Building the ultimate ThinkPad!

[@chncchnc]

arch, astolfo, pink psp, thinkpad, windowmaker, anime wallpaper, screenfetch. good memories of /g/.

[@slimesushi]

kek

[@libredove]

good?

[@Ionic1k]

.... Ay

[@BucketHead4901]

@@chncchnc Goes crazyyyy.

[@AndrossUT]

long socks

[@notyoutube8128]

T440p is the Framework before Framework was a company

[@_SGTM_]

🤩

[@fdgdfgdfgdfg3811]

can you fit am4 ryzen desktop motherboard like a a520m inside if you desolder the io ports ?

[@marcoandres767]

​@@fdgdfgdfgdfg3811no

[@AtTheLetterM]

FR I bet the they were inspired by it, perhaps subconsciously.

[@morosis82]

Not really. The original framework with 11th gen Intel can be upgraded in its entirety to the latest core ultra or ryzen mobile chips, with upgraded memory, connectivity and storage options. Not quite the same as being able to upgrade within the same series/generation of components.

[@ConnorTech01]

Used a T440p myself, honestly one of the best laptops I've ever used. Great upgrade capabilities and still such a solid machine in 2024. If you got a 1080p display on it that would be chef's kiss. Congrats on the new laptop!

[@ablacknambercat]

Plus 1 on the display upgrade.

[@SoundToxin]

There's some screen that was original from/for the Razer Blade that works in the T440p and looks pretty nice. It's not too bad to put in other than the plastic clips on the bezel being somewhat prone to breaking. I'd second upgrading the screen if you're gonna use it portably at all. Though personally I mostly use mine docked like a desktop and don't see the nice screen I put in it.

[@hillside127]

Just so you know, Windows will "use" 2gb of ram at idle (when you have 8gb total), however, the OS doesn't actually need all of that RAM. It just utilizes it since it is there and not currently being used to make certain processes in the OS run faster. Once you started running RAM intensive apps, the amount of RAM the OS uses will be scaled back to the minimum. Windows has RAM management built into it basically.

[@bokexd3173]

arch also does that while still using barely any ram

[@robinrai4973]

@@bokexd3173 it's probably just not reporting it as used, I think older versions of windows used to not report it as used All modern OSs do it, unused ram is wasted ram

[@tegathemenace]

That's so not true. Mine uses 4gb whilst I'm running illustrator and illustrator uses about 2gb. It's a T480

[@rohanofelvenpower5566]

nonsense, just admit windows is spyware

[@jasonpacker9607]

Came for the Thinkpad goodness, stayed for the Windowmaker. I cut my teeth on NeXT machines in college and still love that UI.

[@OnTheRocks71]

I'm not a Linux knower by any means, but a while back I put Mint on an old Toshiba that was well past Windows 11's dumb requirements, and it breathed life into the old girl. It surprisingly had a socketed dual core Ivy Bridge from the factory, and a quad core i7 plopped right in with no complaint. Even the original cooling system has no problems with it, probably because it was so chonky to begin with. It was surprisingly easy to install Mint as a first-timer. A+. Would recommend. Also Thinkpads are awesome, I have a 3rd gen T14s with a ryzen chip and it's great.

[@subarulenz1470]

Just got a T430 a few months ago. Love the old thinkpads.

[@tegathemenace]

Just got a T480 from 2018 for $130. That's the last great Thinkpad in my opinion It lasts over 6 hours. I'm in love.

[@johnbell1810]

thats a steal! lowest i can find is about 280USD

[@resneptacle]

The T14 line is really great too!

[@CherryColaWizard]

It's so cool seeing people tinker with computers like this!

[@vdochev]

It's more fun doing it yourself! :)

[@erremilia]

Would love to see a display upgrade!

[@AndrossUT]

it's so easy

[@alvzcizzler]

I am surprised he didn't yet, 1366x768 on what seems to be a matte TN panel is abysmal overall, horrible viewing angles, low resolution, washed out colors and poor contrast.

[@dusannovkovic5286]

Absolute banger of a video full of information, I've been looking for a thinkpad and have been just not been able to choose, but seeing your video has made me fully want to use a t440! great video man!

