/tpg/ - ThinkPad General

My Thinkpad is a mid-2012 i7 Macbook Pro.

P51 doesn't look like it'll be much of an upgrade over the P50. Are workstation thinkpads kil?

>>58851625
>buying new
ishygddt

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>>58851802
It's Chang, he posts in every Thinkpad thread.

He really wants us to buy those crappy new chinkpads.

I'm comfy with my X40.

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I'm thinking of using a T420 as a piratebox and for pentesting.
it have "Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205" WiFi chipset.
Would it support Ad Hoc and packet injection?

what are the average idle temps on the t420?????
Mine are 50 Degrees Celsius. I need to know if I applied the thermal paste wrong.

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Why do you never see the widescreen T60?

I can't install thinkfan on my x220 that I got yesterday. I googled and found https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thinkfan/+bug/1653994, so I just have to wait for it to be fixed?

>>58852096
Because the 4:3 one is IPS.

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Just bought pic related (price is in mexirupees) as my first ThinkPad. Did I do good?

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>>58852057
FUCKING REPLY TO ME GOD DAMMIT I GOT IGNORED THE LAST THREAD ALREADY

>>58852140
ok

Hey Chang, would you recommend the kaby lake carbon x1?

>>58852140
My X40's idling at 41 degrees.

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X220 Tablet.
Core i5 3520m
8 GB RAM
320 GB HDD
For the 295$.
Yay or nay?
>>58852057
That seems reasonable.
Mine ranges between 35-50 C.
Reaches 65-70 when watching 1080p BD cartoons.
What's the room temp?

>>58852162
Does the fan run while they idle?

I heard it was possible to idle without the fan running.

>>58852194
The fan rarely starts up on this thing but I live in a chilly climate.

>>58852188
room temp is 20-22

I never reach temps under 50 while the fan spins at 3500 rpm.

>>58852228
That's seems normal for a laptop.
What OS, and what do you use it for when it's running past 50C?

>>58852257
>That's seems normal for a laptop.
A laptop maybe, but I heard people idling at 40c with their fan not spinning, I want to know if this is even possible.

>>58851879
that looks like a smaller usb port there, what is it

>>58852268
>idling at 40c with their fan not spinning
That's possible....in Antarctica

So I bought a used T430 off eBay in October and it just died on me. Thanks for the meme, /g/.

i want put my dick on T420

>>58852293
what "died"? faggot
i bought mine 3 years ago and its still perfect, only got an ssd for it

>>58852317
It won't boot.. Put a light up to it and it's certainly not a dead backlight. The damn thing won't even POST.

Are the kaby lake thinkpads coming soon?

Will they be more expensive or the same price?

Was going to buy an x260 but if x270 will be out within a month or two I will wait.

>>58852334
Did you install an OS ?

>>58852370
Yes, it was working when I was in class and after I got home it just wouldn't turn on. No, I did not throw my backpack down the stairs or anything like that.

>>58852394
Did you check if the battery is full?
Or maybe you've set it to hibernation?
Describe the problem in details, alongside other info.
And if you behave some elderfag will answer you.

>>58852433
The battery is full. I have also tried booting it plugged in and throw the dock I have and nothing.

I press the power button and the think light or w/e comes on like normal, the wi-fi and hdd lights test like normal. It just sits there doing nothing.

I hear what I believe to be a beep. Last night I had it sitting on the dock and didn't realize it was on and it periodically makes this popping noise.

Not sure what else I can say.

>>58852394
reseat your ram

>>58852274
The rarely seen 'USB Charging Port' which I've never seen an adapter for.

>>58852347
Also, when the new ones will come out will they still sell the old ones for a bit for less?

>>58852120
all of them? or did you mean the IPS one is 4:3

x230 i5 3220 4gb ram without HDD/Caddy and some white spots on the screen for 165$. Did I do good? I put a 120GB ssd and it's chucking along great.

I'm trying to set up an eGPU (gtx 750Ti), but my laptop doesn't recognize it. Even though when I plug in a shit GPU (gt 310) it does recognize it.

I have the Gtx 750Ti connected via a 6 pin connector to a 300W psu. the eGPU setup is then connected via expresscard slot.

All fans are spinning. I don't get why it doesn't recognize the 750 Ti.

Any help please?

>>58852519
Yeah, not all 4:3 T60s are IPS. Only 15" 4:3 models that don't have the bottom-tier XGA screen. All 15" 4:3 T60ps have IPS screens, though.

>>58852136
Seems nice, I got a x230 for 5k mexirupees, no SSD. I feel scammed.

Any good thinkpad with 2 HDD bays?

>>58852575
How big?
T420/T430 would be your go to. You can get a adapter for the cd-rom drive and stick a second hdd/ssd in it.

>>58852575
Any Thinkpad with an Ultrabay and a $5 caddy from ebay.

>>58852471
Just tried that. Unfortunately, no fix.

Thinking about grabbing an X220 or 230 for uni as 2nd hand.

Any reasons why I should go for one or the other, or for the tablet/non-tablet version?

>>58852634
country, budget?

>>58852471
>>58852610
Tried it in the other slot, too. Think it's just a bad stick?

>>58852549
I got an x230t with everything included for $110 but I'm still waiting for it. Tomorrow I hope.

>>58852695
The keyboard is suprisingly good contrary to all the shilling. I do miss some buttons from my x200s though (mainly the back/forward page)

>>58852467
What OS? Can you get to the BIOS?
That sound like either RAM, or HDD/SSD issue.
Try booting a live linux session and report back.

