The laptop with 2 screens: The ThinkPad W700ds

The original W700 video for those who want to watch: • Using an 11-year-old M...
Hello everyone! Back again with another ThinkPad video! This time we're taking a look at the W700ds, a rather unique laptop that has two screens built in! These machines are extraordinarily rare, so I'm going to find out if the high asking price and t h i c c ness of these laptops make them worthwhile. As always I hope you all enjoy the video!

[@utaMAN12345]

"The touch bar on the macbook pro......by the way lenovo did it first" lol

[@shengruizhang6476]

Was it the 2nd gen X1C?

[@princeplotena]

No... I love ThinkPads but I'm pretty sure it was HP who did it first...

[@SebisRandomTech]

@Prince Plotena I do remember HP having some laptops with capacitive buttons on them, but if I remember correctly they were just stationary buttons (appearance didn’t change other than the light being on or off), while the 2nd Gen X1 Carbon actually had a little screen that changed depending on what the user was doing. If you can find the HP model that had this feature let me know.

[@441meatloaf]

@@SebisRandomTech HP was the first one to have touch bar option. I had one of those and i think HP introduced it in the pavilion family series of laptops. It was the first time when HP designed decent looking laptops compared to others.

[@SebisRandomTech]

​@@441meatloaf These are the same laptops I remember. As I said, they are indeed capacitive buttons that react to fingers touching them, but they are stationary and don't offer additional functions or features like the X1 Carbon's keyboard did. The multimedia functions of the HP bar are more like the volume keys and Play/Stop/Track buttons older ThinkPads had, providing one function as opposed to the X1 and MacBook touchbars which change or "adapt" based off the application being used. The MacBook also clearly copied the design/layout of the ThinkPad's touchbar, all the way down to the placement of the power button and replacing the function row entirely, while the HP still has a function row with its bar separate from the rest of the keyboard.. Amusingly, the HP laptops have some of the multimedia controls built into the actual keyboard, making the capacitive buttons kind of pointless. :P The way I look at it, HP did technically have touch-sensitive lights first, but that's all they did, one function. In the sense of being able to adapt to the program being used, and intending to replace the function row, Lenovo did the "touch bar" first.

[@Merjia]

Come on Lenovo, we need a modern version of this, imagine it, all this brought into 2020, TB3 all over, HDMI, DP, 4k and full HD touchscreens and a full tablet screen on the wrist-rest, RTX Quadro, like a TB of ram, screw logic!

[@PsycosisIncarnated]

And 0 hours of battery life 🤪🤪🤪 We must remember that laptop development has come to a certain halt. We're still stuck using electricity and electrical components. So more power=less battery life. If only we started embracing nuclear... We could have insane mobile workstations that last for 30 years or so 🥴

[@Tiagotaf]

@@PsycosisIncarnated D. Emmett Brown liked this.

[@PsycosisIncarnated]

@@Tiagotaf He would love the idea

[@jennbob5521]

@@PsycosisIncarnated just switch to a different cpu architecture

[@NormanF62]

Just get an external monitor… which is what Shelby Church uses with her 15” MBP workflow. You don’t sacrifice portability for a second screen and its still there if you need it.

[@microknigh7]

Back in the late 00's I requested a new PC with at least a 17" screen from my employer. What turned up was a W700 running Vista that crashed every hour and was basically useless. I made requests to the IT dept. to sort it, but nothing really happened. So for about 6 months it just sat on my desk and didn't get much use. Then I decided to forget the IT department and sort it myself. So I launched the Lenovo System Update (several times after successive installs and reboots) and it downloaded a shed-load of updates which took the best part of a day. However once completed I had a completely different machine at my fingertips. I grew to bloody love that laptop. So much so that when I left the company I bought it from them. I fitted the full 8GB of RAM and installed Win7, it served me well. Unfortunately I lent it to someone who didn't appreciate it's awesomeness and I got it back in many pieces, hey ho. Anyway it was very similar to the dual screen you had there. Mine had a 1920x1200 display with colour calibrator, graphics tablet and the QX9300 processor. Anyway great video, thanks :-)

