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All The Latest Thinkpad Models Are Garbage
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Date: July 6th, 2020 2:39 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut these new X13/X14 and T14/15 are garbage with soldered ram and shit and the same models as the past few years. why are these like $1000 for decent configs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556141) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 2:43 PM Author: Twisted galvanic fat ankles you add ram you cheapass? just get a new laptop after 5 years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556176) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 2:54 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut you might want to add ram in 2 yrs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556209) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:10 PM Author: thriller institution The T14 (without the 's') still has a free ram slot. And the ssd isnt soldered.
Blame Apple for this trend. Its anti consumer, but profitable for the company. They can upsell the parts at outrageous margins and eliminate warranty claims from idiots wrecking their laptops trying to pop in a new ran or ssd stick. |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:22 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut yep, fuck GC
interesting. the T14 is the same shit as the T490 and the T480. problem is prices on the old models are almost exactly the same. |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:59 PM Author: passionate spot telephone (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556629) |
Date: July 6th, 2020 2:42 PM Author: histrionic crystalline abode mother x1 carbon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556172) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 2:54 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut x1c is overpriced for chink made garbage that u cant upgrade and u cant replace comonents if they break (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556211) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:02 PM Author: histrionic crystalline abode mother enjoy your asus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556244) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 2:43 PM Author: sable background story dingle berry I think consumers have generally lost the war on upgrading laptops with their own components. They are consumable products like phones at this point
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Date: July 6th, 2020 2:54 PM Author: slimy selfie also really hard to do the custom builds like you used to be able to do where you select processor, ram, video card, hard driver, etc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556208) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 2:54 PM Author: Supple Hunting Ground I think you're looking at the more consumer models as opposed to the business-focused models. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556212) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 6:36 PM Author: slimy selfie you can't build a thinkpad like you could 5 years ago (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557472) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 2:56 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut yep, which makes it silly to spend $1500 on a top of the line laptop like a x1c. ur also screwed if it breaks (cant replace components). might as well spend $500-700 and figure it'll last 2 yrs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556222) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:12 PM Author: Maroon School Cafeteria I refuse to own something called “Assus”. Sorry. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556295) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:23 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut u can get a mid-range lenovo for that price (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556362) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 11:34 PM Author: hot ruddy nowag newt I dunno I was a lifelong windows user and got a macbook in 2014 and it's still going strong even though I hate the sps OS. Battery life has declined to like 2-3 hours from 8 but that was the baseline of every other windows laptop I had before anyway (which all frayed out after 2-4 years). Everything else is still working fine (feels like I can expect 1-2 more years). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40559068) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 2:52 PM Author: Supple Hunting Ground My top-of-the-line T590 is 180 as fuck. Few years old now, but still fast as shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556201) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:12 PM Author: well-lubricated arousing hall twinkling uncleanness ThinkPadMo here and this is tcr. The last great ThinkPads were the T430/X230 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556298) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:23 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut my x230 is falling apart and i need to replace it before it dies on me.
should i just buy another x230 lol |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:25 PM Author: well-lubricated arousing hall twinkling uncleanness I've bought like 8 x230's since 2012. Refurbs with the IPS display and i7 are $200.
Grade A refurbs are basically new though you'll probably want a fresh battery. |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:26 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut eBay? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556380) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:27 PM Author: well-lubricated arousing hall twinkling uncleanness There's 2 or 3 big refurb guys selling on Newegg. One is called Arrow I think.
I've used Newegg every time and sometimes I'll bitch about the machine if they send me a beater and they'll replace it with a grade A condition one. |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:49 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut beater cosmetically or performance? any links if u have time?
do u do a clean install or just swap out the hard drive? it would be convenient to just swap out the hd. if the processor changes, i'd imagine windows can figure it out w/o problems. |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:57 PM Author: thriller institution If you have at least some money, I'd suggest a newer model... we have come a long fucking way from 2010 in pc tech.
I bought an older thinkpad after feedback from the forums. I immediately resold it.
Here's why I'd get a newer midel: 1440p or 4k displays, USB-c to have one charger that powers all your portable electronics.
Newer cpus with 4 or 8 cores are faster and more efficient. The x1c is also 2.5lbs.
It's an overall much more pleasant experience traveling and staring at a newer thinkpad. |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 4:06 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut i see ur points.
x1c is out unless they have a clearance sale for an older gen and i can get one for $800 or so. just not paying $1200+ for a piece of chink garbage that's going to break and cant be replaced.
what would u recommend? |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 4:23 PM Author: thriller institution I'm most familiar with the x1c or t480/t14x series (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556766) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 4:36 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut why havent the t480, which is a 2 yr old model, come down in prices? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556851) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 6:59 PM Author: thriller institution Maybe supply/coronavirus related? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557591) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 7:00 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut hmm i dunno. perhaps (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557600) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 4:21 PM Author: well-lubricated arousing hall twinkling uncleanness https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100006740%204016&srchInDesc=x230&Order=PRICE&PageSize=96 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556760) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 4:40 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut ty
what keeps going wrong w ur x230's that you need to repalce them?