>>58852650
UK, budget isn't strict but I wanna keep it minimal for the obvious reasons. I'm already buying a used thinkpad, I don't want it to cost a fortune.

I am however, wanting an SSD and a fresh 9 cell, so that adds to the cost.

Are the big batteries worth ti for the x series? Does it make the typing angle awkward?

Regarding the T420 optic drive.
It's connected through serial ultrabay slim? right?
So if I want to buy a replacement optic drive or HDD caddy.
I need to make sure it support that right?

anyone know where I can get a replacement 'x' key for an X201?

>>58852713
I cannot boot into BIOS. The screen is completely black and doesn't respond to any key input. I wouldn't be able to get to boot order or anything like that to try a livecd.

I did some searching like I should have and taking out the RAM produces a slew of beeps, which I believe I'm supposed to receive, so it is likely the RAM.

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>look for thinkpad with a GPU
>nothing along the X series
>have to get a T460p to have a graphic card
>look at the price
>try to convince myself that it is the price for a laptop with a gpu without the gaymur aesthetic
I give myself 6 month before falling for this meme. If I still think I won't regret this choice, I'll upgrade my x201 to a t4x0p

>>58852882
What's wrong with the x201?

Is it common for used E6400/E6410' s to have some wobble in lid hinges?

It wobbles a few degrees. Outside this amplitude, it feels stiffish as it should, just like on any thinkpad I've had.

I'm puzzled whether the wobble is in the hinges themselves, or have they perhaps become loose where they're bolted onto the lid. I guess in the latter case I should fix it asap, yet I'm not too eager to go ahead since removing the bezel seems a bit tricky.

>>58852926
It is getting older. It's a nice machine for moving around, just writing papers or dumb scripts but it has a first gen core i5. Since I bought it, I started doing stuff in cuda and it's frustrating to write stuff without being able to test if it actually works. That is why I am on the market for a laptop with a GPU.

I appreciate thinkpad's Linux support and I hate gamer aesthetic. However, the price of a brand new thinkpad is as high as a memebook.

just ordered my t420 what should i expect

>>58853027
New thinkpads are definitely not worth buying.
Might want to look @ a t440p

>>58853060
I want to use my subventions to buy this computer. The institute does not accept to fund second hand material.

>>58852749
which uni ?

>>58853060
>New thinkpads are definitely not worth buying.
p o o r f a g s

* F l o r a l S h o p p e p l a y s a e s t h e t i c a l l y i n t h e d i s t a n c e *

>>58853027
>gamer aesthetic
well, it' s not all that bad. Indeed, a few years back all gayman laptops looked just as horrid as gayman desktops, but now there's that one which looks exactly like a macbook just with a different logo, hence also much like a **60 thinkpad. And a few others which rather clean looks.

Should I get a brand new thinkpad for 1500 or a t420 for 300 (shipping included). Canadian prices. I'm a GNU/Linux user and will use it with a light window manager. The new one would play Civ 5... the old one won't. What would you do?

>>58853179
the gaymen kiddies in my department have Asus rog and alienware and they look cringy AF

What about Linux compatibility on those better looking machines? I tend to trust thinkpads way more since a I am likelier to find some help online

Looking for a Thinkpad mainly to work in illustrator and Photoshop with on a ~250€ budget. Have a desktop but am away from it most or the time. Read through the guides and think t420, x201 tablet or maybe t520 / w500 seem like relevant choices. Literally never owned a laptop before though. How off am I?

>>58853260
>Linux compatibility on those better looking machines

No idea, but I might ask a mate who owns the
>macbook just with a different logo
i.e. the razer blade, what's his experience when he was doing some basic stuff on linux on a virtual machine on that thing. Will report back tomorrow or so.

>>58853126
A fairly good one. Don't think I want to say.

So yeah, 220 and 230? I noticed the keyboard is different, one obviously has a newer CPU... is that it?

>>58853377
Have a look at Dell Precision's and HP Elitebooks ****p's too, chances are you might be lucky to find some of those cheaper than a comparable W***.

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Getting a new SSD for T420.
What OS should I install?
1. Windows 7
2. Windows 8.1
3. Windows 10
Core i5 2520m with 4 GB of RAM.
What's the performance like with these specs ?

>>58853499
>only windows options
Windows 7 is best, but otherwise install gentoo

>>58853499
7

>>58853499
Install openbsd

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guys quick question, is there anyway to use BTC top buy one of these
y?
n?
fux?

>>58853526
>>58853529
>>58853530
I have mSATA have Debian with XFCE.
I need windows for my noormie friends

>>58853564
Then 7

is the t420 too old as an anime watching machine?

>>58853586
Win7 it is.
Any reason the other won't do?
Also since I have only 4GB of RAM, should I use 32bit or 64bit?
>>58853621
In my experience, it's good enough.
Intel HD 3000 iGPU, with mpv using opengl-hq with no deband an no frame drop.
I can watch 1080p DB with no issue.
CPU temps reach 70-75 C though.

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Thinkpads in my eyes are beautiful, but to normies they look outdated and shitty... do you ever feel like youre getting judges for the appearance of your laptop?

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>>58853654
>to normies they look outdated and shitty
>caring what normies think
I had a girl ask me about my old Thinkpad the other day actually.

>>58853702
I feel self conscious about my £160 thinkpad being sat next to £1500 2015 and 2016 mbp's.
what did the girl say anon?

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>>58853649
>Any reason the other won't do?
Besides muh privacy reasons
8.1 is ugly as shit and 10 is bloated to smithereens.