[@subscriber6181]

Someone managed to destroy your indestructible ThinkPad??? They must've been trying :(

[@enzoperruccio]

Never lend your stuff, especially if it's valuable to you. Hope you learned the lesson ;)

[@ov3rkill]

Here I was thinking Nintendo has the only ds. Didn't expect a thinkpad would have one. 😂

[@param802]

kent leonhart 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@minibarex9954]

I've been waiting for this day ever since I watched the orignal W700 (non ds) review. Finally!

[@klwthe3rd]

I'm with you on that one!

[@ofs7]

I just imagine the wall street trader being so happy for that extra space back in 2008, since it looks perfect for an order book :)

[@SharpMaxwell]

i feel like if this style of laptop were ever to make a comeback it would fit really well on those chunky gargantuan gaming laptops, it specifically could benefit streamers a lot who need a second monitor for their chat or whatever else they need.

[@SebisRandomTech]

Someone else mentioned it being useful to have a Discord chat open.

[@xfox360]

@@SebisRandomTech yeah, but only with an unofficial discord client that isn't so clunky. It looks horrible when placed on a 1080p monitor that is rotated. I tried it out.

[@moe4b]

A DS with two screens ? Not the first one I have seen

[@JarrodCoombes]

That second screen looks to be the same aspect ratio as a standard piece of printer paper. So I think the design emphasis was to be able to display a document it for reference while you worked on the main display. This also could explain the lack of overall quality of that second screen. It strikes me as something that would be a very niche use case, maybe in the legal profession.

[@DankyMankey]

Think pads are my favorite breed of laptop computers. They have features I’ll never think of (either old or new ones).

[@tostitosfan2010]

After coming across this video, I realized I own one but have not used for sometime. The secondary screen is awesome for programmers

[@SebisRandomTech]

They’re pretty hard to come by! If they were more common or had more modern hardware it would be really useful.

[@tostitosfan2010]

I installed x2 2.5 500GB SSD and upgraded to Windows 10, it works great with 8.0GB RAM. Just a bit too heavy to carry it around and this is why it has bot been used lately

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

I collect vintage computers - and the W701ds is one of the systems in my collection. I just (today) got the predecessor all ThinkPads - the IBM PC Convertible. IBM's first battery-powered PC. Look it up, it's an odd beast. From the front, when open, it looks *sort* of like a modern laptop, only there is a lot more machine sticking out the back behind the display hinge. The insane thing? It's still smaller than the W700-series! When placed on top, the longest dimension is about an inch shorter, and the narrow dimension is near-equal. (Maybe 1-2mm difference.) The PC Convertible is thicker, though - as incredible as that seems. The Convertible does have a rather obviously/hilariously worse screen. 640x200 monochrome black and white, with no backlight, and a viewing angle worse than the 700ds' slide-out screen. Also only 512 kb of memory. Kilobytes. Not megabytes. Not gigabytes. (My W701ds is maxed out with 32 GB.) Two 720kb floppy drives. That's it. No hard drive at all. (My W701ds has two 1 TB SSDs, plus the DVD burner, plus an SD slot, plus a CardBus slot, plus an ExpressCard slot. With 1 TB SD cards in each of those slots with proper adapters, I can add 3 TB of removable storage. Sadly, Lenovo never made a Blu-ray drive for this model. Although apparently a slimmer one will fit with a gap above it.)

[@zerocal76]

Whats up. Just wanted to say thanks to your comment, I ended up looking up videos of the PC Convertible and now I'm looking for an old-school IBM keyboard so I can live a little bit of that blast from the past 😎 hehe If u know about kbs, could u recommend one? Happy collecting!