[@raccoroni.]

t440 isnt as upgradable as the t440p if memory serves, not worth getting and i can only recommend the t440p if you are ok with going hazwell.

[@dusannovkovic5286]

@@raccoroni. thank you! I am fine going hazwell, I'll look into t440p's! 💜💜

[@raccoroni.]

@@dusannovkovic5286 anytime brother :)

[@tegathemenace]

​@@dusannovkovic5286 if you want anything future proof, get used T480. Buying an old laptop seems fun but it doesn't make sense to not be able to use a laptop for 3 years+

[@brunowithoutH]

Very cool upgrade! Just yesterday i was plannning to get a T440p and uprade it with a Intel i7-4940MX, a 1920x1080 IPS display and a better trackpad, i see yours it great. Also, don't forget to unplug the battery before messing with laptops

[@tegathemenace]

Especially the internal

[@peyton_uwu]

11:48 same here with my Dell Latitude E5540, if it has a lower-wattage charger, it'll complain in the BIOS as well as setting the "On Demand Clock Modulation" to 33%, which essentially inserts "idle clocks" to artificially tank the CPU performance to a crawl to make the OS unusable while the laptop was charging on the wrong charger. We love to see it!

[@Sithhy]

Same here with my Latitude E7440, altough I have the most powerful charger for it, but if it won't detect the charger properly (as the plug is worn out somewhat), it will complain & not charge despite actually showing a charging indicator

[@vdochev]

I also have the T440p and when I did the cpu upgrade it complained about the charger and it didn't use it at all. But you could run the laptop on battery and when it's off the battery will recharge. So you can get by it when waiting for your new powerful charger. The guy in the video couldn't update the BIOS because it requires the charger plugged in all the time, even if the battery is full.

[@mlthmp]

Love the 2012 MBP. One of the best ever built IMO

[@_Ultradura]

Using it as my daily with ubuntu… still amazing!

[@georgH]

The worst part of old thinkpads is the subpar lcd panel, but this is so cool man!

[@foss_sound]

The latest also very often have this very bad displays. Sucks on my T14g2 so bad.

[@lancheloth]

Buy upgrades gents

[@foss_sound]

@@lancheloth I am hating this glued display shizzle.

[@lancheloth]

@@foss_sound hmm can't we replace not just the LCD but also all the upper laptop part? I always bought the minimum Full HD one.. Because I don't want to do LCD replacement but looking at the manual don't they get screw in?

[@foss_sound]

@@lancheloth I have a FullHD display, BUT it is massively ghosting and pretty dark. My complaint for newer Thinkpad (T) models and for the latest models the chiclet-style keyboards. There is a way to replace the display, but the options are just better by a little.

[@ttj_]

Duude i love the music selection you have in all your videos. Great content as always. I get excited when i see you released new videos

[@cero-of5jj]

I have a P53 I got from my boss for free recently, and man I love the thing. Welcome to the club homie

[@ufukpolat4691]

I have two of them, one with the Xeon and RTX5000, and the other one with i7 and p2000. I just took the the 32gb ram from the i7 and installed it on the xeon one and now I’m enjoying 64gb ram, 12threads, 16gb vram and a full size laptop. Best 620 bucks ever spend!

[@cero-of5jj]

@ufukpolat4691 mine has an i7 9800 or something HQ. And an RTX 3000

[@cero-of5jj]

Also 32 GB of ram and 1tb nvme. It's great for free lol

[@ufukpolat4691]

@@cero-of5jj your 32 gb is probably single channel tho, so if you can i would add another 32gb in 2x16. Or get the 32gb out and put 32gb in four sticks, 4 x16gb but the same kit twice. This way you can enjoy faster working, I have 64gb now and I can freely enjoy putting up about 4-6 virtual machines without worrying 😏 If you got money you can also get 128gb in four stick and flex about it 😂. What I could suggest is that that you can add more storage as well, right now I have 3x nvme installed 1x tb and 2x 512. You can have 3drives installed as well. So you can have games installed on one, Virtual Machines on one and boot from another one so you wouldn’t occupy too much lanes on one drive. Also for gaming I suggest you get the latest Nvida App and also updating your drivers, made a huge difference in my gaming experience!

