X61 advice thread

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Here's the lid

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Here's the wrap.

>>57691269
Battered Thinkpads are best Thinkpads.

>>57691302
I agree with >>57691309, >>57691281 looked way better.

There's the ultrafaggot option too, covering your laptop with stickers.

I've also installed Middleton's BIOS with the Fn swap. Its the nicest laptop I've ever used.

>>57691321
Out of the question. It looks gay as fuck on any laptop.

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>>57691346
you can go the other direction. Pic related.

Also, you can buy NOS lids on ebay for relatively cheap.

>>57691477
That's pretty cool, how do I achieve that?

>>57691497
progressive doubling of sandpaper grit...

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>>57691497
>>57691516
the case is magnesium. The screen bezel and wrist wrest are just plastic.

>>57691269
have you considered replacing the laptop?

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>>57691553
No, I like the laptop. It even has an antenna.

>>57691269
Dont be an idiot. They are tough, but u can always get a broken one (or x60) for parts for next to nothing

I want to do an X62 build but don't really want to buy unless the manu is officially selling to the western market

Don't wanna deal with Gook QC without some sort of warranty

>>57691269
pretty sure the SATA port speed in that laptop makes installing an SSD stupid

FUCK YOU OP!!!
NOW I MISS MY X61, AND JUST WANT TO THROW MY BORING ASS X1 OUT OF THE WINDOW!!!!

I'm really tempted to just buy the X62 mobo, but I'm with >>57691627 on that. Seems kinda risky…

>>57691713
Nah man, the custom bios unlocks sata 2 speed.

>>57691533
BLING BLING

>>57691302
Fuck carbon faggotry.

If you want carbon fiber you should have got an X1 Carbon

>>57691477
I want to do this to my X61t. Its mostly dissassembled, but i stripped the fuck out of the last screw holding the display in and i need to buy some jb weld and a chink screwdriver set.

>>57691751
sata 2 is still slow

>>57693102
It's still fast enough for SSD to be extremely noticeably faster than HDD especially during bootup and post-login sluggishness (or lack thereof on ssd)

>>57693102
You're slow m8

>>57693102
even on sata 1 ssds make a huge improvement
It's not about the sequential read writes, it the random ones that you do all the time (like opening a program)