[@JackMoynihanOfficial]

A great display for Discord or even a twitch stream chat, definitely a collectors piece at this point but I would still love to use one in person one day.

[@aaroncheah2088]

I finally found the W701 from the recycler last week. Seriously in good condition except for a dead battery.

[@augustaverbian]

If it has left right additional screen. It just any programmer dream

[@Scie]

Just put a terminal on it. I want this now

[@retrocomputinggrotto]

Not seen a laptop with a built-in graphics tablet before so you really do learn something new every day! OMG I wasnt expecting the second screen to pop out like that, now that's really cool :)

[@Setupthemabomb]

Thinkpad laptop with built-in numeric pad is the most cursed non-cursed thing i've ever seen.

[@sneedsneed460]

I actually am the one who bought the first W700 EBay listing you showed lol

[@metal571]

I like what is clearly the Model M buckling spring sound for the intro

[@DJTydalOfficial]

I honestly think, no pun intended, that this can be a solid desktop replacement.

[@fuji9]

Watching this on my w701ds

[@paroxet1ne]

you lucky bastard

[@tr3sCarajos]

i didn't even know this existed ... and that touch bar?!?!?!!!!!!!! i've been living a lie!

[@ZZZ-qy8wj]

Companies will release this type of laptop in the future and call it revolutionary!

[@AmonGus-hw6sp]

>Implying companies would release a laptop that doesn't kill itself in five years God I hate planned obsolescence. But yeah laptops back then were way better.

[@AmonGus-hw6sp]

​@@Skibbby-yes Why is that exactly?

[@ulungrinjanidharma8609]

2000: My T20 is the best ThinkPad now. Love IBM 2008: Wow, the most powerful ThinkPad is here! 2 screen! 2020: (laugh so hard with P73) 2040: I miss the W700ds.

[@calebthedoomguy2730]

I sooo want a laptop with a second portrait screen like this. I like that the new duo is bringing dual screens into the public view

[@rickcupola6262]

What if, in an alternate universe, 51nb made an upgrade kit for these beasts, like the X62, T70, X330, and X210(0)? Maybe an upgrade to the display, motherboard, a more updated I/O, and a better Intel vPro CPU/Nvidia GPU would be nice. Too bad they won't be doing ThinkPad mods anymore after the X2100...

[@cancertomato1798]

My t440p that I modded has a second screen that is the exact same size as the main one and only adds roughly 8mm of thickness.

[@cancertomato1798]

@0,8 Анонима look for "t440pds" on the thinkpad subreddit, i tried saying this a long time ago but for some reason youtube deleted it

[@JeffersonMartinSynfluent]

Well, at least we now know where the Einstein who designed the 701 butterfly keyboard went for his next project.

[@klwthe3rd]

Exactly!

[@hidde1626]

Nice video, I think this is a very unique machine. I hope to come across one sometime for a low price.

[@MegaManNeo]

I imagine that second screen being of awesome use nowadays, wouldn't laptop manufactures mimic Apple all the time by making their devices as slim as a piece of paper you you can' neither fit much in their or replace things. Having the second screen for things such as source code or Discord while you run your program or browse the web on the main screen without to have to attach another screen still sounds great to me, albeit those docking stations exist for a reason after all.

[@macandpciscool6507]

I’m a simple man. I see a PCC, I like.

[@maciejprokop2001]

This monitor is pefect for streamers to see Twitch chat hahah

[@seifixnetwork4663]

This thing is way better than any alienware.

[@subscriber6181]

and it's thinner

[@SamSquids]

That ain't a ThiccPad, that's an Extra ThiccPad!

[@FlyboyHelosim]

That second screen would be good for mobile app development and testing as it's roughly the same aspect ratio as a phone screen.

[@SebisRandomTech]

That would be a pretty good use for it. Of course, back in 2008 smartphones and apps weren't nearly as prevalent as they are today, but I could see how it could be useful for that.