[@remoschramm]

i love my t440p and upgraded it immensely fullhd display, 16gb ram, 256gb msata ssd + 1tb hdd also did a cpu upgrade from an i5 to an i7 runs like a charm (installed LMDE6)

[@jolness1]

Balling on a budget! Thinkpads are great. Lenovo in general has kept up the build quality of IBM on their business oriented boxes. I grabbed an m75q tiny gen 2 refurbished with a Lenovo warranty for $250, grabbed 64GB of memory and have a nice little 8c/16t box for proxmox (mostly just alpine Linux but it’s been fun for diving back in to gentoo and having a spot to avoid blowing up my main PC). If I didn’t have MacBook Pro work bought for me (I know I know, but I do iOS dev work as well and with the new processors it’s quick and POSIX compliant.

[@tegathemenace]

That's a bad deal mate

[@yvvkiRika]

The Astolfo figurine was a cherry on the cake

[@asakusaelectronics]

As soon as I saw SDR++ I subscribed. Thanks for the awesome video!

[@BobbleTech]

Hi, Robbie from BobbleTech here. You might have run across my buyer's guide while choosing this (it's in the sub sidebar). The T440p is a great machine with good expansion. That said - the models made after 2018 (T, P, X, W) are such a big jump in processing power - the modularity of the processor doesn't really matter anymore - and they run about the same cost-wise. I really hope Framework fixes some of the QC issues recently covered by LTT - it would be good for Lenovo's Thinkpad division (still run and supported by a lot of the same folks that ran it in the IBM days, afaik) to get some competition!

[@cameronbosch1213]

Funny thing is, I bought a T25 (the 25th anniversary ThinkPad, which is a T470 with a classic 7 row keyboard) from a guy whose partner worked at the ThinkPad laboratory in Japan. He even had exclusive stuff from it, like a decorative TrackPoint (not for the laptop, more like a trophy of sorts).

[@cameronbosch1213]

The T440p, the ClunkPad?

[@The_Cheques_Offender]

Ive been using a t440p for a while now. Bought it used, put 16g of ram in it, dual ssd, i7 4702mq, 1080p display and I run linux mint. Its a really good daily laptop thats so solid im not worried about bending it in half in my bag. Battery is passed its best, I get just under 2 hours but a 9 cell will be in my basket soon enough.

[@nyagah243]

Looking into getting a ThinkPad and this just encouraged me more. Gonna get a refurbished one first.

[@humbleinitns24]

Man, I got to get my Think pad back. I had one back in 2016 🔥🔥🔥

[@froggotheboi]

i used this video to test pipewire on my (arch btw) laptop!! banger video!

[@dxniner]

this might be my new channel to binge. keep it up!

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

I run Gentoo Linux on all of my Thinkpads (I have a large collection of them given I repair and renovate them) and the T440P is a great machine - as is the X220 as a smaller "netbook-sized" machine. Arch is good but Gentoo allows for much finer customisation and still officially supports 32-bit machines too - it runs extremely well on great Core 2 Duo Thinkpads like the T60 and T61 also. I even have it installed and running on Pentium III based Thinkpads like the T22 and T23. Thinkpads always have great Linux support and, as you shown very well in this video, most of them are easy to upgrade. Just remember that any Thinkpad "X" series machine (X60, X220, etc.) has a soldered-in CPU so you won't be able to swap that out, but you can do most of the other upgrades here.

[@markyc2144]

Just bought a 6 year old x280 for £120. Not quite as upgradeable and small but still a well built and extremely portable machine. ThinkPad are stunning and just look exactly how a laptop should.

[@mhoyle95]

I really enjoyed this video! the music and editing! I just got a t440p myself and been on the exact same adventure!

[@vampy625]

That Intel HD 4600 is not to be underestimated Thing can run basically almost all Esports games and even GTA 5 at decent fps

[@KOSMOS1701A]

i'd love to know how you setup your arch linux installs, i would love a minimalist desktop like that.

[@escapetherace1943]

don't use Arch, it's a meme. Come to comfy Debian

[@mashermack]

Revived a 13 year old laptop with arch and i3wm. I won't recommend it as a daily driver unless you're really committed to it but it's shockingly fast.

