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mdspan 3 hours ago [-]
I really miss the customization that older laptops offered, especially the socketed CPUs. I remember putting a i7-3840QM in my T430 and having it shut down due to overheating every few minutes to the point where I had to install the heat sink from the GPU model. Was fun tinkering around with it and I wish modern laptops had a similar level of hackability.
Gathering6678 3 hours ago [-]
Never managed to get one myself, but Framework laptops could be your thing as well?
matltc 2 hours ago [-]
Hah I'm doing this with some models of that same era judging by the CPU you cited. I had frankensteined one laptop from like the best parts out of three I had from that era, got xubuntu on it, running fine-ish but the Wi-Fi antenna ran through the on-board display chassis, which was destroyed. Took off the top clamshell, was gonna put ether in it and use as a desktop, but oops! The clip holding ethernet cable fell out during disassembly! No prob, pop it back open, oops! One of the screws holding the mobo is stripped! (Also, wife goes into labor while everything disassembled) No sweat, get something from ace to extract. I think I ended up throwing it back together and not testing?
Forgot about it for a couple years, wanted to put opnsense on it and see if I could replace stock equipment leased from ISP, nope. No display.
Fun to a point but probably should just spring for a used thinclient at this point, but prices are scary and I hate letting all this hw go to waste
sandreas 2 hours ago [-]
I was looking for a Notebook (best case Thinkpad) with the following Criteria:
- Business class
- Ryzen 5 or greater (Strix Halo would be great)
- >= 32GB RAM (soldered would be ok)
- 14.5" WQHD 2560x1440 Display (>1920x1200)
- NO Numpad / centered keyboard
- >=70Wh Battery
There just is hardly anything to find in this category. There is Dell Precision, Hp Elitebook, LG Gram, Acer Swift... but somehow they all feel unsufficient. The Thinkpad P1 was close, but has Intel...
So I'm gonna wait until the Framework 16 Pro (if ever released) or until Intel gets another decent GPU upgrade so it can compete :-)
hypercube33 35 minutes ago [-]
Lenovo think pads don't have strix halo... you'll have to go to hp for that and pay $1000 over list price for it. Asus rog z13 is probably the only hope for that.
1 hours ago [-]
sigio 1 hours ago [-]
Thinkpad T14 gen 5/6/current should have AMD APU, has a 4k OLED, and 2 sodimm slots.
I refuse to buy any laptop that doesn't have an easily swappable SSD. I don't want to have to open up the case to swap out the SSD.
Yes, I realize that this requirement limits me to 15-year-old Toughbooks and Getacs.
wkjagt 1 hours ago [-]
What is your use case? Do you have multiple SSDs with different OSes?
bar000n 38 minutes ago [-]
using a T470s currently with 20GB memory and a 2tb ssd, but it cannot keep up anymore because it has only 2 CPU cores Ubuntu/wayland is really sluggish sometimes. i think i'll go for a 5th gen T14. too bad that you can't upgrade the RAM anymore on the new T14s models... and also they ditched the LAN port at some point on the s
CrociDB 2 hours ago [-]
A newer guide would be good, as some of the information now is a bit outdated. But I love the concept. My main laptop where I do lots of programming and writing is an old T490s, i7 8th Gen, 16 gigs of RAM, running FreeBSD, that I paid around 150 euros last year. :)
zuuuuul 4 minutes ago [-]
and now it's 300 :')
windex 47 minutes ago [-]
Anyone have any pointers for sourcing genuine keyboards for thinkpads? I seem to run out of luck with them everytime.
hypercube33 36 minutes ago [-]
I think Lenovo has a parts depot website. I was able to get parts (LTE modem kit) for an 8 year old model there.
ssl-3 2 hours ago [-]
I'm getting the sense from the comments here so far that I'm likely to be the only one still using a Thinkpad T530 from 2012.
It still works.
zh3 19 minutes ago [-]
More of us than you think (and often by preference rather than cost).
Current main travel laptop is a T420, backed by a T520 w/nvidia when needed (older T41s, T60's lying around). Both work fine with linux & modern browsers (the T420 is particular has great battery life).
UncleSlacky 2 hours ago [-]
T60 user here - just upgraded the CPU to a T7400 C2D, added an SSD and increased the RAM to 4Gb (3.25 or so usable thanks to Libreboot). It's actually still quite usable. I'm currently running Exe GNU/Linux for a modern yet retro look (Trinity DE), and the 4:3 screen and decent keyboard really make it.
2b3a51 1 hours ago [-]
There's two of us. Stock T60 (3Gb ram, 320Gb mechanical hard drive, stock BIOS) with Slackware64 -current.
Nice keyboard as you say. These things are solid.
hypercube33 34 minutes ago [-]
I have a pile of dell e series with the og i7 in them. Still can run windows 11 but yeah Linux is beautiful on these things.
Skwid 25 minutes ago [-]
I only very recently upgraded from an X230 with X220 keyboard
It was a close call between a totally new machine and a display mod though
elric 52 minutes ago [-]
Somewhat tangential, but Lenovo's website is an absolute shitshow. It is so hard to find a laptop that matches a bunch of criteria. Their search facets are next to useless. Not to mention glacially slow. It's almost like they don't actually want to sell laptops.
I probably buy more laptops than most people, I've owned some 30 thinkpads in my lifetime. Quality isn't what it used to be, but the serviceability and on-site repair warranty is still amazing.
PennRobotics 2 hours ago [-]
Lenovo needs to fix the awful quality USB-C ports on modern Thinkpads.
Skwid 24 minutes ago [-]
Hey, stop it! If they do that I won't be able to buy basically new machines for £200 any more!
Forgot about it for a couple years, wanted to put opnsense on it and see if I could replace stock equipment leased from ISP, nope. No display.
Fun to a point but probably should just spring for a used thinclient at this point, but prices are scary and I hate letting all this hw go to waste
- Business class
- Ryzen 5 or greater (Strix Halo would be great)
- >= 32GB RAM (soldered would be ok)
- 14.5" WQHD 2560x1440 Display (>1920x1200)
- NO Numpad / centered keyboard
- >=70Wh Battery
There just is hardly anything to find in this category. There is Dell Precision, Hp Elitebook, LG Gram, Acer Swift... but somehow they all feel unsufficient. The Thinkpad P1 was close, but has Intel...
So I'm gonna wait until the Framework 16 Pro (if ever released) or until Intel gets another decent GPU upgrade so it can compete :-)
Yes, I realize that this requirement limits me to 15-year-old Toughbooks and Getacs.
It still works.
Current main travel laptop is a T420, backed by a T520 w/nvidia when needed (older T41s, T60's lying around). Both work fine with linux & modern browsers (the T420 is particular has great battery life).
Nice keyboard as you say. These things are solid.
It was a close call between a totally new machine and a display mod though
I probably buy more laptops than most people, I've owned some 30 thinkpads in my lifetime. Quality isn't what it used to be, but the serviceability and on-site repair warranty is still amazing.