/tpg/ - ThinkPad General

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just got a t420 what should I upgrade first to the laptop?

>>61702917
Rosetta Stone English.

>>61702917
Install Gentoo

Just got my first T420 today and the CPU/GPU temperatures are disturbing. I have the i7-2620 processor and running Windows 7. In five minutes of turning it on and opening Firefox to install RealTemp, I was at 87 C. Left idling with a Firefox tab open it was consistantly at 60 C. I tried downloading TPFancontrol and the temperature shot up to 95 C, so I just panicked and force shut down. Again, it was only on for about five minutes total.

I'm hesitant to even try reapplying thermal paste and cleaning it now, can't imagine it will make that much of a difference, what do? Should I just try to return it?

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What's the oldest ThinkPad you use regularly?

>>61702917
SSD

>>61703060
x60. Still great in the current year.

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What are you expecting in the mail, /tpg/?

>>61702917
Get an SSD if you don't already have one, that's the most important thing

>>61703016
What's the point of owning an old thinkpad if you're scared to tinker with it? Change the thermal paste and clean the decade's worth of dust out of the heatsink and it should be fine

>>61703016
Get a compressor and blast that motherfucker clean.

>>61702831
>tfw no retro thinkpad

>>61703265
>overpaying for shit on purpose

>>61703301
>not paying a premium for memes

>>61703097
>>61703119
You're right, I just get really nervous and avoidant about starting things for some reason, then trick myself into giving up entirely. I always think I'll fuck up and somehow set it on fire. Taking it apart now.

>>61703512
>buying a bigger meme than the entire thinkpad meme itself
Post your second gen X1 carbon too anon

does anyone have the picture of that thinkpad with the velcro back and a pineapple stuck to it?

Grabbed a T60p outta the Trash, working battery and HDD. 1920x1200 looks great.
Fantastic condition.

If i remember correctly the HDD bay is SATA2 speeds but the ultrabay isn't?
Other than Ram, anything worth a upgrade?

would I be a retard if I brought a new T470 w/ FHD for 800?

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>>61703016
There's something wrong with that, i run my i7 2640m T420 with the fan turned off when the cpu temp is <65c and it hovers around 55-58c most of the time.

Replace the paste lad.

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>>61703316

>>61703078
T440p to replace my T420.

can't wait for $150 or $200 in shipping and import fees alone

>>61703652
Anon don't tell me you like to get blacked

>>61703625
You'd be one if that 800 doesn't include an extended battery

>>61703586
Do all ThinkPad users rummage in garbage bags or did you somehow see this T60p in plain sight?

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>>61703693
the 6-cell?
On their website its a discount if you go for the 6-cell over the 3.

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>>61703536
Grow a pair and grab a screwdriver
worst thing I ever did to mine was put the screws back in the wrong place

>>61703733
72wh one especially

>>61703702
Plain sight. Company offers free electronics recycling.
The sheer amount of working computers I get handed is ridiculous. MacBooks, Elite-Books, Thinkpads etc.
I once had to recycle a liquid cooled i7 build with some SLI Nvidia cards because "it blue screens on me so I replaced it"

>>61703755
Is it the retarded bottom protrusion one? Or does it come out like the back?

I don't want my battery to make the laptop tilt.

X1 Carbon owner here and I demand respect.

>>61703793
Drop hinges. How would it ever come out the back
Also 25+ hours and slightly better typing angles are a positive anon

I finally bought a X220, it should arrive in a few days. What should I check it for, besides Computrace?

does anyone have link to the bios for t420 that allows any wireless card? Also is the minipcie slot under the ram door useful for anything? Does it support ssds?

>>61703827
>he bought a X1 carbon
How's your mac little girl

Post boy pucci

>>61703830
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFWJP5yCujw
>how would it ever come out the back

Ill have to think on it then. How bad would battery life be on the 3cell?

>>61702917
ssd

>>61703868
>not reading what I told you
>rossman posting
Anon please read what I wrote again
Also check notebookcheck or something
It's only 25 dollars anyway I'd rather go big

>>61703868
they can't extend rearward because of the new drop hinge design, you also can't put ports on the back of the laptop with this, the old design the hinge was on 'top' of the laptop

and it literally says the battery capacity
>3-cell 24Wh
>6-cell #1 48Wh
>6-cell #2 72Wh

Wh is Watt-hours. The 3-cell gets 1/3 the life of the big one.

Personally the extended batteries is never something I have or would ever compromise on.

>>61703850
I like it a lot more than my mac pro.

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When you've just finished upgrading your T530 and now feel empty on the inside

>>61703771
Please tell me where the fuck you live, holy shit.

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>>61703847
my.mixtape.moe/yvasab.zip and yes, i have my main msata ssd as only drive there.

It's originally meant for wwan cards though, you can also use it for eGPU iirc

>>61703916
>>61703913
ah hurp durp Im retarded.

I guess Ill just go for the bigger one. Meh, Ill just get used to the elevated angle if its really that superior.

>>61703920
Oh okay that's pretty neat then

>>61703081
>>61703904
is the western digital one good?

>>61703739
>>61703641
Yeah, looking at it now, it seems there was somehow no thermal paste on it at all, and I have never seen a fan as dirty as this in my life. I swear it even has dog hair embedded in it. It's like the damn thing was left in the corner on the floor of a musty library closet for eight years.

Part of the optical drive and underneath the keyboard is also a little bit rusty, the arrow keys are sticking a little and making loud clicking noises when depressed. Hopefully that can be fixed by cleaning as well. Wish I hadn't throw out my spare keyboard.

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>>61703947
thanks for the help! can I flash this with linux or do I need windows.

>>61704040
no

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>>61703850
>>61703972
>mac pro, 1st gen x1, 5th gen x1

>>61704054
then which one that is 250 gb?

