Is there a better value for $200?
>>108345098why is he looking at me
>>108345098this for $200 but 10 years ago
>>108345098I hope you'll be happy with your 1 tab browser capability.. buy a modern thinkpad at least or something like a X13/T14 for around that price
>>108345550One tab is plenty for those capable of focus.
>>108345098I clicked on this post and completely ignored it after then I went on youtube and got this on my feed WTF
>>108345625I hope you like my video, desu…
>>108345098Yes, one with a 4:3 screen instead of nonsensical widescreen.
>>108345098Okay so you turn the screen the other way. Now what. You have a keyboard but no screen
>>108345729it's for showing stuff to your coworkers at your jo- oh wait
>>108345098Yes, the X220. Plenty available for under $200, still has real keyboard, Sandy Bridge instead of Arrandale, HD 3000 graphics, mSATA slot, USB 3.0 if you get an i7 board, still easy to coreboot.
>>108345742ive used this shit for like 5 years and even then it chocked with twm, can imagone how bad it is with gnome
>>108346198Sounds like a skill issue. I boot multiple distros that use gnome and kde with it and have no problems.
>>108345098If you pay $200 for this in 2026, you should rope.
>>108345098bra ya screen be broke
>>108345550i fucking hate how all hardware made since like 2005 is perfectly capable of doing everything i care about except run a this constantly expanding beast
>>108345138He stares at fags like any sane person.
>>108345098>Is there a better value for $200?OPs pic is of a x200t which uses gm45 and does not natively support h264.this means your CPU will run at 100% and still lag on video playbackffplay(1) runs considerably smoother than mpv(1) and still lagsopengl version is 2.1OP should have recommended x220 or x230
>>10834956520 series in general are the last usable thinkpads nowadays. I run a t420 with i7 and it's still fine.
>>108345742>x220>no dx12>no vulcan>-150% gpu performance>no official windows 10 supportx230 is a much better machine
>>108349673one word: keyboardno, I'm not tinkering
>>108349704enjoy your infinity worse igpu then retard
>>108349725Don't care. Quadro goes BRRR
>>108349754the x220/230 don't come with dgpu's
>>108349762t420 does. the portability of x220 is not worth the temps
>>108349776the t420 lacks usb3
>>108349800*fills your expresscard slot*nothing personnel
>>108349866>causes your already hot machine to heat up even morethose can't even reach usb3 speeds btw
>>108349876good enough for me. I know I'm moving the goalposts, but what do you even need usb3 for? external harddrives? just buy the ultrabay adapter and chuck it in
>>108349898transferring files via usb
>>108349928usecase?
>>108349945to compute computations on a computer
>>108349954It's only useful for installing an OS
>>108349974how do you plan to compute computations on a computer without an OS?
>>108349987DVDs still exist my nigga. also PXE
>>108345625That's a different thinkpad. The one on OP has no filthy trackpad. Trackpoint or go home.
>>108350015installing an os from dvd is slow as fuck
>>108350027Well, you shouldn't have anything more than the basic live system on the installation medium anyway. Just go on the internet in that and download the stage3 tarball or whatever the fuck you guys do on debian or some shit
>>108345098Try the old dell latitude XT3. Perfectly decent win7 machine but also swivel screan and of all things a stylus. I have a stack of them I use for all manner of shit
>>108350027It really is not.
>>108345098good luck finding one of those these daysalso>1366x768
>>108349673x220 is cheaper and specifically OP asked about <=$200, you don't have to mod it to get a usable keyboard, your average linux ricer here will notice basically no difference between it and the x230.If you can get a good deal on an x230 and don't mind having to do extra then sure why not.
tfw bought an x220 touchpad back in 2017 for $100 maxxed out before covid turned everyone into trannys and rocketed prices on every good thinkpad.