[@404MULTIFAIL]

The T440p is so much fun. I bought one with pretty much the worst specs you could have (though somebody at the store forgot to check for everything and I ended up getting a free LTE module which was nice) and upgraded the panel, ram, ssd, other ssd, wlan card, cpu and trackpad (T450 trackpads fit) and now it's just the way I want it.

[@FriedrichBoettger]

I'm looking around for a Linux laptop and I'm thinking about the Thinkpad. I wasn't going to go this old but the performance of your setup is impressive (though I'm not looking to play any games). Next time you look at a Mac, try the new Apple Silicon. I don't think you'll see it dog much. Though, yeah, forget about upgrades and swapping batteries.

[@sheldonkupa9120]

I still use my 2012 Macbook Air, dualcore, 4 Gb Ram. At Amazon you will find cheap adaptors for standard sata m2 ssds. While it runs well with KDE and Gnome, with Lxqt or XFCE its really good for light office use.

[@masonce98]

HELL YEAH PNY FANCLUB 💪💪 Been using their ssds + flash drivers for years now

[@UBubba98]

I’ve always ran Debian based Linux distros. Your statement about LMDE was spot on. It’s always been super reliable. I want to learn how to run arch well. Could you make a video on how to maintain arch or recommend resources that I could read or watch please? How did you learn how to run arch successfully? Congrats on the new ThinkPad build. I love ThinkPads!They’re fantastic!

[@dtomvann]

> casually puts on `hollywood` on his big screen in the background > hakerman But in all honesty good video. I bought a TP X1 (which isn't nearly as hotswappable) but I'm still happy with it. Might try to do a cheap build later on, you inspired me!

[@guryushika]

That was very informative and very cool to see you do stuff, thank you, it’s the first video of you that I saw. The long blurry screens where very painful for my eyes.

[@muthaflaco75]

I have the top spec t480s. Fully upgraded. Old thinkpads are where it's at for those in the know.

[@FeArhsma21]

I have been very impressed with the Thinkpad series of laptops sense I got my T480, it's pretty nice can't swap out the CPU, but everything else you can do with it is pretty dam cool. Plus that NVME life is nice. Have a good one and God Bless.

[@blendernoob64]

I actually have a MacBook Pro 2012 that I intend to put a form on Linux on once I grab an ssd and ram upgrade. Those things were actually upgradable lol

[@linuxusersbelike]

just install linux on an external ssd (usbc to usb) to have a portable linux machine. The performance is surprisingly better. i still use my 2012 mac pro full linux mint install on my ssd

[@DeadBaron]

Man surprised the macbook still works. There's a transformer next to the charging port that very commonly burns out, then you can't charge it or run it off the charger.

[@Ionic1k]

Interesting! Had no clue

[@mica7191]

Mate, how do Macbooks support Linux???

[@DeadBaron]

@@mica7191 pre-M1 chips, Macs very easily supported Linux. They used to have Intel CPUs, then starting with the M1 switched to in house designed ARM CPUs. Now there's the Asahi project to get Linux working on them but I don't know how reliable it is

[@klebleonard]

@@mica7191 they just do, even macbooks with M chips support special version of Linux called Asahi Linux

[@BloodlineofKhaos]

@@mica7191 asahi linux :) , by a whole lot of time and effort by asahi team

[@_ash64]

You are a master of your craft!

[@MrZombieSwamp]

absolutely incredible! very satisfying video. subscribed! I have a T460 which I got with HD screen, 8 gb of ram, 1 TB of HD storage and I upgraded to FHD display, 16 gb of ram and 2 TB of SATA SSD. Running arch btw, although I broke my system and decided to install Arcolinux because I didn't really have the time to set up everything on my own again. Cheers

[@razzix2]

I own a few T440p laptops and they have been great. Cpu upgrade, Max ram, 1080 screen, and 3 ssds is kinda beast under Linux for dirt cheap. I've even gifted a couple to family running mx Linux. Be careful when you buy 9cell batts - lot of sellers claiming big capacity that is actually barely over a brand new 6 cell. Checking the actual vs reported capacity in your batt stats will help confirm.