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>>61704050
i did it with windows in a small partition because it seemed like the most straightforward way to do it

also if you're changing the bios remember to change the default bios boot logo for an Akarin image because she a qt

>>61704066
samsung 850 evo

Other pre 2000 thinkpad users, is your machine capable of proper screen resolution scaling?

My 380ED wont scale when in 640x480, only makes a little box in the center of the screen

The Pastebin link on the sticky lists an Alienware screen mod for the T420. Has anyone here tried one out? I can't bear the screen on my computer and desperately want to change it

>>61703947
Really? Someone in /tpg/ told me the t420 wwan slot couldn't take an msata.

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>>61704300
yes

It's capped to SATA2 speeds though, unlike the main HDD slot and optical drive slot which can do SATA3 speeds.

>>61704267
I don't have it personally but it's pretty good


But it's also glossy

>>61704349
ah, then I'm probably be better of with a regular SSD and an HDD in the optical drive. Why did you do that? did you just happen to have a spare msata ssd?

>>61703016
send the thinkpad back, get a refund.
As the unholiest tripfag of /g/ I recommend you buy a mac, get the fuck out of /tpg/ and post on BTFO window threads

>>61703060
T61 but I'm surprised on the screen delay, I don't remember how bad it was.

>>61703575
Seconding this.

>>61704395
there's no difference to a SATA2 SSD

>>61704267
Its fucking night and day.
Didn't take much photos of it. Will need to post a video reviewing it.
>https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNiqhcPg4-O8lUl6eWXLa4UetXS44WYrbjp0JoULFgPJjHkKrQGklHf77JA2puNJg?key=ZkZtY3pRcFN3MVRlT1RaOENqRGZNSmZTbUUtQmhB

>>61704207
My 380Z did that too, but I never was able to figure out how to install windows on that device.
It might be a loose screw... I had removed one screw on a 770 I've had and the screen is just gray... lol

>>61704395
>did you just happen to have a spare msata ssd?
Yes this is one of the reasons but it doesn't bother me because i don't notice the difference in daily usage, my desktop has a SATA3 SSD and it's the same shit.

>>61704395
you can use 3 drives at the same time

three drives full of anime

Looking to get a new laptop(Current main laptop is X140e, which is nice for light tasks)
Budget: $ >500
Location: US, TX
Size: 13'' to 17''(unsure)
Performance: would like dedicated GPU but unsure
Other requirements: I'm a CS/InfoSec student. I got to security competitions, do password cracking, digital forensics, report writing, penetration testing, movie watching and gayming. I'm thinking a T or W series, used on ebay.

what do yall think?

>>61704444
That looks usable at the very least. I don't care if it is glossy. The current screen is almost unusable. Colours are washed out at any angle except head-on, and the screen takes many seconds to display colours properly.

Which specific Alienware screen should I look for and what's the resolution? Can I find it on Aliexpress?

>>61704640
>Budget: $ >500
>greater than 500

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Got an x230 i5, 8gb ram ready to go for $175

Should I pull the trigger? Should I lowball to $150?

>>61704722
sorry im retarded

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>>61704121

>>61703916
I don't understand why everything has to have a drop hinge now. I like my normal hinges and my normal port placement.

>>61704919
It's $25 anon, is it worth the risk of losing a good deal for a computer you would enjoy for such a small amount?

>>61703078
new wireless card for my t420, pack of trackpoint nubs, msata ssd, slice battery, extra charger

I did it bros, I have a t430 coming in a few days, you guys wouldn't meme me would you?

Does someone use t430 with i5 3320m and 8GB for programming in vs/unity. Could it work ?

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>>61702831
>ywn own this beauty

>>61706988
no it will trigger world war 3

/tpg/ I did it, I bought a brand-new T460 from ebay for about 500 eurodydoos, slapped a SSD on it and I could not be happier. What have I been missing all my life? Is this the thinkpad experience? I love it

>>61707060
: /
I'm asking about the performance

Are msata's worth getting?
Or are they overpriced for bad performance?
Thinking about getting one for my t420.

>>61707410
only get one if you plan on using 3 drives at the same time or want to have the optical drive slot and the main hdd slot empty

I bought an x220 about a week ago. Out of the box worked fine the battery life wasn't crazy but it was running well off the cord. Today when I went to open up my laptop it refused to boot unless I put the power cord in. My battery just stays at 63% and windows is telling me it's plugged in and not charging is all. Is this some sort of software issue or am I looking at buying a replacement battery so early on.

>>61704040
No, get a Samsung 850 or an Intel equivalent. Samsung is much better though, since they fabricate everything rather than just shoving together parts like Intel does.

>>61702831
>buying second hand memepad
>run game
>heats up
>smells like boiling cum-dick
>cum crusts

Do the T60 and T61 use the same type of ram? I have 2x2GiB sticks in my T60 and 2x1GiB sticks in my T61 and I'd rather swap em entirely because I don't really need more than 1.5GiB on my T60

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>>61703316

thoughts on the t61?

my thinkpad arrives soon and i can't wait to get comfy and meme with it

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Is this piece of shit worth anything?

Can I sell it for enough to buy the new halo game?

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>>61703316

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>>61708250
>oh hey bro you mind if we sit... OOHHHHHhhhh FUCK DUDE! Is that a fucking x230?! No way, brah! And... my goodness! Is that a real x220 keyboard you're flocking in its sockin? That's fucking scandatious bombatious, my man. I just got 32 gig RAM in my littl beast, dude. Bro, what GNU slash Linux distro do I see there? Hang on let me look, bro. Oh okay, bro, okay bro, ubuntu is pretty gnarly but, ya know, I'm more of a freeBSD kind of guy. Anyway, dude, my squad and I need to fly so catch ya on the flip side, bro.

just bought a x230, 8gb ram 180ssd i5 for 280AUD. Did i do good /g/?

