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Spoiler: NSFW

 

[Liquid_015]

hehe what a time to be alive. I just got issued a E16 Gen 2 a few weeks back, and yeah it's better than the piece of shit Dell I got issued for work.

 

[Valonquar]

Remember when you could still remove the laptop keyboard with a single screw on the bottom center of your Thinkpad? Fuckin progress amirite?

 

[sankt-Antonio]

9-11 years? Please tell me you installed Linux, no Mac can be safely daylied for that long under MacOS, they have like a 7 year life span.

Not every ThinkPad (and, there are many, many to choose from) is made of equal quality, unfortunately, where as Apple only has to design two notebooks (MacBook Air and Pro).

I would argue Lenovo's T series is superior to Apple's build quality in some aspects, while not as refined and chiseled as Apple's machines, what it lacks in refinement it more than makes up for in durability for use outside of Starbucks. And any ThinkPad keyboard is far superior to anything Apple has to offer, even on their desktops. Apple's track pad is pretty hard to beat, though, but I don't remember the last time I used a trackpad. If Apple added a TrackPoint to their notebooks I would be there day one.

Yeah they now run Linux at my parents house, still chugging along.

IBM Thinkpads had been great, Lenovo started cost cutting.

 

[BlackTron]

I used to borrow my dads neglected Thinkpad to play games like X-Wing Alliance and AoE. I think it's cool that they look exactly the same today and still have the red mouse nub.

But that's it, I never used one again lol. Also my skepticism blew through the roof over the whole Lenovo thing.

 

[The Fartist]

I used to borrow my dads neglected Thinkpad to play games like X-Wing Alliance and AoE. I think it's cool that they look exactly the same today and still have the red mouse nub.

But that's it, I never used one again lol. Also my skepticism blew through the roof over the whole Lenovo thing.

I don't have much experience with IBM ThinkPads, but according to r/ThinkPad the only thing that's changed is the keyboard, with most people preferring the old 7-row over the new chiclet style that Lenovo introduced. I use both, and love both equally.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

x200 w/ linux and everything upgraded

surprisingly fast with a SSD

CMOS ended up dying at some point and I've been too lazy to replace it. took it apart once but it takes some random weird ass CMOS battery and I just gave up since I have other laptops lol

 

[thefool]

I finally got one.
Didn't even had any expectation considering it's an E series but i am very surprised how robust it is and how good the laptop feels.

 

[The Fartist]

I finally got one.
Didn't even had any expectation considering it's an E series but i am very surprised how robust it is and how good the laptop feels.

Yeah E series' have the most plastic on them but it's high quality plastic, enjoy, it's gonna last a long time.

 

[Mexen]

T480 (x2)
P14s
E16

You can never have enough ThinkPads LOL.

I run Kali, FreeBSD and Windows. They're all for cybersecurity related work.

 

[The Fartist]

T480 (x2)
P14s
E16

You can never have enough ThinkPads LOL.

I run Kali, FreeBSD and Windows. They're all for cybersecurity related work.

 

[Shtef]

There is one store that sells refurbished laptops and they have this T480 model for 227 euros.
Processor -Intel® Core™ i5-8350U, 4 cores, 8 threads
6M Cache, up to 3.60 GHz
Display: 14 inch 16:9, FHD 1920 x 1080 pixel, IPS
Memory – 8GB
Drive: NVMe SSD 256GB
VGA – Intel® UHD Graphics 620
USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C, Thunderbolt 3, Mini Ethernet, Docking Port,
Kensington Lock, USB 3.0 Type-A, HDMI, Audio combo port,
Weight: 1.776 kg
Windows 11 Professional 64-bit, factory installed

Is it worth it?

 

[The Fartist]

There is one store that sells refurbished laptops and they have this T480 model for 227 euros.
Processor -Intel® Core™ i5-8350U, 4 cores, 8 threads
6M Cache, up to 3.60 GHz
Display: 14 inch 16:9, FHD 1920 x 1080 pixel, IPS
Memory – 8GB
Drive: NVMe SSD 256GB
VGA – Intel® UHD Graphics 620
USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C, Thunderbolt 3, Mini Ethernet, Docking Port,
Kensington Lock, USB 3.0 Type-A, HDMI, Audio combo port,
Weight: 1.776 kg
Windows 11 Professional 64-bit, factory installed

Is it worth it?

T480's are arguably the GOATs for good reason, they're great, I have 3 and one T480s but 227 Euro is too much, you can buy an i5 on eBay for much less and upgrade to 32gb RAM, 512gb SSD for around 220 Euros. Definitely recommend the i5 over i7, i7 runs hotter, drains the battery quicker and isn't noticeably faster than an i5 in everyday tasks.

 

[Trilobit]

I think I uninstalled a lot of bloatware when I got my ThinkPad and Lenovo Vantage might have gone out too at the time. I've been a bit peeved that it doesn't have that cool Stop-Charging-At-80% thing. But I now saw that it does have that if you have the app.

Image of Trilobit proudly displaying his discovery

I think my battery health would have been even better had I had it enabled from start, but better late than never.

 

[The Fartist]

I think I uninstalled a lot of bloatware when I got my ThinkPad and Lenovo Vantage might have gone out too at the time. I've been a bit peeved that it doesn't have that cool Stop-Charging-At-80% thing. But I now saw that it does have that if you have the app.

Image of Trilobit proudly displaying his discovery

I think my battery health would have been even better had I had it enabled from start, but better late than never.

Easily doable on Linux, no app needed, but I'm guessing you're on Windows?

 

[The Fartist]

Snagged this ThinkPad keyboard on eBay for $109, now my desktop feels like a ThinkPad.

What's a mouse?

 

[Trilobit]

Easily doable on Linux, no app needed, but I'm guessing you're on Windows?

Heh, on Windows? ... Yes, yes I am...

 

[Ovek]

Thinkpads are great even though they are removing the red nipple. Other Lenovo laptops are garbage though.

 

[The Fartist]

Thinkpads are great even though they are removing the red nipple. Other Lenovo laptops are garbage though.

It's only the recent ThinkPad X9 that doesn't have a TrackPoint (red nipple), it's just a one off, I seriously doubt other ThinkPads going forward will remove the TrackPoint. The backlash has been through the roof. On another note I would pay a lot of money for a ThinkPad with that Butterfly keyboard, an engineering marvel that was.