>4GB of RAM, should I use 32bit or 64bit?
64bit. 4GB is plenty in my experience. It can get a bit slow at times, but then just close photoshop CS6, and some of your 200+ browser tabs.

I have a W520 with 7 on it and it runs fine. Just remember to refresh your install every once in a while, since 7 gets bloated over time

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>>58852188
>X220 Tablet.
>Core i5 3520m
>8 GB RAM
>320 GB HDD
>For the 295$.
Should I get it?

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>>58853826
>X220 Tablet.
>Tablet

Swivel screen is bad. Terrible reliability

>>58851932
AFAIK the 6205 supports injection
(I have one that card on my t430)

>>58853413
just say faggot there is like 300 people studying CS at each university, get the X220 it's what I have.. looking to get one of spares and repairs and fix it

Will a W530 work as a dedicated gaming laptop?

A game I play is dropping support for DX9 and I'm not sure my x220 with an integrated 3000 can make the switch to DX11

>>58853956
>Will a [INSERT ANY THINKPAD MODEL HERE] work as a dedicated gaming laptop?

NO. They are not designed for gaming dude. Get a desktop instead.

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How come backlight controls for nvidia thinkpads never fucking work properly?

>>58854139
Optimus + nvidia adaptive brightness.
It's aids. Google it.

What do you guys think about the dell xps 13 developer edition? I like the idea of a laptop that comes with Linux out of the box.

>>58853956
If you mostly play older titles and aren't too concerned about maxing all the settings, sure. I have a W520 that serves a similar purpose, the only game I want to play on it that it can't handle is Dark Souls 3. You can always get an eGPU if the internal one proves insufficient, the CPU shouldn't be a bottleneck for anything.

>>58852634
The minor improvements between the 230 and 220 are worth it imo if you can spend an extra few bucks. I even swapped out the keyboard on my 230, pretty easy to do.

>>58853818
>8.1 is ugly as shit
That's a matter of opinion.
>10 is bloated to smithereens
Yes, but it has DX12.
I thought I'd get digital license while it's still free.

Anyone using windows 8.1 or 10 on their T420?

>64bit
I'm using 64bit with debian.
But in /sqt/ some anon claimed that using 64 bit on 4 GB of RAM is bad idea since the binaries would be bigger and it would take more RAM.
Currently I'm using 1.3 GB, 800 MB is for firefox while the rest is of mpv.

>>58853863
That bad?
What about X230 Tablet?

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>>58853893
Thanks.
I wasn't sure, since I swapped the WiFi chip with mSATA SSD.

Do I need an antenna to increase the range of the SSID that I'll be brodcasting?

>buys thinkpad
>installs windows 10

What a fucking waste.

>>58853477
Are T530s a viable option? The few I find fit my budget but are pretty low specced.
Dell Precision M4600 fits my budget but it's 6 years old which worries me a bit.

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Looking for some specialist knowledge here:
Anyone know how cross-compatable the convertible screens are? Could I theoretically build a frankenpad, half x60T and half x200T?

>>58852188
do it.

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Can someone help me ID this Thinkpad on Craigslist?

>>58854921
Shit nvm, I'm a dumbass

>>58854838
What is this?
Portable HAM?

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Holy shit this seller, the thinkpad was cheap as hell already so I was just going to replace it myself.

It's -30C outside. If I order it and it's that cold will it harm the laptop?

>>58853413
I'd say get an x230. x220 keyboard is a meme.

>>58851802
Is /tpg/ the /o/ of /g/?

>>58853477
Illustrator and photoshop are really helped by GPU acceleration, try to find one that has a nvidia graphics card and an i5 (you don't want an i7 because it'll throttle - the gpu and cpy are on the same heatpipe)

For graphics the t5xx or w5xx series are recommendable since the smaller models don't have 1080p screens and are incapable of installing any whatsoever because of a technical shortcoming. the 15" 1080p is already significantly better than any you'll get on the entire rest of the thinkpad line up, but you can also swap even better ones in from other brands. This is not the case for 14" and smaller.

>>58855153
No if you don't immidietly start it after receiving. Wait for 2-3 hours in room temperature before starting, if you see shitton of moisture condensing on it wait longer.

>>58854965
ja.

Elecraft KX3

I came across a trick for all those who play games or whatever on their thinkpads but have trouble with the CPU overheating and causing the graphics to down-clock because they're on the same chip.

For some reason, at least on my i7, the CPU loves to turbo boost up until 99 degrees, even though it's not the bottleneck but my GPU is.

This is because of turboboost, which puts clock speed up to 3.5ghz or whatever depending on your laptop model. This is great for short bursts but for doing renders or games or whatever it still activates and STAYS on unnecessarily and everything throttles when you reach 100 degrees.

In Windows you can set the max CPU percentage under the power plan settings, if you set the max CPU percentage to 99% then it'll never overclock, and therefore never throttle. I've gone from situations where I'm at full CPU load and full GPU load at 100 degrees where the CPU is wasting all its cycles and the GPU is throttling to stop from burning my laptop to full CPU and full GPU load at 80 degrees which is neither dangerous for my laptop nor my GPU's clock. It actually increases my frames in MGSV AND my battery life. Win-win.

>>58855295
What's that application?

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retro.... thinkpad... w-when.....

If I wanted to modify a thinkpad to have some GPIO pins how difficult would it be?

Is there any model for which it might be easier than others? I was thinking a custom made extension card might be the easiest route.

Is this entirely non-feasible?

>>58855396
How do I duplicate this under linux?