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>>61708351
How did you do that?

I got a x230 with 500gb HDD, 4gb memory for $270

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What accessories you use to get comfy thinkpad experience?
I was thinking of getting a ring mouse, to minimize stress on my wrist.

>>61708437
ebay. just kept watching and found a deal.

just did a quick search, best i just found was $330

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Lenovo-Thinkpad-X230-Laptop-i5-3320M-8G-128-Gb-SSD-WiFi-12-5-Win-10-Pro/172744867525?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

>>61703316
That's fucking sexy

>>61703060
I use my X40 every day. I put an SSD in it and a different Wifi card and it has a new Chinese extended battery, gets a good 10 hours of battery life.

It's comfy, no botnet.

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>>61708518
Official IBM-branded Thinkpad leather computer bag.

They made several, I have one with some neat little compartments meant to hold Ultrabay accessories.

>>61705569
it's cheaper

>>61708642
I meant while using it, I do have a comfy backpack

>>61707714
yes they do

i recently harvested some t61 ram and put it into my t60

>>61708657
A lap desk to keep your balls and thigh from getting hot, I use one sometimes.

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>>61708671
How do you use those?
I have pic related, and I'm not sure if I should sleep and put it over me or reclined and use it.
Both positions seems to cause pain, good thing it have built-in fan, So temps are in 30-40 C range.

Which Thinkpad is the best for running hackintosh?

>>61708758
mine's a flat board with a kind of bean bag pillow on the other side, i just stick the computer on it

mostly i don't need it but if it gets hot i will use it

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>>61708778
>flat board with a kind of bean bag pillow on the other side
So you put it on your lap? That doesn't feel comfy unless you sleep.

>>61708778
>>61708758
I don't know how can you use lap desk, it feels as if it was designed for people half my size, and it prevent from masturbating freely.
Also the "unsteadiness" when typing might kill the HDD.

>>61708767
A MacBook.

>>61702917
Drop Ubuntu

>>61708350
That bicep.

>>61708767
T420

>>61709092
this

install devuan or void linux or something that doesn't use systemdick

>>61709440

it's either shopped or steroids... not sure which.

Story Time

> Anon is mentally ill and in psychiatry right now because of major depression.
> Of course Anon took his Thinkpad X230 with him, because it's mandatory for his well-being.
> Yesterday a fellow patient was moved from the secure ward to Anon's ward, sharing a room with him.
> Small, timid guy in his 50s, seemingly very nice, polite and considerate.
> At 22.30 PM yesterday anon sat in his room, with his fellow patient, just shitposting on IRC.
> Anon had to go for a smoke, so he asked his fellow patient: "There is nothing going to happen to the laptop, while I'm gone for like 5 minutes, right?"
> "Yeah, nothing's gonna happen."
> Anon thought: "Ok, nothing's gonna happen to my stuff while I'm gone for like 5 minutes" and left the room.
> After having finished the cigarette Anon returned to the room and found the laptop was gone, but the charging unit was still there.
> "Where the fuck is my laptop, Eric?"
> "I have thrown it out of the window. Sorry, I had to do this. I'm scared because I'm under surveillance."
> Anon looked out the window and saw that his precious x230 lay approximately 3 meters away, 2 meters lower than the floor of the room, on some brushwood.
> On top of that it was raining.
> Anon ran to the night warden and left the ward with him to retrieve the laptop.
> Picked it up, immediately removed the battery, went back to the ward to wipe it dry with a towel.
> After it had dried, Anon turned it back on to see if it was still working.
> TFW when it booted like the day he bought it, no damage but a small scratch on the paint.

TL;DR: My Thinkpad x230 was thrown out of a window by someone suffering from a mental illness and survived almost unscathed.
(This post was written on my precious x230)

Can someone help me understand the differences between the regular X220 and the tablet version? Are they identical save for the touchscreen/rotating hinge?

>>61702831
I am getting a T420 tomorrow. Does anyone else think that the X201 is just as good?

>>61708662
Thank you so much, I was just about to put the T61 palmrest back on!

>>61709915
What shitty mental hospital allows you to take electronics, especially internet connected electronics, with you?

After a week I was only allowed an MP3 player for a few minutes and only during specific times. And they took that off me when I cut my arms and face up with a shiv I made from a spoon.

>>61708250
It is very upgradable...

>>61709915
Pic?

How hard is it to install a Wifi-Card to a T400?

>>61710060

Nah, sorry. I have a really shitty broadband connection here. You have to take my word.

>>61710038
Yeah, it depends on your illness I guess.

>>61710070
I think you have to get a dongle.

>>61703078
My first T420. I think I will upgrade the battery next.

My T420 has the newest BIOS already. Can I still reflash it with my custom splash screen?

Am I retarded if I choose to buy anything other than an old thinkpad for school? I just need something for word-processing and internet access. I'm tired of being that faggot who prints stuff out at home and takes notes on paper, it's so inefficient. I'd go full /g/ if I had the time but studying law requires me to minimize time devoted to hobbies and fun things, all my free time is devoted to /lit/ related pursuits right now. I'd rather avoid that awkward, smartphone-looking shitpile that is Windows 10 and have no need for a large amount of power because I'm not trying to run video games or anything. I don't know how to Linux and have been using Windows 7 for about 7 years now.

I thank you in advance for your sage advice.

>>61710492
Oh, and for budget I'd like to spend under 500 Australiabux ideally. A cheap modern laptop that ought to meet my needs can be found for that in an electronics store but if Thinkpads are blatantly better value I might go with one if the delivery time isn't bad.