[@MetroGaming75]

11:37 That's a nice PCC Streetcar in the background 😂

[@SebisRandomTech]

My favorite streetcar, ever. Sad that it’s a static display and not still in operation ;(

[@MetroGaming75]

@@SebisRandomTech yeah and I can tell your from Pittsburgh cause of that streetcar and I also heard that their is many abandoned streetcar lines in Pittsburgh and I'm also from Philadelphia where we have abandoned streetcar lines and active ones which is the subway-surface lines, media/sharon hill lines, and the route 15 (which is currently being shuttled by bus)

[@SebisRandomTech]

@@MetroGaming75 I heard about that. The PCC's there need to be refurbished and they're doing track work on the line. Unfortunately most evidence of Pittsburgh's abandoned streetcar lines have been lost to the sands of time, other than the occasional bit of track popping up through the pavement. There are 2 abandoned lines (in 1999 and 2011, respectively) that could be brought back into service (they are maintained by Port Authority and kept as test tracks or detours) but they haven't. I have a video of the second one on this channel from when it was being used as a detour. We also have a branch of the subway portion that runs to our Amtrak station that has been unused since 2007. It bothers me enough that so much of our once extensive streetcar system has been completely ripped out, and it annoys me even more that we have a few miles of perfectly good track that aren't being used!

[@MetroGaming75]

@@SebisRandomTech the PCC do need refurbishing but septa PCC II are out of service due to a failed inspection but only 4 out of 18 passed it but the abandoned route 23 and 56 are coming back soon though but they need to add new lines though

[@SebisRandomTech]

@@MetroGaming75 At least they plan to bring them back. Port Authority removed most of the necessary PCC infrastructure as soon as the last ones were retired.

[@BusterMachine1]

11:14 Good movie choice. I see you're a man of culture as well.

[@SebisRandomTech]

One of my favorite movies *and* musicals! 😊

[@HeroG9000]

The Swiss Army knife of Thinkpads

[@fVNzO]

I wouldn't exactly call windows 10 a bloated operating system. It basically restored life into many of my older computers back in 2015. It runs circles around windows 7/8.

[@danielc.1227]

i agree it can surprisingly run some pretty low spec machines

[@SebisRandomTech]

In some ways it’s better than 7/8 however it can bog down some hardware. It works fine for me, but no matter what I say some of the hardcore members of the Linux community get mad at me for using Windows 10 instead of a lightweight Linux distro. If I wanted to use those I would, but I don’t! I’m happy with Windows 10.

[@danielc.1227]

@@SebisRandomTech yeah i agree

[@diocanaja]

Wow that second screen would be awesome for cheating on online exams

[@Blank100k]

the side screen would be really good for streaming because you can have the chat on the side or discord.

[@SebisRandomTech]

Too bad it’s hard to run newer games on it.

[@Blank100k]

@@SebisRandomTech yeah true

[@m2chip]

I can’t believe how thick that thing is, 12 POUNDS?!

[@SebisRandomTech]

*thicc*

[@m2chip]

Sebi's Random Tech where can you find this laptop

[@stefanominto7762]

the second screen may be very useful for programming when you haven't a second screen for example in library or at university

[@PolakeXD]

I can imagine that people were using the additional display for IRC Chat window XD

[@damiancampbell1743]

I'd honestly love to see a more modern laptop implement this sort of design, especially considering how much slimmer laptops have gotten.

[@NormanF62]

You can have slim or you can have more power so its a tradeoff.

[@caligulite]

more of a ThinkBrick than Pad at this point... doubles as self-defense weapon. 2nd screen looks cool but hard to imagine how useful that could be.

[@123456Domingo]

More like Lenovo ThiccBricc wover9000

[@Chickenbreadlp]

Razer actually showed off a prototype a few years back at CES, but the prototype allegedly got stolen, and they stopped working on it. Was really cool to see though, a 3 screen laptop

[@SebisRandomTech]

Rumor has it Linus Sebastian may have taken it... ;)

[@Chickenbreadlp]

@@SebisRandomTech I mean... pbs.twimg.com/media/C2GXz5RVQAMU0T8?format=jpg&name=medium

[@MobileDecay]

Might as well just glue two screens and a keyboard+trackpad to a desktop computer. Lol.