[@piecktrevor]

goated as always. Would you do a video on your full setup's sometime? id love to see DE and how you customized them ^_^

[@JoséFabioRuizMorales]

I have the same laptop, T440p, but with the i5 4300M and the GT 730M. I also added a Kingstone 240 GB SSD and 12 GB of RAM. It was a very good laptop and i used it for the last 3 years, now I have a T14 gen 1.

[@sethmcarthur7592]

don't see many nhk wallpapers, sick!

[@jxkc3030]

So a few things I would like to add; swap out the CD drive for more storage and upgrade the internal storage and you can have something like 4TB+ in that machine. It is a fucking beast. I may re-purchase one in the future and see just how far I can push it.

[@oidpolar6302]

Aluminium case is a huge benefit actually. It provides a way better heat dissipation any plastic casing does

[@BlackMage_01]

I got a T14 AMD APU and i'm so goddamn happy with it. 330USD shipped and taxed. It was a refurb but it was still plastic wrapped so I think it was a bulk offload from some firm where it sat on a shelf until some staffer needed it, and they never did. Gotta love the crapshoot.

[@pamus6242]

Bro, this is a fantastic channel but the background music is vertigo inducing !!

[@romanm.4763]

Don't forget unplugging battery pack (and a power adapter of course) before opening a back cover and doing something inside a notebook

[@svenwlive]

i keep seeing Rider in the background and it makes me happy and enjoy watching these videos. Also, lenovo for life. Linux best on lenovo. Windows slow.

[@revocablekk]

17:17 now i understand why you blurred your steam library earlier in the video lmao

[@mynamjeffeg6]

he's got an astolfo figure, and that's coming form a 02 pfp

[@Jango1989]

Oof. Great video. I love my new (to me) ThinkPad. The only thing i dislike is the switching around of the function key and the control key. Other than that, it's amazing!

[@BraisonsCrece]

Really cool video 👏

[@ntre.]

i got a 2011 mbp 13" and upgrading it with 8gb ram and putting arch literally made it like new. Now the only problem is that its been dead for a few months because the charging port died after 12 years of service 💀

[@MattTheTekie]

Its not often someone works with a SDR. Subbed!

[@gerydblackmore5484]

if your changing out the ssd, you can by an adapter that fits into nvme port on the laptop, then plug the new ssd into that adapter. Been using linux mint for 10 months now.

[@WrenFJ]

I'm still using my Dell Latitude E6440 which is more or less the Dell equivalent to the T440p. 16gb RAM, 1.6tb SSD, and a BGA to PGA modded 4850HQ from Xianyu and it still handles everything I do 12 years later :)

[@Dcyst]

Cool, I have this Thinkpad as well. The works (1080p screen, better Wi-Fi/BT, SATA caddy, T450 trackpad, backlit KB, dGPU, new 9-cell battery), corebooted with Arch, pulled a i7-4700MQ out of an overheating HP I got for $50 (too much thermal paste on the CPU). Been my daily driver for a couple of years now with no signs of that changing. My only complaint would be that the card reader doesn't work in coreboot.

[@martik0121]

Dude that CPU is going to melt with that single heat pipe lmao. try looking into the dual heat pipe mod i think its definitely worth a try for that cpu. good video

[@Ionic1k]

I've checked thermals and it's pretty usable, Max I've hit has been 75c while all cores were pinned compiling, will still look into the dual heatpipe mod though! I have a friend that was talking to me about it

[@martik0121]

@@Ionic1k dope

[@watwatwatwat]

Your old laptop being slow on 1080p KZbin is likely the AV1 encoding. I believe you can turn off av1 media in Firefox and that should improve the performance.

[@bhargavmadhav2591]

16:52 Darling in the franxx notification sound? You are a man of culture.

[@supercreamypudding9841]

nice usage of VECTOR GRAPHICS

[@jlo8863]

3:14 Nice Laptop with Best girl in Fate Series.