>>61710492
Not retarded but foolish. I didn't used to believe in the Thinkpads but after having been fucked in the ass by Acer, I think it is probably worth trying. Refurbished thinkpads are certainly more durable and have better hardware than a lot of acers.

>>61710492
yes but you should still use pen+paper for taking notes and windows 10 is great
>been using Windows 7 for about 7 years now
babyduck syndrome

>>61710521
My dad recently got a Toshiba for his work and general online stuff and he seems quite happy with that. He also has no idea what he's doing in many ways (uses new version of uTorrent, may have toolbars in his internet browser, etc...) but it does seem very fast and responsive with good battery life and a solid build to it. I do remember using thinkpads maybe 10+ years ago in school and I do remember them feeling better than modern laptops though. Mainly the hinges didn't feel like they'd rip off if you weren't gentle with them, they were built like the old Gameboys and mobile phones.

>>61710547
>Windows 10 is great
My friend told me it's shit and what little I've seen of it it looks like 7 but with slightly more awkward menus made to look sleek rather than be quick to get around with. What's the appeal? I know that I could be completely wrong here, I've never actually looked into the differences between the systems in any depth.

>>61710521
>>61710547
I've found this thing: http://www.harveynorman.com.au/computers-tablets/computers/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-100s-8p-11-6-notebook.html#

For Australiabux this seems like a fantastic price but I'm uncertain on a few details
>32GB storage
How much space does a Windows 10 install take up?
>1.6GHz
Even I know this isn't a lot.

Will this thing shit itself and die if I try to run anything more intense than a word document or give me any other trouble? The price seems too good and I feel like I'm missing the catch.

>>61709599
stop saying things becuase others say it

>>61710492
>studying law requires me to minimize time devoted to hobbies and fun things

lolwut?

Law is the easiest subject you can do.
Literally just read a couple of books and you get a degree.

Most people who are super active at student clubs are law students who had loads and loads of spare time and energy.

Anyways...I would get something with better battery life.

>>61710951
Starting with the Greeks is time consuming and I'm also trying to teach myself Latin. Also I'm a useless fucking faggot so I take 10 times as long as I should to do anything.

And as for the computer, I'm thinking maybe I should go for something a bit higher-tier just so that I don't fuck myself by going too low.

>>61710721
it's an ideapad

>>Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P SERIES, HP Elitebook (2570p, 8770W, 2170p), and Dell Latitude/Precision (E6430, E6440, E7440) if you want the Real Business Experience™

>>61711025
IdeaPads aren't thinkpads, noted. I'll look the Real Business machines up and see if any look right for me.

>>61702917
Pci ssd and the Alienware screen swap

X220/X230 vs t420/t430, in terms of durability and robustness? Afaik, t series TPs have a roll cage and x series TPs don't. Also, I've heard way more reports of x series TPs breaking up than the t series TPs.

>>61703097
Might be a stupid question but how do you clean the Heatsink?

>>61711025
>>61711099
Okay I checked, if I wanted to spend $1000+ dollarydoos on a laptop I'd get one of those new Thinkpads for sure, but I don't. The specs are all far better than the desktop toaster I'm using to make this post but I simply don't need all that performance. I'll keep them in mind if nothing cheap looks adequate but they probably aren't for me. I don't quite need the Business Experience, more like the Normalfaggot Experience.

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Anybody want to Bogpill me on the Lenovo ThinkPad X270? It looks pretty fantastic while being relatively cheap for a new machine that isn't weaker than a smartphone. And it comes with the little red dot-mouse thing which I love.

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>>61711543
Or is the T470 the way to go?

>>61711415
the point is to buy them used/secondhand because they are extremely cheap for the specs/quality you get

>>61703078
X61 due tomorrow, to see if it can replace my X201 as daily driver

>>61711563
do you want a 12in or ~14in laptop?
/tpg/ can't answer that for you.

Im the anon from earlier getting the t470
>>61711415
Just buy a consumer product then?

Hackintosh on an x220, good idea or not?

>>61711977
I'd probably prefer something smaller. If I can find a good looking used thinkpad for <300 I might get that but more likely I'll take the safe and spazzy route and get a consumer machine for <1000. More money but I don't have to worry about any parts shitting out on me.

>>61703060
I've a P600E. P2, 256Mb, 80GB.

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>>61711543
>that keyboard

>>61712056
I didn't actually notice that, it looks like complete shit and probably feels like ass to type on. I'll count that one out.

A not bad looking T420 is selling for a reasonable price.

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>>61712116
I deserve failure in all of my pursuits.

>>61712018

that is what i plan on doing... the dell dw 1510 wifi card is on it's way.

>>61712022

It's your money... but all the thinkpads that i have/had have never shit on me.

>>61712171
Is it a remotely common problem for batteries to have shit life or for any individual parts to be worn out or in need of replacement? >>61712129 is looking all right but I'm uncertain. Also I've never formatted a machine before and would hate to somehow fuck it up and leave myself with a gimped machine and no way to fix it.

>>61712208
Batteries will have shit life if not "maintained" properly, IE you're supposed to use them, rather than leave your lappy plugged in for 3 years, then wonder why the battery doesn't work.

I have a Dell E6400. 2.66GHz i5, 8GB, and I took out the factory 250GB HDD and swapped in an SSD. Boots to Win 7 in under 10s.

Fans and HDD's are your moving parts that may need replacement in any laptop.

>>61703679
congrats on being the gayest person in this thread for knowing what that filth is. seriously get the fuck out of here

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>>61711376
Answer me!!

>>61703078
sauce?

>>61703316
Lit

>>61712208

depends on the usage and as another anon says.. depends if they been treated properly. If you can get 1/2 life from battery i say that's purdy good... else you can always buy a new battery :)

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what's the lightest linux distro for an old x60?

>>61712651
LFS

>>61703316
Looks cheap trash.