I used this as a way to get extra two years from my HP DV6 laptop with a faulty core.
I'd always get BSoD at random times, tested everything, and by pure coincidence I found out after running S+M CPU test.
After that I'd set the CPU to 50% and use it normally.
Though the whole thing was painful to use, especially since most of sites nowadays require strong CPU.

>>58855476
Really frustratingly there's no way to disable turboboost in the bios, which you can on some laptops and desktops. Must be some kind of acpi thing you can do, sadly I'm not particularly knowledgable with Linux. Trying to do the most basic stuff like installing software that should really be repositories only to be returned "couldn't find installation candidate" baffles me.

>>58855409
No idea, I just wanted people to look at my question about touch screens.

Anybody else get occasional poweron/poweroff /spinning of the ultrabay cd drive on the T420, even when there's nothing inserted?

>>58852788
noone knows?

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How do I do something like pic?

What USB3.0 expresscard accessory should I get for my T520?

>>58855744
That's in the expresscard slot. So buy some kind of expresscard adaptor if you want that.

>>58854575
who hurt you, anon?

>>58854995
dude is cool as fuxk

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>>58853499
name?

>>58854838
>>58854965
>>58855295
>>58855409
>>58855541

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>>58855174
>x220 keyboard is a meme
this. For those of you who were of working age in 2013, the precision keyboard was a blessing to everyone except for blowhard forum autists.

What SSD/RAM conbination do you guys recommend for an x220?

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I am very confused.

I recently purchased a used ThinkPad X230 Tablet. I put in an SSD and did a fresh format. Installed all drivers.

When I go to the Wi-Fi/Networks window near the clock, I see an option for "Verizon Wireless : Roaming"
I figure its the built in CDMA adapter, and if I connect, it will say "No SIM" or some shit. When I connected, it actually let me on. Internet access and all. A solid 1.5 Mbps.

There is no SIM card in this laptop, I looked and the slot is vacant. This is a fresh format of Win7. I do not have Verizon.

Can anyone explain how this is possible?

>>58856572
I just put a Samsung 840 PRO in my X230T. Would have gone 850 PRO if it was a new buy, but this SSD was just laying around.

>>58856605
Don't question good fortune.

Had a Levovo G510 that broke, so I replaced it with a T420. I took the ram out of the G510 (Samsung 4GB M471B5273DHO-YKO), and was wondering if it would work on the T420?

x220 with i7 and ips panel for 200? dude lives an hour and a half away though. willing to meet halfway. CL posting @300

y/n

>>58856713
It should. T420 takes DDR3, "PC3-10600 1333MHz DDR3" to be specific. The RAM from your G510 is "DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz", which will work. The RAM may downspeed to 10600 (1333mhz) instead of its rated 12800 (1600mhz).

Where is the Dell business discount?

You're getting a Dell

>>58852347
>Needing more than core 2 duo
It's like you use a laptop for more than light text editing

>>58856817
cool, thanks.

>>58853377

The graphical improve on the x230 can run even c4d and inventor if you upgrade ram.

Getting a new keyboard for my t510. Should I just get the direct replacement or is there a better/older one that will fit. I feel like I read something about that on here before.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DQR7MKK/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1U7K3YXFQBG2C&coliid=IWR0XLE3A1XL7 This is the one I have now

Serious question, will my clitmouse skills transfer onto a woman successfully?

Any recommendations for a cheap/good msata? i already have a ssd in there. i'm just throwing more shit in there cause my thinkpad is just a fuckaround laptop.

>>58853794
"What's IBM?" Lol.

>>58854215
It's shit. Enjoy your chicklet board.

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Just upgraded to 1920x1200, gonna upgrade to a T9900 once it arrives in the mail.

>>58855411
Never. It's Lenovo lies to stop you from getting a used Thinkpad and becoming so happy with it that you never think about their cheap chicklet cancer computers.

>>58852812
Anyone?

what the fuck is this thinkpad obsession you guys have about? is it nostalgia or some shit?

why sacrifice performance for durability, easy repair and a trackpoint? lets be real, it doesnt matter if its "easy to upgrade", you're not buying the electronic worlds version of a sippy cup for any other reason than it being cheap.

im legitimately confused here, is there some magic to this that im missing, or is it just a meme for poors?

>>58857285
How the fuck do you not know about IBM

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>>58857539
IBM doesn't make (consumer) computers any more anon. Haven't for a long time. Anyway I am more than happy to explain to QT grills what IBM is.

>buy a new keyboard for my W520
>it feels a bit stiff/mushy
It's normal lads?

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>>58857532
50% of it is that we will not use chicklet keyboards, 25% of it is rebellion against vapid consumerism and 25% a legitimate concern about backdoors controlled by the global pedophile network.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUIcCyPOA30

>>58857532
CPU only, Sandy Bridge thinkpads peform better than a new notebook with shit ULV crap.

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>>58857600
tried my best to keep up with alex, never in my life have i felt this red pilled. thanks for the laugh and perspective.

>Pedophiles controlled by an AI and psychic vampires created by the fallen one/an interdimensional force

>but where are you getting this from

>i know, i've looked at all the data and research

my sides may never return

>>58857685
Alex is such a case. One day says shit that could lend the Pulitzer in terms of credibility, and the other day he says Terry Davis tier crap.

>>58857685
It's the basic gestalt.

>>58856476
Well shit I already bought an x220. The x230 looked like it'd look really nasty when it got used.

