Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P Series if you want the Real Business Experience™>Other business laptops are welcome in /tpg/ (Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook).Why ThinkPad?>Used machines are plentiful and

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/tpg/ - Thinkpad General Anonymous 08/14/19 (Wed) 15:36:06 No.98

Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P Series if you want the Real Business Experience™
>Other business laptops are welcome in /tpg/ (Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook).

Why ThinkPad?
>Used machines are plentiful and cheap
>Excellent keyboards
>Great durability (excl L and E series)
>Utilitarian design
>Docking stations that easily turns your laptop into a desktop
>Most models are easy to repair, upgrade & maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for every model and spare parts are easy & cheap to obtain
>The best TrackPoint™, easier to use when typing
>Good for Hackintoshing

Models before *40 series can be Corebooted

Modern models:
>X220/X230 - 12", 768p, cheap
>T420/T430 - 14", 900p, widely available for a good price, socketed CPU (Ivy Bridge CPU support on T420); Quad Core Compatible
>T520/530; W520/530 - 15", 1080p, DTR, 32GB RAM on quadcore models, USB 3.0
>T440s - best price/performance ultra portable
>T440p/540p; W540/1 - Last Thinkpads with socketed processors, easily replaceable trackpad (W541 doesn't need trackpad replacement)

Chink Upgraded models:
>X210 - X200/X201, i5 8250u quadcore
>X62 - X61, i5 5250u
>T70 - T60, i7 7700 hq
IPS displays, USB 3.0, m.2 x4, miniDP
https://forum.51nb.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=117

>ThinkWiki - Info on ThinkPads & running GNU/Linux on them:
https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki
>BIOS logo booru:
http://biosimage.booru.org

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Anonymous 08/14/19 (Wed) 15:38:58 No.102

should i buy a T420i for $70

i already have an i5 3rd gen at home i can swap into it and a coreboot flasher

Нигрослав "Чорны" Негрович 08/14/19 (Wed) 20:35:10 No.125

>>98
What's the best thinkpad for upcoming big igloo? I don't need much performance, long battery life and durability are desirable.

Anonymous 08/15/19 (Thu) 22:33:16 No.141

>>98
have T420 wat do??

Anonymous 08/16/19 (Fri) 05:36:23 No.166

x230 in the mail tonight

Anonymous 08/16/19 (Fri) 08:13:03 No.171

>>125
x220 with a slice battery can last something like 20 hours iirc

Anonymous 08/16/19 (Fri) 10:29:11 No.175

>>141
smoke it up

Anonymous 08/16/19 (Fri) 16:50:26 No.183

>>166
Dont forget to flash coreboot on it!

Anonymous 09/03/19 (Tue) 02:08:54 No.214

just got an x201 after my x200's video cable died. its nice to have the minor upgrade

Anonymous 09/21/19 (Sat) 23:54:57 No.217

Never in my life did I think I'd see a thinkpad general, on a imageboard, hosted on a fucking WII

Anonymous 04/29/20 (Wed) 09:25:14 No.220

>>217
The world is a strange place, anon.

Anonymous 04/29/20 (Wed) 13:17:10 No.223

>no libreboot thinkpad x200 mentioned
Do you really "think" you're having the Real Business Experience™ with Intels ass spying on your greasy hands all over their sexy keyboards? pffffff

Anonymous 04/29/20 (Wed) 17:41:20 No.230

haha macbook go brrr