>>61712729
Ok. I'm going to install Debian.

Is a hdd for the 2.5" bay supposed to slide right in, or is it a really tight fit?
My caddy arrived today but the drive (Seagate Momentus 5400.6) feels like I'd really have to jam on it to go in.
X220 Tablet btw.

>>61712796

Yeah it's tight... i had to wiggle it in with a bit of force.

>>61712771
You asked for lightest.
You can run puppy linux, or debain with XFCE.

I've bent the pins of the Mini PCI-E port on my Thinkpad X220, so WiFi doesn't work. Do you guys know where i can get a replacement.

I was thinking of buying this one, but I'm not sure if they are all the same.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/200pcs-MINI-PCI-E-52P-8-0H-3G-Wireless-Network-Card-Slot-3G-Module-Msata-socket/32625650455.html

>>61712928
I don't know, it doesn't want to get in there.
I think it may be too tall.
Is there a list of harddrives that are compatible?

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Budget: $100-$150
Location: Texas, Dallas County
Size: Ultraportable (IE X-series or similar)
Performance: Anything suitable for intensive pdf reading
Other requirements: As stated above I'm looking into a thinkpad almost purely for document reading, so anything that can convert into a tablet would be perfect.
Thanks in advance /tpg/

>>61710434
Can anyone answer me?

>>61713166

The x220 and the x220 tablet only takes 7mm hdd/ssd drives. Make sure you're not stuffing a 9mm drive in there... i think that's the problem you're experiencing anon.

>>61712651
Puppy

>>61712651
I guess you could go with gentoo and compile a kernel with the least features you can, and install lightweight WM, or even go with just CLI.

>>61713076
you could get a half height to full height mpcie extender thing and just stick the wifi card in the other slot

>>61703078
I'm getting a USB3.0 ExpressCard adapter for my X220. The palmrest has been creaking when typing recently, and I don;t really want it to break.

Need a Laptop for Photoshop, programming and a little bit of 3D Modelling. NO GAMING. Any suggestions?

>>61713681
>>61712965
Thanks but sell me puppy. I haven't heard of this distro before you mention it.

>>61713629
Fug, you're right.
At least I didn't buy the wrong one, it was a leftover from my Acer laptop that died.
Will pretty much any 7mm work?

>tfw x220 coming in next week
Now I can finally fit in with the cool kids in edc and desktop threads.

>>61713921
It's distro designed to run completely from RAM.
There are two versions, one based on ubuntu and other based on slackware, and you can use the repos of those.
You can compile your own .PET files (installation package) from source, or even better create .SFS files, which can have several applications, and choose what .SFS file(s) to mount.

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>>61703652
>ifunny.co

>>61713926

Yeah any 7mm hdd/ssd will work... make sure you got the 7mm caddy to go with it.. Still with the caddy it's a good tight fit... at that point just nudge it firmly in place.

>>61703837
Bumping this
>>61712018
It's macOS, of course it isn't a good idea. But it's easy to do and it's pretty much flawless, if that floats your boat, go for it.

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Anyone into Panasonic here?

Where to obtain CF-53 or something similar for reasonable amount of money in Europe? Ebay prices are just insane.

>>61710019
Remember thinkwiki has the answers to most common questions!

>>61709915
You should have kicked the shit out the fucker and blamed it on mental illness ;^).

"Sorry, I get incredibly violent when people abuse me and me belongings."

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>>61713446
X220 with an IPS display. X230(with IPS) if you have a few more shekels to spare(but I don't think spending extra on x230 would be worth it, if the primary purpose is reading). On another note, why don't you look for e-readers? I recently got a Kindle(basic,2016) and I'm pretty impressed by it. Pic related

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Do you put the thinkpad on table or on your lap when you use it?
Or are you using dock station?

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>>61714490
I actually have a kindle myself, but their problem is that they are generally unsuitable for pdf reading due to small screen size. Not only this, but many of the documents I read are available only in pdf format. I've used pic related to convert pdfs into mobi format, but it rarely flows the text correctly.
As a side note, do you think an x200 or x61 would be fine for my purposes?

>>61714636
Just get an older iPad, retina is great and they're perfect for reading color or technical documents where you might want to actually zoom in on stuff.

I need someone to post the thinkpad in the style of the thinking emoji its for a friend who is buying one.

>>61714636
X201 Tablet user reporting in. It works okay but you kind of get what you pay for. You may be better off with a $80-$120 tablet that can run PDFs. You can pair a bluetooth keyboard to most tablets.

The X201 Tablet is a laptop first and a tablet as a distant second. The pen is probably ok for art but not for casual use, it doesn't feel right in an OS not designed for it. Maybe you'll have luck in Windows but I use Ubuntu and the OS does not suit it. I just checked the screen, and viewing angles are okay. But a few years old mid-to-high-end tablet will probably beat it on that front.

Capacitive touch on a tablet alone is enough to go with one (or a newer tablet PC).

Kindle DX (black and white obviously) is selling in your price range. I expect it to be very slow while loading a PDF, but hopefully displays them okay.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?&_nkw=kindle%20dx&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1

>>61714938
What about running something like Android on it?

>>61714636
IMO, anything with an IPS display, and a decent resolution would be good. Hell, It doesn't even have to be a Thinkpad. There are the tablet versions of x-series laptops too, but they have shitty battery life and poor heating. Imo, x220 is the ideal choice. I don't know much about x60/x201 apart from the fact that they can be tranny booted.
Also, I hope you know that you can trim PDFs using briss, for comfy viewing on Kindles.

>>61714983
That might help my case, but I don't know about this anon's use case. You're still using a pen to interact with the OS.

I wanted an OS with laptop features and the tablet happened to be in my price range and sounded like a fun gimmick for drawing. Android would remove my productivity.