>>58857532
a $1000 laptop gets babied, a $150 laptop gets used

and >>58857606 ain't far off. the dirty little secret is intel's mobile chip performance hasn't much improved over the years. power efficiency sure, but i can fit a whole lot of cheap 3rd party batteries up my butthole. gonna be tough replacing the dead batteries in all those 4/5/6/7th gen core ultrabooks that would otherwise be fully functional 5 years from now

>tfw in everyone in class has their MBP on full brightness while I struggle on low brightness to make sure my T420 doesn't die out during class

>>58857725
im not a Info Wars viewer, but i've known about him from mentions, and enjoyed him greatly both the times i've seen him on a podcast with Joe.

was sorta sad to see the amount of people mega pissed about eddie bravo "ruining" their recent one together, since i thought it was still hilariously entertaining, even if he had a little spaghetti spill in the middle.

Alex inconsistency confuses me, he really does seem like he knows a lot of shit thats just waiting to be proven, and then he talks about pedophile space vampire ais from one of 12 dimensions, proven by Einstein and "all the data".

>>58852136
Don't know, build the wall, pedro.

>>58857606
idk about all of that man, depends on what "perform" involves to you, i suppose, deffinetly has worse specs, but seems like good bang-for-your-buck.

>>58857728
eh? how so? seems like Apple products are a better example of gestaltism.

>>58857811
fair point, just dont really see how you'e gonna wear down a modern age 1k laptop without dropping it or spilling on it.

>>58857967
psst maybe he's just an entertainer who talks about whatever crap regardless of legitimacy to rile up his audience so they buy 5 gallon buckets of freeze dried potato stew from his website

>>58858069
Mostly of my work needs CPU power. And yes, a W520, for me, was the best bang for buck option.

>>58857967
This is why I try to keep myself distanced from Alex.
Infowars could came be a respectable independent conservative media with the last election. But the fucker still insist in talking about his shitty scifi fanzine plots.

>>58853377
Do not get something made before 2015. Please realize that most anons here use Thinkpads as "anime watching machines." However, autism has them compelled to believe that this machine they got for ~$200 on eBay is suddenly the greatest on earth with no conceivable reasoning why anyone would need something nicer.

As a professional, you have been warned.

>>58857565
did you fugg her

Gotta love Thinkpads modularity. I only had to buy one keyboard to repair mom's X220T

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I ordered a few parts to install an AFFS mod on my x201, and they sent me the wrong cable... An LED one that I already have... Now I have to wait at least another week or more for a return, or a refund. Everything else that's arrived so far is what I need except that, my fucking luck...

Thinkpad is in pieces on my table until further notice I guess.

>>58857600
seek psychiatric help

>>58858219
No. I play the long game, anon.

>>58858277
She simply orgasms from the sound of you keyboard and sight of your ThinkLight?

>>58858194
>as professional
>as women
>as a mexican
>as a nigger
Epic maymay.

>>58858087
oh i realise hes doing his best to be entertaining, but a guy like that could focus on just about any topic and be entertaining on podcasts, no doubt he actually puts a ton of energy into researching and believes a lot of the shit he says. there was some points in the jre podcast, where he was directly quoting specific lines and their exact locations in the context of whatever was being discussed.

>>58858151
might still be hope, dudes obviously making an absolute killing doing it, let him grow, and THEN start shifting the focus back? not like there arent already enough footage of him doing crazy shit, to ruin his credibility in most peoples eyes, desu.

>>58858194
they're all just laptops at the end of the day, man. i'd love to hear what kind of ~*~professional workflow~*~ can be done on a brand new ulv core laptop that a sandy or ivy mobile chip can't handle.

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>>58858219
I'm married anon so while I chat with women when I'm out and about, I don't ever try to get their contact information or fuck them. That wouldn't be proper. Besides my wife is extremely cute and has an incredible body. Imagine pic related with 2-3x bigger boobs.

>>58858277
You're not me, stop RPing.

>>58858437
yes exactly

if you're such a poweruser get a fucking workstation or work off a server

i have no idea what these clueless apple idiots are talking about half the time

>>58857532
$160 for a machine that outperforms a $1000 one and makesbyou look like an fbi agent. pretty dope

>>58858473
Post pics of wife or kys.

>>58858194
you sound like you just bought a macbook and are desperate trying to justify to yourself your shitty purchase

>>58858707
Maybe another time, you didn't ask very nicely.

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Instead I'll post my Thinkpad X40.

>>58856605
It might still be under the previous owner's contract (if that's even possible, given the missing SIM card), meaning you could expect it to stop working any month soon. If not, you lucked out boyo

>>58857165
In theory, of course. In practice, of course not.

>>58855476
You can set a max frequency with cpupower. If you have a 3rd gen i series or newer you may need to fuck around a lot to change the frequency governer though.

About to cop my first Thinkpad. A T430 with a Core i5 3320M 2.6GHz, 4GB of RAM and a 120GB SSD for $180 off craigslist. Excited!

>>58858022
nice meme

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What should I buy after my X220t dies?

Thinking of Surface Pro 5 or Surface Book 2

>>58859868
Thinkpad P40 yoga or X1 Tablet or yoga.
Otherwise Surface Pro 5

>>58858473
>You're not me, stop RPing.
Literally what?

>>58858437
epic workflow like reliably more than 4 hours of battery life at load with full brightness, fast charging, etc.

>>58858784
This whole thread a shitty purchase circlejerk.

>>58855216
Yes.

>>58860095
>shitty purchase circlejerk
That about sums it up.

>>58860053
>I posted about talking with grill about Thinkpad
>some other anon claims he's me
this board really needs IDs

I love my X61s, but it has a pretty yellowish screen. Can I fix it with proper cleaning or do I need to buy a new screen? Also where do I buy one? I can't find one anywhere.