[@bradleyhove4177]

Awesome machine, I've always wanted to play with one of these!

[@thebush6077]

so upgradable and now you can't even change ram anymore

[@SebisRandomTech]

Yep, it’s depressing. I imagine in a few years we’ll see people modding and upgrading T480’s to keep them going longer just like you see people doing that with older ThinkPads now.

[@Alxasaurus]

Possibly one of my favorite Think...uh I mean Thiccpad. (Also I love you pointing out the X1 Carbon..."touchbar", or rather "adaptive display" or something.) Edit: have you heard of Transnote? That weird Thinkpad disguised as some sort of leather-bound folder?

[@SebisRandomTech]

I’ve heard of that and would love to get my hands on one at some point. It appears to be even more obscure than the W700ds!

[@Alxasaurus]

@@SebisRandomTech They don't make laptops like they used to... Though as dual-screen laptops are being made recently, I'm guessing Yoga Book would be the near equivalent of Transnote? Well I said "near" since Yoga Book can't print. Sacrificed the keyboard for a flat digitizer panel/touch keyboard though. And yes the Transnote is way more obscure :/ don't think I've seen one being listed on eBay. EDIT: There is one being listed, but it's missing quite a few components. EDIT2: There's another one being listed in better condition, needs constant power supply due to bad battery: www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Think-TansNote-2675-10-4-touchscreen/254553047507 Well then, it appears an opportunity just landed on your lap.

[@SebisRandomTech]

That looks like a very interesting find and it’s in good condition, but $400?! Yikes.

[@Alxasaurus]

@@SebisRandomTech Indeed it is...very rare. I was even surprised there were two Transnotes listed to begin with. Especially the latter being in surprisingly good condition. I bid you good luck!

[@deadass9493]

The thiccpad

[@anotherhumanbeingblyat8935]

The Nokia 3310 of laptops

[@iceho6460]

I have this laptop without the tablet feature. I got it at a great price. It's gathering dust atm. I'm only keeping for it's unique dual screen display. Great review.

[@SebisRandomTech]

They're very collectable now, so holding on to it is probably a smart idea. Thanks for watching!

[@trystero8227]

That would be awesome for just media consumption. Portrait screens I've found have always been nicer for scrolling through text.

[@fellowgamer5363]

I agree, I usually end up splitting my screen in half whenever I want to read something.

[@bramvandenbroeck5060]

The butterfly keyboard thinkpad is much cooler. How the screen controls how the keyboard unfolds is so geniusly good! I think that is actually worth buying!

[@SebisRandomTech]

If you can find one on eBay :P

[@top10universe85]

Drop this thing on a 2019 macbook pro , I think the aluminium unibody of a macbook is not enough this thing is a tank

[@SebisRandomTech]

I think if I dropped this on a MacBook the unibody would become the nadabody.

[@myMotoring]

that is a noice streetcar in the background

[@dd0356]

1 more screen on the other side would have been better, one for email, one for business software, another one for video calls.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Yeah and would at least make the damned thing symmetrical.

[@YR7A]

if only they made a P70 series machine with a smaller pop-out screen on the side like this one.....

[@michaelwong2772]

Nice review again, I love this one, very creative design and its 12 years ago!. Personally I think for today's programming or or needs 8GB max. RAM prevented me from buying it

[@SebisRandomTech]

The newer W701/W701ds take up to 16 (and unofficially 32) GB of RAM, which might suit your needs better. The downside is that these are generally even harder to find than the W700/W700ds.

[@michaelwong2772]

@@SebisRandomTech agreed, i found some in the chinese market, but they are even more expensive than the w520,etc. 😂I think a budget 2nd hand workstation is pretty awesome for people to work from home due to the current situation.