>>61714490
I fucking love my Kindle. A bit pricey but since I don't pay for what I read I've probably made it worth it in the year I've been using it. Books are fucking expensive..

THINKPAD RETRO SPECS ANNOUNCED

>1600x900 TN display
>Intel Core i3-7100 CPU
>4GB RAM
>500GB hard disk drive
>chiclet keyboard
>revolutionary new ThinkPad design
>all for a low, low price of $599

!!! WOW !!!

>>61712379
Sauce is just some Lenovo ad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1BFe42Q26Q

Just got an HP ZBook G1 and docking station for 400$ used. Everything seems fine so far, but the GPU is just a Nvidia K1000. Anyone have any suggestions?

>>61715111
ghey

Someone has the whitelisted BIOS for a T420 with eGPU and other stuff enabled?

>>61704521
>three drives full of anime
Truly the best timeline.

>>61710721
its shit. 32gb wont fit windows 10

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>Pentium III 700 or 750 MHz CPU
>15.0" TFT display with 1400x1050 resolution

>1400x1050

>released in May 2000

>>61715111
>TN display
fuck off
>i3-7100
are you fucking kidding me?
>chiclet keyboard
why

my opinion about this shit: why the fuck does this even exist

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>>61715678
a fresh W10 install is like 12-15gb

I give my W10 VM's 30gb and there is plenty of space to install other programs and junk

>>61715111
Source?
This sounds like a piece of shit. What a shame.

>>61715724
be prepared for it to swell like a hard dick to 49 gb in 5 months.

>>61702831
i had a 700C , CD drive and 3gb HDD installed , nice Maschine until it fell of a table and the screen was trashed (entire assembly bent heavily and screen shattered) , used W95

>>61715111
It's a core i7 shitposter.

>>61715699
the viewing angle is probably shit. Even dead-on it will have that 90s/early 2000s utter shit look to the screen.

>>61715758
that's what you get when you don't have a hard dick drive

I just got a 560x, pretty rough condition and missing charger. Are the chargers generic?

Bought an x230 a couple of weeks ago and the battery is already fucked.

>>61715950
recalibrate the battery

Bought an x220 with 8gb ram and 128gb ssd for 90 bucks US. I think that's a damn good deal but my question is should i go buy a IPS display for 70~80 bucks to put in it? Does it seem worth it to any of you folks that have done this?

supposedly the X220 is easy to hackintosh, but is the x220T as easy to do? because i dont know if its just my unit or all of them, because a guy that does hackintosh side installs for "rap producers" tried and failed to get it to install, and the same usb drive installed perfectly on a regular X220.

he bet me $50 it would install, and is pissed because linux and windows works great on it.

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Just got my T420 in the mail this morning, massive overheating issues as expected. I take it apart to clean it and see this.

What the fuck /g/? Am I just retarded or is this way too much thermal paste? And just a little smear of it on the GPU.

I have some Arctic Silver 5, should I try to wipe this shit off and redo it myself, or does this look okay to you?

>>61716139
yes that's way too much, clean everything and repaste

What's best way to store a battery?

>>61710726
systemd is scientifically proven to be horse shit though

>>61715160
stop gaymen

Am I being paranoid if I think moving the thinkpad while it's running can damage the HDD?

>>61716302
Yep.

>>61716227
charge to 40% and keep in a cool, dry environment!

>>61716349
This applies for every Li-ion battery?

>>61716169
Yeah, I'll do that now. Was just kind of surprised, don't know why someone would do that, especially since there's still about a decade's worth of dust and grime coating the entire thing.

>>61716376
batteryuniversity.com

read and learn

Can I do visual novels and 1080p anime on a t420? I don't really know what the system requirements are for those.

i need some help tonight, g

Budget: 300 EUR
Location: Mid-Europe, Hungary
Size: Anything that's not a netbook
Performance: Need it for uni. I'm going to study programming
Other requirements: None thanks

>>61716376
yes, 0% charge will kill the battery and 100% will wear out the cells faster, generally they like to be just under half charge

high temperatures also wear out the cells, they can safely go to negative temps safely but performance won't be so great

>>61716424
yes easily

>>61716484
sweet. just need to get a new 2tb drive for this thing and I will be set. also thinking about getting a msata drive to act as a safemode os in case I fuck up the linux partition.

>>61702917
install gentoo

>>61716423
>>61716484
For how long can I store the batteries like that?
And how long can you keep Li-ions batteries at 0%?
It seems even if I charge it to 40%, it loses charge over time.

>>61716671
depends on the quality of the cells but their shelf life can be 2-3 years

>>61716671
If you store than at 100% or 0% you will hurt them.

batteryuniversity.com, don't be a lazy fag, read

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Thanks again to whomever confirmed that the T60 and T61 use similar RAM. I found this 4:3 T61 on ebay for 50GBP and it was in pretty good condition, aside from some paint chips on the back of the screen (I made one bigger, lawl). Found out it had a single dead pixel in the bottom left corner of the screen; doesn't really bother me much. Noticed it came with a german keyboard and the seller/previous owner put stickers on the keyboard to make it like a UK one, but it looked barely used- I mean, I still feel the texture on the keys when I touch em. Took the stickers off and trying to use the german keyboard at the moment, almost used to it. Might make a T601F in the future when I get a 1600x1200 screen for my T60, but I think I'm gonna use this T61 as my main machine for a bit and install OpenBSD on the T60 instead.
tl;dr I'm a huge faggot

>>61716794
That was me.

I have a T60 with the 4:3 IPS, and I prefer that over the T61 for some reason.

Still like my X40 the best.

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>>61712018
Besides the wifi card and sd card reader, everything should work. Get a SSD though, OSX is slow as balls on a HDD. If you download spectacle you will get 3 finger swipe up to go back in finder too, but no other trackpad shortcuts.

