>>106401320Don'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, tactile feel and quiet + the TrackPoint>Great durability: magnesium roll cage for structural integrity, with high quality plastic body panels>Utilitarian design: e.g. indicator LEDs, 7 row keyboard layout on older models>Docking stations that easily turns your laptop into a desktop>Easy to repair (most models), upgrade & maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for every model, spare parts easy & cheap to obtain>Excellent Linux & *BSD supportThinkWiki - General info about ThinkPads/specshttps://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWikiModel generations:>Classic IBM: T40, T41, T42>IBM/Lenovo Transition: T43, T60, T61 (T42 - T43: significant difference in specs)>"Classic" Lenovo: T400, T410, T420 (T61 - T400: 4:3 to 16:10)>Transition to old modern: T430, T440, T450 (T420 - T430: membrane to chiclet)>Old modern: T460, T470, T480 (T450 - T460: significantly less thick)>New modern: T490, T14g1, T14g2 (T480 - T490: design change)>New new modern: T14g3, T14g4, ... (T14g2 - T14g3: second design change)BIOS replacement:https://coreboot.org/downloads.htmlhttps://libreboot.org/docs/install/https://canoeboot.org/docs/install/Additional resources:https://dankpads.com/tpg/https://biosimage.booru.orghttps://1vyra.inPatches:https://github.com/digmorepaka/thinkpad-firmware-patcheshttps://github.com/hamishcoleman/thinkpad-ecChat:##ibmthinkpad on libera#/tpg/ on rizon
I think Thinkpad SUCKS!
>>106447990T540 on a dockMint loonix, latest stable whateverDoesn't recognize screen when dock is reconnected, only connects the first time it's docked.Is this perchance a common problem that has been solved 13 years ago?
>>106448652Same thing happens with my X200. I don't think there's a solution other than rebooting.
>>106448525>t. NSA when find my RAM & ROM secured by epoxy.
>>106448687You did help me in a way.Got me thinking why not just restart the monitor instead of reboot the whole thing.>xrandr --output eDP-1-2 --off>xrandr --output eDP-1-2 --left-of eDP-1 --auto>check names with xrandr --listmonitors Dick around with udev and make it trigger this on dock.
>>106371225I got my C13. First impressions are good. aluminum shell and lid, feels very solid. Display is gorgeous (from my limited experience). Loading the modified coreboot CFW from MrChromebox/Chrultrabook project was simple. Put Debian 13 with KDE on there. It's a Ryzen 3700C w/16GB RAM and 256GB Nvme.Audio setup had a minor hitch. Short version, had to symlink a config file that gets installed to the wrong folder.The Chromebook keyboard is a little odd, but I can adjust. There's another script in the chrultrabook documentation to get F1-11 keys on the top row instead of the Chromebook function keys.Haven't fooled with screen rotation/pen input yet but it's next on my testing list after I install a few creature comforts and configure the DE behavior.Very, very close in size to my old X230, and smaller than the salvaged L390Y I fixed and will eventually pass on to somebody else.(X230 top in stack, C13 under that, L390Y bottom)
>>106448781Why would the NSA be after you?
is the t14s gen 4 still worth getting? it's on sale for about €1000 at lenovo
>16 inch 2560x1600 at 165hz or >14.5 inch 3800x1920 at 120hz?
>>106450925im retarded i meant 3072x1920
>just purchased T14 G2 on local marketplace>the seller is out of it so they gonna send me L14 G2 R5 with some cashbackhow fucked am I?
16 inch... bigger screen and a resolution that will not require you to scale UI
couple days ago got my first thinkpad for 70$ its x230 with docklove it
>>106450428Only if you needs that extra performance. The "buying 3+ years old Thinkpad" meta gives more bang for your bucks.
>6bit 45%NTSC