[@nelsonhernandez3259]

Had fun watching this build Gotta say tho. I've had WAY more issues with Linux Mint than Arch. I tried to move to a Debian based distro and tried Mint. Immediately regretted it. The video drivers were not working properly and I experienced way more issues on Mint than I had when starting to play with Arch. I moved to fedora for my workstation but I still use Arch on my laptop. Never failed me thus far and so far I dont see it giving me any issues

[@SpicyPillowo]

Honestly as an High School student i prefer my modded x220, but the dual core i5 2520 that i have is way less powerful than the quad core i7 that you have . Even if i could put an i7 mobo in my x220, it would thermal throttle even more 😅 I prefer it over the later gens of thinkpads because of the keyboard and the build quality, and also the overall experience . Mods that i did : - 16gigs of ddr3 - External WiFi antenna - Intel AX210 WiFi card - Internal usb mod for my logitech mouse - 256gig mSATA SSD (I wonder why i can't just use a mini-pcie ssd to boot, though, as it has a way better speed (500 vs. 200mB/s) - USB 3.0 ExpressCard

[@da_pawz]

Ah the legendary T440P... I need to buy 1 :D

[@dr11azazel]

would be great to see you showing your arch desktop setup, like what dock apps you're using and all that

[@JordaoDM]

got my subscription at 2:15

[@jjjjulian]

nice choice playing slime rancher :D

[@andykwan-d5m]

i like this style, reminds me of bringus

[@rafaelsatm]

Since I got my refurbished T480 to run Ubuntu in it, I barely touched my XPS,. It's just so smooth and easy to use for productivity and efficiency. I guess I am part of the cult now. The only thing I couldn't make work properly so far is the fingerprint scanner. And deactivating the touch screen required some research effort, but was it.

[@zx9rmario]

Every old MBP Pro with crisp Retina display blows every laptop out of the water.

[@Ionic1k]

display is not everything.

[@nathantaylor9816]

When I first started my job I picked out an old MacBook Pro 2012 and I loved that thing until it finally gave out on me last year and I swapped for an m2, and I still miss it.

[@Jwalk9000]

WHAT!?!? DOD IS STILL ALIVE!?!?😍🤩

[@ShoalFox]

I have a T440p myself and it’s super fun to mess around with

[@willabytes]

YOOOOO those widget/that bar at 6:09 looks awesome. What is that? 👀👀 Would be really fun to do something similar! :)

[@aisflai8277]

its from window maker, so a whole window manager

[@TheRob2D]

I'm a Panasonic Toughbook guy myself. But I've had ThinkPads in the past as well. They don't make 'em like that anymore for sure.

[@piotrduda8030]

What’s the program that’s running in the background at 12:21 It looks so sick

[@SoundToxin]

Bruh the T440p is only one gen newer than your MBP, and it runs hot as shit (I'm posting from one right now that was hitting 90°C+ regularly and thermal throttling and lagging horribly, though having it docked makes temps worse I think), I just redid the thermal paste a couple days ago and it helped a fair bit but it can still hit mid 80s under load, and I have the i7-4710MQ, so I imagine the one you got will run even hotter. I've been looking into upgrading from my T440p. You gotta accept some compromises since this was the last model with socketed CPU and a lot of other nice features. I think the T480 still allowed multiple drives, but that's not newer enough to easily justify an upgrade for me, so I was looking at the T14 gen 1 or 2. They're coming down to the $200-$300 range. We're just recently leaving a dark age of new ThinkPads where a lot of them had partially or fully soldered RAM, but the latest T series models are back to fully upgradable RAM again. So that'll screw up the used market for a few years, but then go back to being okay.

[@SoundToxin]

If you cover putting Coreboot on here later, I'm curious if you can find a replacement WLAN card that works with linux-libre. I run Guix System on my T440p and haven't replaced the BIOS/UEFI yet, so I just took out the non-functional WLAN card in the meantime. On my X220 Tablet I had gotten a modded BIOS and Atheros WLAN card that worked with linux-libre, but it looked like it wouldn't be as simple with the T440p, and I have to find a different card to use since the port changed.

[@DeletedUser4GV3FP]

Is the cpu fan working? I have a 4810MQ and even when I set my fans to Auto on Arch Linux my T440p speeds up the fans once the cpu hits around 72 and it cools right back down. Albeit I have a fan control program to set the fans to a fixed speed if I want but even then it should never be that hot.