[@SebisRandomTech]

@@michaelwong2772 That's the biggest issue with the W700 series, it just isn't practical to buy one for serious work when you can get something like a W520 or even a T520 that will perform better while being much cheaper. That being said, I would love to pick up a cheap W701 from somewhere someday and max out the specs to have a competent machine to lug around for the heck of it. :P

[@michaelwong2772]

@@SebisRandomTech maybe i can find one for you what ia your budget?

[@SebisRandomTech]

@@michaelwong2772 I'm not looking to buy one this second, I have a few other ThinkPad projects that I want to spend some money on first. But if you find one, let me know what the price is and I'll determine if it's potentially worth it.

[@4121309]

After watching this video I have dropped the idea of buying this laptop.

[@a.mgaming3418]

I did not know this was a thing and I need one now. *looks at used price* I did not know this was a thing but I don't need one.

[@oinkey]

The legendary ThinkPad! :D

[@morganperxy7097]

I have one 😄

[@ChristianStout]

The built-in drawing tablet and color calibrator are almost more interesting than the second screen.

[@dnh3005]

Me: *the THICCPAD*

[@Mrwhosethesus]

Ladies and gentlemen, that is the official name for this laptop.

[@JTechWorkshop]

I've been trying to find one of these dual screen Thinkpads for a while now, but can't justify the price!

[@francisabarca]

I've been looking for a W700ds review since I saw that alleged banned commercial lol

[@TGMsan]

I have liked this model since I was a junior high school student, but I chose a different model because of its high performance. It's a very unique model, so I want to buy a good one! (The text may be terrible because it is a Google translation)

[@hewhoshallliveinpeace5676]

Damn that price is also *T H I C C

[@cozz124]

Dumie thicc

[@baconnology9564]

IF ONLY THEY MADE ONE WITH 3, WHY NOT 3 WHYYYYYAAAAAAAAHHHHHH .

[@wartax5]

The PSREF for the W700ds shows there was an option for a 128gb SSD, however, the SSDs offered were uSATA installed in standard SATA caddy. Also, the SSD shown in the video has a Dell PN (G295T) so its been upgraded. support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd002997

[@7266355]

I had no idea. Thank you

[@koolioperson5534]

30th, Huh you're the first youtuber to ever mention Mercari along with ebay and craigslist...

[@airborneranger-ret]

I have a W700. It's the largest screen with the classic keyboard. Use it every morning for work.

[@FireStriker_]

I would love to pick one of theses up just for how quirky it is

[@enda0man]

In a way, the X1 fold is the his if you think about it. Ignoring the abysmal performance of an air cooled intel chip. Being able to get a larger screen by sliding out or unfolding a “second” display.

[@rip_WhiteKing]

Hey, how you enabled flashlight on that laptop? My laptop is (ThinkPad T420)

[@SebisRandomTech]

Fn + PgUp on the keyboard.

[@rip_WhiteKing]

@@SebisRandomTech ty

[@calebthedoomguy2730]

i really want a multi screen laptop. *i would have paid a fuck-ton of money for razer's 3 screen* but, im not gonna pay over 1000 for a lower spec laptop with no real support or parts.

[@time-lapserpro4370]

@К Ɱ Ԏ Ꮇ Ꮩ Ꭶ Ꭵ Ꮳ wtf

[@overlyobsolete2797]

I have a fully loaded regular W700, but i have so much trouble getting it to work, because i'd need to spend 182 cad to even get it running (display, charger, battery) and as a broke high school it's a bit much. Though i also don't want to leave it sitting because i feel like soon i wont be able to get any parts for this beast of a machine.

[@SebisRandomTech]

Just save what you can and get parts as money becomes available. I would say getting a display is the top priority (if yours is broken), and then a charger. The battery would be my last concern.