>>61716873
Dude the T60 feels so much sturdier to me.

>X40
HOT

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>>61714938
>>61714490
>>61715028
Thanks guys, I think I'll actually opt for the Kindle DX instead of a thinkpad. Kinda feel silly saying that in a Thinkpad thread.

>>61703078
t530 just for shits and giggles.

>>61716768
I'm reading it, but it doesn't answer some of my questions.

>>61703081
not "imporant" but your thinkpad/any other computer will be faster.

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>>61716889
hello fellow gayos brother with the same serial number

>>61716915
>Dude the T60 feels so much sturdier to me.
Yeah, they're just much higher quality machines. The T61 was the first one Lenovo 'value-engineered' and the difference between it and the T60 (still an IBM design) is stunning when you put them side by side.

I will keep this T60 forever.

>>X40
>HOT
Actually on this X40 I run the schedutil governor, tickless clock, and use tlp and don't let it run the CPU faster than 800 MHz on battery. It literally never turns on its fan unless I'm plugged in.

It's the finest laptop ever manufactured and mine looks and feels like new. I might order a couple spares before they get pricey.

>>61716945
>but it doesn't answer some of my questions
That's because you need to actually read the whole site. Don't half ass it junior.

How much should I expect to pay for T60, x200/x220? I'm kinda looking around ebay and everything I see under 30€ seems to have some defect or no harddrive and since people on the youtubes brag about buying these for $25 or similar I kinda don't want to pay much more (although realistically speaking I probably have to..). Maybe they are cheaper in the US? I'm in Germany.

>>61711025
>if you want the Real Business Experience™
what did xe mean by this?

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>>61702831
Goning to buy thinkpad p50 with a 1080p screen

know any places that sell the 4k screen?

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>>61717034
>1080p
If you use deeper to add the displays icon to the menu bar you can get 1440p on a 900p display.

>>61717149
it would look like shit probably on this fhd display though

>>61717364
>actual display mod
Lucky, i thought you were just using the modded drivers off the insanelymac guide that allow funky scaling.

>>61717401
wait what, the max option i have on display settings is 1080p.

It's one of those old kits that could cause flickering on some boards, got it used from a seller locally. Actually it does suddenly flicker sometimes but very rarely and briefly, like for half a second.

>>61715715
>>61715747
Either my satire is world-class or you guys are more autistic than me

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>>61717568
Basically despite having a 900p screen i can pick 1080p under scaled in the displays prefpane.
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285678-lenovo-thinkpad-t420-with-uefi-only/

Will integrated graphics on my x220 be able to run pixel indieshit gaymes?

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>mfw an underutilized T430 booting up after a year of slumber and it's heating at 65ºC to 70ºC on idle.

wtf

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>>61718159

My T430 stays at 39-43 on idle.

>>61718288
>windows 10
Why

>>61702917
The Distro.

What does /tpg/ think of Luke Smith?

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Hi /tpg/. How do I remove the power jack from a T420?

>>61718899
did u try pulling it out or sticking flathead screwdriver underneath it

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>>61718899
why did i draw this shit

brb killing myself

X250 or T450?
Or maybe T450s?

Will run Photoshop and Illustrator mainly.

>>61718999
Arg, I have to take the whole cage off? Thanks anon.

>>61719281

No problem im shitposting and helping here

found a t460s for 250 euros
I feel stupid for not buying it

http://mobilespecs.net/laptop/Lenovo/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X220_4290EK6.html
Got this for $120, how'd I do?

x250 or x270? Mainly for webdev

Just picked up a T470 with 32 gb ram, 256 gb ssd, HD screen, and i7-7600U. The keyboard feels weird and not quite as nice as some older thinkpads I've used. This is the first one I've owned. I'll probably get used to it but honestly probably not worth what I paid. It's new and it's fast though.

>>61717064
For an unmolested T60 with the IPS screen you can expect to pay at least $200.

Anyone ever gotten the battery plugged in, not charging error on windows with their thinkpads? My x220 is stuck at 63% with that error message and won't work unless I plug in the AC adapter. Goes black if I pull it out despite having charge.

>>61708627
I have an X40 sitting around that I was planning to pick up again. How much for the SSD and battery? I see a lot of the chinese batteries online but pretty wary of them.

>>61717046

Do you have any resources for the powersaving stuff e.g. tickless clock? Want to get my X40 set up as a writing machine.

Company got me a P50 last autumn. Xeon and 64GB ECC, and added an M.2 NVMe SSD. Favorite machine I've ever had the pleasure of working on.

>>61720504
The Chinese extended batteries are good. Also I paid about $60 for a 64GB SSD.

It's a bitchin machine.

>>61720543
Tickless should actually be the standard with recent Debians at least, the governor and speeds and etc you can set with tlp.

>>61720680
>>61720694

Good to know, thanks. I've got a spare mSATA so will probably go for the mSATA to 1.8" adapters on eBay.
What can you do for 10 hours at 800MHz? I was thinking Wi-Fi, ssh, and gnu nano and not much else

Has anyone here done the Alienware M14X R2 panel swap for the T420/T430?

I'm noticing that every other vertical line on the screen is just slightly dimmer than the other. It's driving me nuts. Is this normal?

>>61720886
You might just seeing the separation between adjacent pixels

how much battery life should I expect from a 6cell on a x230?

I get around 3 hours, doing shitposting and light use.

Also, what's the recommended thinkpad for girls(male)?

>>61720949

I have the 9cell with an X230 and I get about 10 hours on Win 8.1 web browsing (ie11/opera12) and development/text editing (emacs)

>>61702831
Where is the BIOS update utility for T500? Can't find any link in the lenovo website.