[@JohnZombi88]

440p is a dinosaur nowadays tbh

[@BucketHead4901]

Your channel is amazing. Especially how it can't be found with the search feature. I gotta search the name of a video to find you lol. Also, people who can't use Arch, are people who can't follow instructions.

[@CowHugger]

another common Ionic1k W vid

[@NervesiT]

i REALLY wish a thinkpad, definitely going to be buying one once i finish my main desktop, i really cant live without a computer, when i go in vacations for example its really a pain in the ass to do stuff just from a phone

[@averagetechnologyenojyer]

thatss sooo coool!

[@robinrai4973]

These old machines are neat as a fun project but aren't really worth it, you're currently at $120 still with the original screen, and for about £150 you can get something like a Thinkpad X380 or Latitude 7400 which are way thinner, lighter, have much better screens, longer battery life, better performance, are quieter, have modern decoders for videos, have modern hardware standards like USB C charging and wifi, and have things like optional touch and pen support. I've seen a couple for £120, and a touch model of the latitude for 160, which can take an optional massive 78wh battery too.

[@Ionic1k]

I went with this because I want a modified BIOS and only haswell thinkpads can be core/librebooted right now.

[@madoka006]

super cool.. I've been thinking about picking one up for the meme, might have to do it now.

[@speedtouch2006]

Love the assault map too lol

[@rory2569]

Nice video dude. First time viewing. I wonder if my old xps can be used like this. A

[@JánosKovicz]

watched this on my T440s and i love this thing but a upgradeable cpu would be awesome!!

[@SamuelBarringer]

Maybe an alternative is to replace the 13 in MacBook Pro logic board with a logic board with 16 gb of ram and a dedicated gpa. The track pad on the MacBook Pros are very good and the sound is good as well. Many Thinkpads are excellent as well.

[@cameronbosch1213]

3:09 Lenovo's literally trying to do that again with their new ThinkPads...

[@gamagama69]

touchpads are way better than they were 10 years ago tbh. my victus is a piece of shit but just having a larger touchpad makes it more usable there not better but the gap is smaller than it was i feel

[@Ionic1k]

HAHAHA

[@cameronbosch1213]

​@@gamagama69They're not better at all. I'll bet many consumers who bought ThinkPads won't buy them anymore, as they're losing what made ThinkPads ThinkPads.

[@vdochev]

I've got the same machine and I'm also using Arch with Plasma desktop. I love it so much! I've got the cpu, display and ram upgraded and I have an HDD caddy in place of the DVD drive. I also added an M.2 drive and with the standard SATA drive in it that makes 2 SSDs and 1 HDD for storage. Not bad at all! I've got the same thing when I upgraded my cpu - the power supply was not enough, so I just bought a second hand Lenovo "brick" and it's running without any issues for more than 3 years now. I wish they built modern laptops like this.

[@foss_sound]

Dude, give your MBP a repaste. Does wonders! 🎉

[@Ionic1k]

I have a few times before, did not make much of a difference at all.

[@foss_sound]

@Ionic1k That's unfortunate. For me it made a total difference.

[@HaydonRyan]

I love my lenovo x1 nano. Moved from a 2012 running arch too :)

[@eg39701]

I hate being the old man who says these beaten to death phrases, but they really don't make laptops like they used to. I love the old T20 keyboards, they were the best.

[@sufferingincorporatedtm1781]

i know youtube playback is kind of the bottom line for a lot of older hardware being usable, i would recommend the h264ify extension (chrome or firefox). it swaps youtube to a much more gpu friendly video codec. i had some stuttering issues on my dell e6440 (also 2014), but this seems to have solved them :) god knows youtube is a hungry site. i haven't gotten linux on here yet, but i am looking to soon (alongside an ssd). it's kind of like a thinkpad in many of the business-class laptop ways, doesn't have the square case of the older thinkpads though sadly (yours is lovely). i've been learning the ropes with debian on my sister's old lenovo yoga she gave to me (windows 10 was too sluggish for her on it), so i'm probably going to go with debian (and maybe try gentoo on the yoga, since it cannot be upgraded beyond the hdd, seems like a good use-case for gentoo).