[@phil4718]

A very interesting review of a very interesting laptop. AND, it came from Bethel Park!

[@brasik]

Razer be like: Write that down, write that down!

[@colombianguy8194]

A beast of a machine, thanks for the video. I am from Colombia and I also a Thinkpad fan. I have 760XL and soon a 770X that I bought from eBay. Also I have some 380XD and 600 parts and a t400 that needs a mainboard replace. When I worked on small computer shop back in 2006, i received a bunch of TransNotes from a company to do maintenance and some repairs, definitely the rarest Thinkpads that I have my hands on.

[@SebisRandomTech]

I would love to get my hands on a TransNote someday, that would certainly be interesting.

[@colombianguy8194]

@@SebisRandomTech A really cool device to own as collector's item. I remember that the computers that I checked, some of them was having problems with the flex cable that connects the writing device with the computer, and was unable to repair then, because, well... weird device, spare parts were non-existent, I was surprised that a small company had many of those, they would cost a fortune, specially for a Colombian costumer.

[@SebisRandomTech]

I guess in the worst case scenario you could salvage parts from another one with different issues.

[@colombianguy8194]

@@SebisRandomTech that was the way to have some fully working and leave some Thinkpads for parts, but I remember that more than 1 had the issue, and if my memory serves me right, the company wasn't very interested in the writing device, they only want the computers to work. In my 10+ years a PC and electronics technitian, that was one of the weirdest jobs that I made. So, if you come across with a TransNote, keep in mind that issue, apparently that cable is flimsy.

[@sheldonwhitten990]

Great laptop to put my sister out cold in a coma

[@Kenzo9063]

asus zenbook pro duo is the current day workstation dual screen beast equivalent to this w700ds

[@NormanF62]

That’s what I was trying to recall. Sarah Dietschy did a review of one on her channel.

[@memememegaming]

*The person who stole the razer prototype* wants to know your location

[@hanes2]

Oh boy, i know some 17" HP back in the day, those was some thiiiiiic ones.

[@fauzirahman3285]

I was expecting another screen to pop up in the left side. I thought they seems to be enough space for that.

[@t0nito]

would be cooler if it had a third screen on the left side for gaming

[@jameeboo]

The best osu machine

[@drsenseihugo]

Didn't expect an osu! comment here

[@aegonthedragon7303]

Since you mentioned it... whens the G40 review happening?

[@SebisRandomTech]

When I get one and can spend some time with it! :P I have about 4 or 5 other planned videos at the moment, some that have already been filmed, so I want to prioritize finishing those first before I do a G40 video.

[@klwthe3rd]

@@SebisRandomTech This DS review just made my whole month!! But i do have to admit i'm dieing to see your video on the T480. I"m looking to replace my older SL410 and i'm really interested in whether the T480 is better than the T440p as you mentioned in a previous video. Stay health and strong Sebi.

[@shrine010]

Wow! I have never seen W700 series! It is awesome and I want one... :D

[@notsoseagatey]

hmm... Wait, here's an intrusive thought. Can you do a screen swap? Like swapping the W700ds screen to the normal W700?

[@meunknown69420]

the THICCPAD

[@youreperfectstudio4789]

I used to want one of these soooooo bad lol

[@KJohansson]

Oohh.. I wanted one of these some 10-12 years ago.. Had to do with a w500 instead. Not a bad machine either.

[@SebisRandomTech]

W500 is a great machine too. Machines like the W700ds would definitely be the holy grail!

[@ymacG5]

1:44 Oh, i have the same iMac and keyboard!