>>58860352
New backlight is needed. Panel's probably fine though. Ebay is the place.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-IBM-Thinkpad-laptop-bag-09N4171-/152425053348
Suggestion for Anons in UK.
Don't go full retard with your bids. This is worth if you get it cheap.

As a general advice, be always looking for deals on your favorite items. You can never have too much spare keyboards with your favorite switch. Most people prefer the Nippon Miniature Bearing ones, though the Alps mouse button are great, and I like the loud clicking in the Chicony keys.

Anyone with a X220, T or non T, feel like they need to "upgrade" to something bigger sometimes?

>>58860414
All the time. I really wasn't prepared for how small the screen actually is. It's like a netbook screen with a fat computer stuck to it.

>>58860414
An SSD will make your computer last another ten years.
You will want to max out the RAM to 16GB.
And when they become cheap as dirt, get the fastest CPU allowed by your model.
>>58860513
The screen should be no bigger for 1366x768. It is lores, but at least the whole computer takes little space. Larger screens with that res make me want to go out on a kitten killing spree.

>>58856812
Honestly, paid ~200 for x220 w 16GB ram/i7
I fucking love it, only complaint is that it doesn't have an IPS screen.

Sounds like a good deal.

>>58851442
Has anyone gotten their Thinkpad to use an external GPU?

>>58860513
Yeah it's smaller than I was thinking. Not really the res I'm bothered by, just the actual size. Also I got the T model because I thought that was the shit. Haven't touched it. Will I? Can't say at this point.
I guess the battery is nice, but I'm sure the T420 or T430 are just as good?

>>58860552
Wrong post you wanted to reply to?

>>58860595
Same. I got the IPS. It looks fine, but it's too tiny to use every day.

How the fuck do I keep UltraNav from reinstalling itself after I uninstall it?!

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>>58858229
Seller is going to send the part I needed and doesn't require me to send the one I received back, yay! Happy again!

>>58860697
All right, scratch that. Guess uninstall them doesn't do me any good either.
>just want to be able to use the scroll button as a third button and use it to open links or close tabs
>can't seem to do this with ultranav
What do I do?

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>>58860758
nice, good luck with the mod anon

>>58860640
Oh yeah, the IPS was another reason I wanted it. Gotta love the IPS. Until you realize it helps anyone take a peek at what you are doing.

What's the point of buying a thinkpad when XPS exist?

>>58861059
XPS still has coil whine issues

>>58861059
So we can have nice things like this general thread.

If we wanted nice computers we would look elsewhere tbqh

>>58861142
the thinkpad died when IBM stopped making them. Other than being better quality I don't know why would you get the new Thinkpad even out of loyalty

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>>58860808
Thanks! He says he'll ship it with 2-3 day shipping, so I'm definitely not as unhappy as I was. Still, the display itself is supposed to come tomorrow or Friday, and I'll have to wait for this cable before I can test it. ;(

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>>58861163
They died under IBM. As always IBM was always in battle with itself to make their keyboards cheaper.

The A31p was the housefire maker of its day. And it was the last good ThinkPad, with the two Ultrabays.

I saw a girl with an Ideapad. Why did she do this?

>>58861301
Because that's what normal people do? You seriously didn't expect everyone to be like your average /g/ poster, did you?

>>58860414
I never feel like this about my X220, because I have a dock and a 22" monitor on my desk. the docks are less than $30 on eBay now, some are even new in box, so there's no good reason not to have one.

My Libretto 110 on the other hand, that just has a tiny ass screen.

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Will this thing provide full USB3.0 speeds on a T420?

>>58861352
>dock
Huh, that would be a good idea. Shame I have no space on my desk for a second monitor and all that. Really got my X220 for transporting purposes, but still wish I got the a T model.

I also just Remote Desktop via Windows if I really need to with my X220.

How do I figure out if my motherboard or RAM is dead? My X1 Carbon died and I can't turn it on. I've tried the hold down power button while AC adapter is disconnected but to no avail. The fingerprint sensor blinks and when I swipe the correct finger it tries to turn on the computer but can't

Any idea what's going on here folks? :(

>>58861361
Not even close.

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Should i get a thinkpad carbon x1 series?

>>58861688
Swap RAM out if you can. At first take out one stick, assuming you have more than one, then the other and see if either causes problem. If nothing, you can either try buying new RAM and see if it does anything, or...well not sure if you can but see if you can run a live cd of memtest.

If the screen doesn't even turn on at all it's probably mobo though.

>>58861741
mine died and i have a t500 now

>>58861785
RAM is soldered onto the board. does it seem that the mobo really is dead?

>>58861786
Like how was the feel and the overall quality?

my t530 just came in the mail. Its equipped with the 1600x900 screen. Despite being the same resolution but larger the screen itself shits on the 1600x900 screen that comes on the t430 better viewing angles and contrast. The screens the t430 ships with are utter garbage.

>>58861800
You can assume it is. But the only way to tell is to really swap it out. In either case, it's going to cost you a lot of time and grief to the wallet

>>58861855
lelnovo is funny like that. But the 14" displays have always been worse than the 15" counterparts since the end of the IBM days

>>58861800
Might as well be the mobo if it's soldered on. Time to find a new laptop. The drive should be fine though, so you shouldn't have lost all your data.

>>58862179
>But the 14" displays have always been worse than the 15" counterparts since the end of the IBM days
after owning a t430s for a few days I could not tolerate the screen and just sold it. It is probably the worst screen I've ever had the displeasure of using on a laptop. Even the TN 1366x768 display on the x220 and x230 is far better.

