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/tpg/ - ThinkPad General 12/27/25(Sat)03:01:38 No.107680640

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/tpg/ - ThinkPad General Anonymous 12/27/25(Sat)03:01:38 No.107680640

>>107655260
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, 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 support

ThinkWiki - General info about ThinkPads/specs
https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki

Model 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.html
https://libreboot.org/docs/install/
https://canoeboot.org/docs/install/

Additional resources:
https://dankpads.com/tpg/
https://biosimage.booru.org
https://1vyra.in

Patches:
https://github.com/digmorepaka/thinkpad-firmware-patches
https://github.com/hamishcoleman/thinkpad-ec

Chat:
##ibmthinkpad on libera
#/tpg/ on rizon

Anonymous
12/27/25(Sat)03:26:07 No.107680780

Anonymous 12/27/25(Sat)03:26:07 No.107680780

>>107680640
I like thinkpads but I don't like brown people. I am conflicted.

mixedchad
12/27/25(Sat)05:18:14 No.107681412

mixedchad 12/27/25(Sat)05:18:14 No.107681412

>>107680640
I bought a refurbished Thinkbook from lenovo.com
The trackpad is giving me issues:
zooms while im tryin to scroll
will randomly-right click while im moving the cursor, or will click+drag while im moving my finger around

I changed the trackpad sensitivity to low and it still does this.
Should I return it? Or are there some fixes I can try?

Anonymous
12/27/25(Sat)05:23:35 No.107681445

Anonymous 12/27/25(Sat)05:23:35 No.107681445

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>>107676228
>yoga are bad
Really?
Should I go for the detachable versions then?
And those are supposed to be ultraportable don't they?

Anonymous
12/27/25(Sat)05:27:10 No.107681461

Anonymous 12/27/25(Sat)05:27:10 No.107681461

>>107680640
Which models of stinkpad come with 16:10 or 3:2 screens?

Anonymous
12/27/25(Sat)05:27:42 No.107681464

Anonymous 12/27/25(Sat)05:27:42 No.107681464

>>107681461
>3:2 screens
X1 tablets

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