[@tommyjiang9556]

A few things: 1. W701 is probably the least durable thinkpad I've ever had. Have 2 failed mobo and 1 partially failed mobo so far. 2. W700/W701 mobos are different to their DS brothers. Unless you have the skills to solder on those missing parts on the mobo, you can just forget about upgrades like this. 3. All W700ds/W701ds originally come with the WUXGA panels. so no worries about those 1440*900 screens. 4. That samsung SSD you have is a Dell part with DP/N. Thinkpad/Lenovo have FRU #. 5. I have not had the need to download Fingerprint driver from Dell. The one from W520 worked just fine. (And OFC screw winbugs 10 and throw it out of window) 6. For me the brightness adjustment works perfectly fine for BOTH screens under windows 7 (the brightness of both screens are consistent). So might wanna dump winbugs 10. Also you might wanna try the color calibration software from W520 drivers. Personlly I think in the year of 2020 the most disappointing aspect of this behemoth is the GPU. Even FX3800m can suk it. 1GB, lack of codecs, lack of CUDA version support, lack of DX11... This GPU renders any other upgrades worthless. Can't even play youtube videos smoothly. (the next gen Fermi is much much better and even a Quadro 1000m works better than FX3800m). (I have a HP 8740w with DreamColor 2 upgraded to W7170m and it work like a charm. by RMSMajestic

[@SebisRandomTech]

Interesting, even in Windows 7 with the correct drivers I couldn't get brightness to work on the second screen. As said in the video I tried several different drivers with Windows 10 and the color calibrator just wouldn't work. In any case it doesn't matter now since this W700ds is back with its original owner :) Thanks for watching!

[@tommyjiang9556]

@@SebisRandomTech I have the recovery disks for W701(ds) and those should work fine for W700(ds). If you know a place which I can upload those to. Also just saying you need to install the hotkey software for the brightness adjustment to work

[@SebisRandomTech]

I imagine the thinkpads.com site would be best for that, since they have a lot of the recovery software, drivers, and maintenance manuals for older machines listed there.

[@tommyjiang9556]

@@SebisRandomTech Or you can try to search for the drivers here: download.lenovo.com/eol/index.html I think you can find pretty much anything except Access Connection software. Also as far as I know thinkpads.com don't host recovery disks

[@sovietunion565]

Ive been hunting for one for ~4 years now, and still havent snagged one. Super cool.

[@SebisRandomTech]

I’m sure one will pop up near you someday!

[@sovietunion565]

@@SebisRandomTech I hope, but at the same time I have this idea in my head of what it is, and I dont want to ruin it by buying one. Plus at the moment T480 modding is enough of a cashsink... T25 keyboards are hard to find.

[@SebisRandomTech]

@@sovietunion565 Until they figure out an embedded controller patch to make the T25 keyboard work *properly* with the T480 like they did with T420 keyboards in the T430, I'm not even going to bother with messing with that. :P

[@sovietunion565]

@@SebisRandomTech A guy on r/thinkpad about a month ago posted claiming he had an EC patch, and showed proof. It looked legit, but he wont give any info beyond that. Its the same guy that cracked the T480 advanced BIOS menu. And you dont need an EC patch if you use linux, the 1st guy to document the T26(?) mod made a custom linux keymap for it. As for windows, you can remap keys, but its not always working, and the lenovo media key driver gets mad sometimes.

[@SebisRandomTech]

Last I checked even in Linux not every key could be properly mapped. Or certain secondary functions were missing. Until they have for sure gotten everything working and it’s as readily available as the T430 patch, then I will totally be on board :P

[@gamingwithadutchman]

Fun fact he made the fight between the models "unfair" the W700ds was put in 1920x1200 vs the T520 1600x900 this made such a massive difference that even tho the FX 2700m is a bit faster then the NVS 4200m it still lost. As always love the video (i own a G40 big chungus so loved this) but i couldn't let this slide :P

[@SebisRandomTech]

I imagine the older Core 2 CPU may have also been a bottleneck versus the T520's i5. That might have affected results.

[@gamingwithadutchman]

@@SebisRandomTech Could be true yeah but i think heaven favours gpu's over cpu's most of the time.

[@rarinth]

Alienware laptop but for work

[@chicagorc3967]

i carry a Alienware 15 r2 with me everyday