>>58861163
>Other than being better quality
Epic troll Chang. New chinkpads are terrible.

>>58861301
>person goes to store
>person buys laptop
People drive Fords too, it's just shit normies do.

As the years press on, why do the "Last Great ThinkPad" always get older and older? First, it was the T420 was the last good one. Then the T60. Now its the A31p?

Did the t430 have an IPS screen option? Or was the first t series with IPS the t440?

>>58852096
why does it say IBM and Lenovo on the same machine?

>>58863359
The T60 was made by Lenovo, but part of the deal with IBM was that they'd still keep IBM logos for a few years. You can even find *61s with IBM logos, but they're pretty rare.

>>58860414
Every once in a while I have a nagging thought that I should have bought a t420 instead, but I enjoy the light weight and prefer it over the screen size of the t420 since I travel a lot.

>>58863258
T60 had IPS option

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>>58855216

>>58863477
I do enjoy my x220 overall...but still! I don't know man.

>>58863679
merci twingo!

ips this, ips that

just got a LG 22mp56

the fucking TN on my t430 looks better

fuck you /tpg

>>58863779
Wow you fucking carried through with that.

>>58863223
The goalposts move forward in the way that two years ago no one would consider a xx30 because of the keyboard. Now they do because it's at the /tpg/ threshold of 5 years or older.

Also, there are Thinkpad hipsters that try to get into things that are too useless for other people to spend money on.

>>58863818
it was free, faggot

>2016
>not buying the patrician W520

>>58863847
>Not getting a W530 instead with superior 28nm Kepler GPU and swapping in the classic keyboard

Ishygddt

>>58863845
>LG 22mp56
Are you a garbage trans/man?

>>58863863
And getting a barely fuctional keyboard?
Nah, thanks. I prefer doing eGPU.

>>58863863
DO NOT LISTEN TO KEYBOARD SWITCHERS

>>58861845
>>58852150
CHANG CAN YOU PLS ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?!

>>58856605
Dont know dont care.
Seed with it till it runs out.

>>58863905
>>58863900
>Being retarded
>Not knowing how to do a simple ROM flash which restores 99.7% of classic keyboard functionality

I seriously,

seriously,

SERIOUSLY,

hope you guys don't do this.

I bought a X1 Carbon 2014 model.

Did I fuck up, /g/?

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>mfw my Thinkpad died and I'm using a Surface 3 as replacement
>friends in the office are teasing me
>"did you steal your wife's tablet?"

>>58863949
>99,7
>vs 100
I like my shit 100 percent functional lad.

The buyers guide says to avoid the Z series unless it's a great deal. Why is this and what is a good deal. Anyone know?
Model is Z60T

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Found a local T440 i7 with 256gb SSD for $475. Worth it?

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>bought a thinkpad because of /g/ memes
>realize i dont even leave the house and have no use for it

What should I do with it? I already have a good desktop.

Is xsauc a man in a man's body or a woman in a man's body?

>>58864296
Use it in bed obviously
I never leave the house either and only have it for in bed or while on holidays. Barely use the desktop anymore because this is so comfy

>>58864188
stay away from the 40 series

What use I can give to my W520 56k modem?

>>58864363
Why?

Where's the best place to sell a Thinkpad?

eBay's fees are pretty steep but I imagine any forum they're swapped on would have post and registration time requirements.

Do people look for these on craigslist?

>>58864296
Now you can leave the house and carry your computer with you. Fun.

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because i found this old photo.

>>58864416
Fax would be an idea if it wasn't useless and available through online services anyway.
Dial-up internet might make sense but it's only ever going to be practical if your home has nothing but a phone line and you can get a connection for cheap and use it constantly so you can get maybe one episode of your favorite chinese cartoon off it each day.

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>>58864507
>answering machine / voice mail / PBX
>dial-in terminal server
>phone scams
You can do a lot with these machines.

>>58860414
I'm not going to, but my x230 pisses me off with how small it is because at the moment it's the only computer I have. I would want a 14" PC but then I have to deal with the shitty displays which I simply can not.

>>58864111
The total difference in functionality is that two fn combinations which I have personally never used stop working. That's it.

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thoughts on the x1 carbon (2017) anyone?

>>58865057
>2 fn configurations
And the led of caps lock also stops working.
Nah, i"ll keeping my W520

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>T520 w/ X230 trackpoint buttons

>>58855744
It's nothing really special nowdays, just a T4x with... a mini PCie card? It does look like it has a powerful antenna.

>>58861266
>yfw I have that setup
I think the T4x was a better machine despite me being a big fan of the A31p.
Pentium 4-M sucked.

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>>58865200
How's that 2nd gen housefire? 22nm is where it's at.

>>58865286
>housefire
LOL XD UPVOTED!

Better than the anemic shit they are shoveling out these days.

>>58865029
I don't think the x200s series is that overall, just the whole resolution thing can be shitty. Don't fret too much anon. You can always get a dock and a cheap monitor.

>>58865147
>gay
>shit keyboard
>apparently breaks easily
If you have a Civic with a fake carbon fibre hood it'd go nice with it, otherwise don't bother with that shitty new chink crap.

Speaking of housefires, the old Jap batteries caught fire a LOT less frequently than the new chink ones. Chinks BTFO, housefires are caused by newer machines.

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>laptop with 4gb ram arrives
>try to put in my 4gb ram to upgrade to 8gb
>laptop comes with 2 x 2gb

>>58865286
>housefire
My Ivy Bridge Macbook pro was way hotter than my W520 Quad.

I'm going to put an SSD in my X61s, anybody else here run FreeBSD on this machine?

