>>107502998Don'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
>>107594789I need a laptop for school and work.My max budget is $550The most important features are:- good keyboard and trackpad (Dont care about red eraser thing, I almost always use a mouse) - good screen for readability- good thermals - modern bluetooth and wifi compatability- slim light build for lugging it around and using it in random placesUse case:- reading pdf files- zoom meetings- running bots - multi-tab browsing- light video editing on capcut sometimesChatgpt told me to get:- Lenovo ThinkBook 15 Gen 4or- IdeaPad Slim 5based on whats available as refurbished in the lenovo storeI had mixed experienced buying used shit. I don't want to fix anything I just want something that works and will last me a year or 2. I have a spare m2 SSD lying around.
Getting a t14 Gen 1 amd.
>>107595364Those regular ideapads may be okay but do NOT buy any 2-in-1 models, they will break no matter how careful you are. I’d imagine thinkpad x carbon series would be good for you.
Wish there was an oled x12, really want to try creating a tablet mode hyprland rice.
>>107595385good luck
>>107595364Thinkpad t14 g2
>>107595595Thanks
This general might not even survive the night