>>61721162
https://download.lenovo.com/eol/index.html

>>61721251
Thanks, that page has some really bad UI.

>>61702831
I’m dying to buy a T570 or P51 (unable to see which is best). Which model could I upgrade to an nVME drive without using an adapter? Input appreciated.

>>61720735
Watch pretty much any video up to and including 720p without frame dropping with mplayer, any kind of coding (I'm working on some shit in Factor and J), web browsing works fine once you tune Firefox up for performance a bit, Openarena and Dwarf Fortress run fine, etc.

It's a fully usable computer once you have everything dialed in. For stuff like ripping your Balinese cartoons, and playing the newest SJW-infected horse shit unfun gaymes, I'm assuming you have access to a more powerful machine. This thing is built to be comfy and portable, but it still works fine today.

It's slow as fuck using Jewtube but thankfully we have youtube-dl now.

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While doing a routine clean, I accidentally dipped my cloth into 99% rubbing alcohol instead of water, and ruined the plastic finish on my trackpad. I immediately realised my error and tried to wipe it off, but the bottom half is irreparable.

Quite pissed at myself for being so retarded. Considering dousing the top part of the trackpad in alcohol too to see if I can universally ruin it that way at least it will be consistent. The rest of it is in near perfect condition too, fucking kill me.

>>61721460

I don't do any video watching normally and mostly game on 3DS so this sounds great. Thanks anon

>>61721489
The coating will be permanently ruined as far as the appearance goes. On the other hand, if you just leave it out for a few weeks it will dry out and not come off like I'm sure it is tending to now.

Some anons just simply disassemble, strip the coating, and use the bare metal. I'd look into seeing how much a local coating place or gunsmith would charge to cerakote it myself.

>>61721516
desmune runs fine on this thing too

i'm using it to shitpost right now actually while listening to the skykings on the websdr in another window, it's running fine

ssd and max ram help a LOT though

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>>61721489
it's just a sticker you can remove it

Hey guys I'm going into mechanical engineering in 3 weeks, will a thinkpad comfortably run all the software? Which model would you guys recommend?

>>61721489
just remove the touchpad sticker

it looks better without the sticker anyway

>>61721550

Do you think the same power optimizations (downclocked even more) could make X230 run even longer than X40?
I'm out of the house often and dual booting is easier than carrying X230 + Surface + X40

>>61712291
It's all about the depth of the discharge cycle. If you discharge your battery all the way or nearly so every time it's going to wear out quickly. If you make sure to plug it in before it's halfway gone you will get thousands more cycles.

>>61721581
>>61721585
I never heard of that before. How would I go about peeling the sticker off?

>>61721717
Let a finger under an edge and peel.

>>61712651
Use Devuan.

>>61712308
/g/ is not a lefty safe space, snowflake

4chan is a right wing board and /g/ is a sub of /pol/ so just relax and gape for us.

>>61721717
ya just stick fingernail under the corner and peel it, once you start peeling do not stop or you'll get marks

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>>61703316

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thinkpad x1 carbon circa 2014 running Mint here.

What do I even do about this?

>>61715699
That's a top-class machine and it might have the better screen (FlexView or whatever it was called).

Great keyboard too.

>>61716139
That's easily 3-5x too much.

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>>61721741
>>61721788
Well fuck me, that worked perfectly, no residue or anything. Thank you kindly anons.

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>>61721887
what am i looking at

>>61722017
Heat machine broke

>>61721938
how does it feel? easier to glide your finger across?

>>61721934
It took forever to get it all off. Now I'm scared to turn it on in case I damaged the CPU rubbing at it for so long.

>>61702831
can the t500 do 1080p screens?

>>61721588
>Do you think the same power optimizations (downclocked even more) could make X230 run even longer than X40?
>I'm out of the house often and dual booting is easier than carrying X230 + Surface + X40

I don't think you can use the same power optimizations with an X230, it's too new. Basically it uses different governors, but the tickless would still work (and be the default at least with Debian).

https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Idle_consumptions

This will give you a rough idea of power consumption of different models, but it's kind of out of date.

>>61722069
Not particularly, my autism enjoyed the tactility of rubbing my fingers across a textured surface. It's just preferable to the aesthetic abomination of a ruined sticker. Suppose I will grow accustomed to it.

New thread:

>>61722196

>>61722196

>>61722196

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So the funny thing is I bought a perfect mint condition Dell Latitude D820 Laptop with doc and extra battery for $80 total in 2015 from ebay. I still use it today but might upgrade soon.

Core 2 Duo @ 2.00 GHz
4 GB Ram (3.5 actual)
80 GB HDD
Quadro NVS 120
15.4" 1680x1050
Windows 7 Pro 32bit
Docking Station


Guy sold it so cheap because he claimed the wireless internet would not work because the switch was broken. No one would bit on it so I made an offer and got it. I just went into the BIOS and told it to enable wireless at boot and problem solved.

Thinking about getting a Latitude E series with the 15.6" display, but I might get a Precision. Depends on which one can be turned into a hackintosh or Linux box. I know the E6500s are cheap, have NVS GPU and some have backlit keys for around $100

>>61716932
Is there anything wrong with the T530? I just received mine yesterday because I needed a cheap laptop for uni work (literally just typing word documents). It seems pretty robust and quite nice compared the the consumer laptops I'm used to.

Thinking of buying a used T410. $200. As a desktop replacement. Looking to program in it, with Intellij IDEA and some light gaming (Team Fortress 2). Thoughts?

>>61722303
>t410
>for $200
epic

>>61722316
Is the T410 good enough for Team Fortress 2 and Intellij IDEA though?

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ThinkPads are shit.

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>>61723427

>>61717046
>It literally never turns on its fan unless I'm plugged in.
Stop, I can only get so erect.