>>58865329
Kek
>buy W520
>advertised with 4GB of ram
>crank it up
>it comes with 12 Gb
Feels good.

How do I impress the ladies with my ThinkPad?

>>58865600
Getting shit done to have time to impress them.

>>58865600
Most girls couldn't care less what computer you use anon.

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got this for $190 USD

128 SSD M.2
4GB RAM
i5 3317U
Intel HD Graphics 4000

main use is for coding

>>58865639
>ulv processor
>not even haswell

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What are some expresscard that I can use on my T420?
Other than the USB 3.0.
Mine is a storage for microSD cards.

>>58853654
Develop your frame lad, you can't felt threatened by mundane shit like a fucking laptop.

>>58851442
Is there an easily parseable list of all ThinkPad models?

>>58865845
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkPad_History
This obviously isn't complete for recent years and I can't vouch for the rest, but it looks pretty good.

>>58865887
Ooo, thanks a lot desu.

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Will there be any problems if I use this with the back exposed without the battery? I will mainly be using this with ac power and don't want the battery to get fucked up.

>>58854378
Why would you need DX12 on a T420 exactly?

>>58866037
Leave the battery in anon, and set your charging thresholds appropriately.

>>58866038
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashes_of_the_Singularity

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>>58866070
Just play Dwarf Fortress you CIA nigger.

>>58865346
pretty coincidental because my ivy bridge macbook pro runs cooler than my w520
Hell my w520 throttles under load because it runs so hot, while the macbook just runs hot.

>>58861361
Half of it or If your t420 support express card generation 2 you will be able to reach 5gbs

>>58866037
Just leave the battery plugged in
It's better for the computer itself
Plus unless you keep the same battery for 5+
Also leaving the battery just sitting there for a while can actually be worse for it than having it charge a bit and discharge.

>>58866037
Some laptops will take a performance drop just running on AC if they're designed to supplement power supply with the battery for turboing the CPU and such.

I've never bothered limiting charging myself, but going of a quick search its handled in your OS. ~50% charge is optimal for storing lithium so with conservative charging limits there shouldn't be much wear.

just bought an x230. when i put in my previous ssd (which already has windows and arch on it), grub can start, but neither windows nor arch start. windows gives an immediate BSOD and arch fails to find a UUID.

is this due to secure boot or something? wat do?

Lads, what's the fru for the W520 dock with USB 3.0 ports?

>>58865259
>trackpoint button replacement
HOW

>>58866556
>buy pack of new Trackpoint tips in any style or color you like
>pull old one off
>push new one on

I kinda like the hard-ass eraser feeling nub better than the more modern pimpled kind.

>>58866432
Honestly, trying trying to debug issues with the windows bootloader is an absolute pain in the arse, and recreating the arch install would just be a case of copying your home folder over anyway, though if you're using vanilla arch obviously it's a little more effort but still simple enough. Unless the solution is particularly obvious I'd just reinstall both from scratch, better to spend an hour or so doing that then spending that long or longer just to have to screw around setting things up (at least in Windows) to suit the new machine.

>is this due to secure boot or something? wat do?
It's one single BIOS option, is it so hard to test it yourself?

>>58866586
He's asking for the trackpoint buttons, not the trackpoint cap.

>>58866639
>It's one single BIOS option, is it so hard to test it yourself?
my bad i was being retarded there. guess i'll reinstall windows and arch, thanks. shouldn't take too long.

in general, is this normal when transplanting a hard drive from one laptop to another? this is the first time i've actually done so, so i don't really know what's going on lol

>>58855411
Ahah

N E V E R
E
V
E
R

Tell me, what would be the characteristics of the perfect retro Thinkpad for the modern times?

>>58866697
>never
It's confirmed by insiders.
Too bad they have NDAs so they can't say too much.

>>58866671
I currently have a couple MBR formatted hard-drives with Ubuntu, Manjaro and Win7 that were all installed on a different laptop. Windows was cracked through the bootloader so when it was transplanted the crack broke which was still fixable, but it also won't shutdown hibernate unless you hold the button in. Ubuntu and Manjaro work fine. I guess Windows is just a lot of luck and Linux install will vary a bit depending on how the bootloader and maybe the fstab are set up.

>>58866697
>Tell me, what would be the characteristics of the perfect retro Thinkpad for the modern times?
You could satisfy most just a squarer screen and classic keyboard desu. If they wanted a lazy solution then you could probably just chuck in a motherboard from the latest T series, use a thicker sub frame and casing than normal and fill in any awkward internal gaps resulting from the haphazard design with battery cells.

>>58866711
>LARPing this hard

>>58866777
>BUT MUH X220 ;_;
Yeah, yeah. You will have to apologize when you get proven wrong.

>>58866797
>implying it won't be chicklet chinkshit identical to another model but with retro lid style
lol

>>58866825
The keyboard is confirmed to be not chiclet.
>le epic chiclet keys are satan maymay xD

>>58866914
>epic
>maymay
>xD
Chang, Reddit is over there. To the left.

Nobody's waiting for a magic "real" Thinkpad. Ya blew it when you dropped QC like a Chinese woman drops a fetus as she is gassed for her organs.

>>58866944
>status: assblasted

>>58864032
Enjoy your lack of trackpoint buttons

Is Chang still in this thread? I need him to justify my purchase of X1 Carbon G5

New thread:
>>58867986

>>58863949
>99.7
And it's more than a ROM flash. I've gone through with the swap and went back. The classic 7 rows offer no advantage unless that's all you've used and never plan on buying a laptop manufactured past 2012.