just make sure to run Linux on there, and you'll be fine.

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My X220 with secure case

Redpill me on X220 vs X230

>>57391042
where 2 buy this aesthetic

>>57416267
X230 is missing a row of keys, but still feels amazing

>>57416474
you can BIOS-mod the X230 and put in a keyboard from the X220
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Install_Classic_Keyboard_on_xx30_Series_ThinkPads

otherwise, X230 is a bit more expensive, has USB3.0 on the non-i7 models, and overall a slight CPU upgrade

>>57416226
que?

>>57416267
Both are pretty good, but the x220 is better because of the keyboard. The x230 is better because of the newer processor (and maybe IO, I think it has DisplayPort judging by the picture in >>57414611)

>>57416537
>The x230 is better because of the newer processor (and maybe IO, I think it has DisplayPort judging by the picture in >>57414611 (You))
And the keyboard, as an X220 keyboard can be swapped in >>57406989

>>57416226
>muh hipster instagram filter

>>57416532
To protect the rest of the world from the thinkpad's toughness

>>57416537
X220 has displayport, X230 has mini displayport

>>57416603
Ah! My bad, I forgot.

>>57416559
I didn't know you could do that - are they exactly the same connectors?

>>57416677
No. There's fuckery involved.
Too much for my taste, I'll stick with the original.

>>57416537
>>57416603
I'm mostly wondering about the CPU. Is there a significant improvement or some new tech?

>>57416701
Upgrade to Intel HD4000 from 3000
Sandy vs Ivy

>>57416701
Probably an increase of about 4-8% CPU-wise, also >>57416726

>>57416695
The connectors are the same actually.

>>57416677
The "fuckery" is involved is an EC flash you can do in 10 minutes or less, all you need is a USB stick and access to a Linux environment

You'll also need the palmrest to be compatible with the keyboard's larger tabs, you can either just put in an X220 palmrest or use an exacto knife to make the slots in the X230 palmrest taller

There's also two pins on the connector to cover with tape to prevent something shorting out apparently, but I've read that this is optional and doesn't really make a difference

>>57416701
The CPU difference is negligible but the iGPU is a big improvement, and has DX11 support

>>57416695
Life must be rough being such a lazy ass.

>All these x220 thinkpads
I can't be bothered to take a picture of mine
I'm just surprised they're so popular here

>>57416786
Exactly. Can't be arsed to do all that.
I'm mostly using the macbook air anyway. Its keyboard is utter dogshit, but it's easy to carry around and has a nice touchpad.

Does small resolution on Thinkpads bothers you?

I'm thinking of buying X220 4291LZ8 but 1366x768 is just too low?

what resolution is acceptable???

thank you guise

>>57417686
bump for this

>>57417686
welllllll it depends

obviously you don't want to work a prolonged time or at home with such a small screen and shitty resolution. But considering how light and small the X series laptops are, a much larger resolution does make that much sense (in my opinion). It can be a drawback yes, but it's fine for some developing, word processing and general internet

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>>57417686
Sure does, which is why I bought X250 with the 1080p panel. 1366x768 is unacceptable in 2016.

>>57418055
>fn key has toggle light
>mute keys have toggle light
>caps lock has no toggle light

>>57418055
Shame about that keyboard.

X230 had the last good X series keyboard

After that they went to this reduced size reduced travel bullshit

>>57418082
oh my god it's true

>>57418093
>X230
You mean X220 faggot

>>57417911
>general internet
>2017

Just say it's shit

>>57418136
No, I mean X230.

With X240 and up they use a different keyboard than the T440 and up.

The chiclets are fine. They type a lot nicer than the Post-IBM Pre-Full Lenovo Thinkpads.

But in the X series, they're shit compared to the equivalent T series, starting with X240

I just switched from x220 to t420
I need bigger screen, almost all the time I work in split screen and x220 is no good for that, other than that it was great machine

Is there anything cool that I can do with the expressport on one of these things?

>>57418152
it is... but youtube works fine

>>57389448
yes, even the batteries are compatible, but if you can get a x230 and switch keyboard do it for the slightly better integrated graphics.

>>57401374
not an official thinkpad, it's a mod of the x220 or the x230. It's using a 1080p panel. Chink made and you have to get lucky with the order because it seems some people got scammed with those.

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>>57418136

>>57418235
USB3 ports if you don't have an X230 or an i7 X220

You can also plug in a GPU through it for gaymen

>>57405394
you have a chromebook pixel? How is it? I just got one to fuck around, actually own a x220.

>>57416579
also make it run hotter. That case looks fucking stupid mate. Don't do that.

Serious question, if you install MacOS on it is there any possibility programs like Final Cut will run alright? How is MacOS on it in general?

>>57418865
Stop being a faggot and install a distro of your choice.

>>57419013
I want to try dualbooting with muh looniks distro

should get tablet or not? price is the same.

>>57418055
What about 1600x900?

>>57420149

Depends, but you'd probably be better served with a tablet.

>>57420149
I can't remember if the non-tablet has an option for 1080p; but if not, I'd get the tablet. I like to flip mine around and read books on a rotated screen, swiping to flip pages feels nice.

>>57418055

I've been using that resolution for close to five years on the x230 and it hasn't bothered me one bit.

>>57402179
what battery life are you getting on that kikepad?

>>57405585
>windows

gtfo you faggot

I was about to defend you for having windows on your desktop.
But on your X220 too?!
Wtf are you doing?

>>57408900

Is this worth doing? I'm heavily debating it. Anything to look out for? Have you stress tested it with any big programs?

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>>57421842

>>57422089
I hackintoshed my x220 because I need osx for my work and I didn't wanna shell out for a macbook - it works so well its unreal. I flashed a modified bios so I could bypass the whitelist and add a supported wlan card (no drivers for the one the x220 comes with).

Everything works like it should, the only thing is that the touchpad doesn't seem to behave as nicely as it would under linux (it still works pretty well, three finger swipe gestures and everything).

>>57418865
see my post here >>57422419
I do stuff involving audio production and with an ssd it performs as well (if not better) as a macbook from the same era.

>>57422419
>>57408900

Can this be done on an x230?

>>57416786
>ec flash
isnt that thing included in the bios updates? where can i get only the ec?

>>57422419
>>57422450
Thanks a lot for the info!

>>57422515
I guess, you might need to look for kexes on your own (this is, a lot more research). I'm only starting my hackintoshing but it seems like Hackintosh is suprisingly universal concept, after installing basic "hacks" you can install it on anything that has OSX drivers. X230 has Ivy Bridge, and there was MBP with Ivy Bridge, so it should be entirely possible to run it.

>>57412070
Thanks for your help. I've just given up and disabled the touchpad

Where i can find a 9 cell battery for a t430s? i'm only finding for the t430.

>>57426197
There is none.

>>57426329
>>57426197
I don't think the s-series even have stick-out batteries. I've only used T420s tho.

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here my thinkpad x220
with cool case =)
Best laptop ever!

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>KDE
>Firefox open with some tabs
>Open up libre office writer
>WRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I wish I was still using i3.

>>57426606
that must be some other model. i usually have firefox with 10 or more tabs open a terminal for irc and audacious for music or sometimes mpv and the fan can barely be heard.

>>57426720
>comparing bunch of terminal apps to a fucking kde with libreoffice
oh anon

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>>57396802
>BLUR

Does x220 has audio jack on right side as t420 shit?

x220s go for 180-230€uroshekels in here, feels bad man.