my current x230 has the IPS screen, which i just replaced 6 months ago; i could just use that one.
i suppose i could also add in my 4gb ram
problem is the $200 ones have a shit celeron processor. my current one has an i5 |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 4:57 PM Author: well-lubricated arousing hall twinkling uncleanness never actually had one break beyond repair but i smashed a display and the surrounding plastic in a drunken rage once and another one i dropped so many times that the battery is taped on.
i've given a few to nephews after swapping out choice parts (N-6300 wifi adapter in some models, second RAM dimm, IPS display).
also have a poasting / torrenting x230 i keep at my desk.
another one in my garage for reading pdf factory service manuals.
looking at my office shelf now, i have a pristine i7 + IPS machine i've never opened and another one in pieces for parts. |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:17 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut what's the trick for getting a grade A for the same price as a shitty one? arent these $200 ones 3rd parttty sellers w restocking fees and shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557094) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:20 PM Author: well-lubricated arousing hall twinkling uncleanness tbf i actually just looked at my link and the selection is pretty shit compared to last time i bought one a year ago and i dont recognize any of the sellers. maybe supply is finally drying up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557112) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:05 PM Author: french exciting death wish depressive T430/X230 is when they started fucking with the keyboard
T420/X220 was the Thinkpad high-water mark |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:07 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut i think the x230 is the last good KB (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557029) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:14 PM Author: french exciting death wish depressive X220 is the old school square keys
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X220
X230 is the rounded key bullshit
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X230
X220 > X230 |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:15 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut oh right. my x61 has the square ones (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557086) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 8:25 PM Author: french exciting death wish depressive I kinda wish I had picked up an X61. I miss 4:3 screens.
X61 might actually be the best Thinkpad of all time |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 10:32 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut 4:3 is so much better. i like my x30 the best tho (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40558730) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 3:58 PM Author: Maroon School Cafeteria Just buy a new Carbon /thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556621) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 4:32 PM Author: thriller institution Cr
Its literally made of carbon fiber and other high end metals. Best deal on laptops. |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 4:37 PM Author: Balding magical business firm I really like my carbon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556860) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 4:41 PM Author: Hilarious abnormal kitchen Get a mac you poor faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556887) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 4:43 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut , he lisped (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556906) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:08 PM Author: well-lubricated arousing hall twinkling uncleanness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557038) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:08 PM Author: french exciting death wish depressive It's a little bit ironic to call someone else a faggot when your own computer came with a complimentary buttplug (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557031) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:09 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557043) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:10 PM Author: Maroon School Cafeteria Horrible for business applications (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557047) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:16 PM Author: Grizzly legal warrant Lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557092) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:20 PM Author: passionate spot telephone I had a MBP and got rid of it after like 3 years. It has some good things but overall you're better off with a high quality PC unless you live in the Mac ecosystem, which I personally don't like.
It was decently made but not sure it is any better than Lenovo. They are, however, responsible for a lot of the bullshit you see in the computing/phone world (non-removable batteries, soldered SSDs/RAM, first to kill the headphone jack, etc.). |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 8:52 PM Author: Hilarious abnormal kitchen There isnt a single pc laptop that even approaches the build quality of apple hardware. Chinese plastic junk built to fail (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40558200) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 8:55 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut low iq schtick? macs are made in chinkistan, fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40558214) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 9:57 PM Author: passionate spot telephone And at the same factories as a bunch of other laptops. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40558504) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 10:31 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40558726) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 9:57 PM Author: passionate spot telephone Yeah, that's nonsense. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40558507) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 7:18 PM Author: motley hairy legs main people , he cooed, blasting pozcum from his boipussy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557712) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 8:42 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40558150) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:34 PM Author: french exciting death wish depressive You're right, this is pretty shitty. I think what pisses me off the most is that the 16GB RAM upgrade is tied to a CPU upgrade - they won't let you spec an i3 or Ryzen 3 with 16GB. You have to get a i5 or Ryzen 5 to get 16GB.
A non-upgradable 8GB of RAM in a "business class" product in 2020 is an obscenity |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:42 PM Author: Razzle lodge goal in life reminder: DBG is a laptop repair genius (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557230) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:43 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut reminder: ur such an angry gook. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557237) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:45 PM Author: Razzle lodge goal in life lol watch out! shortmo DBG is mad now guys! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557244) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 7:16 PM Author: Provocative khaki step-uncle's house (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557699) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 8:53 PM Author: Hilarious abnormal kitchen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40558208) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 10:04 PM Author: motley hairy legs main people (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40558551) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:46 PM Author: flesh stirring laser beams national get a surface pro, thinkpads are useless. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557248) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 5:51 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut i like the nipple mouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557270) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 7:13 PM Author: histrionic crystalline abode mother your computing needs probably barely require a chromebook, btw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557682) |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 7:15 PM Author: Pontificating ocher clown temple cr
but i would say buy the base model macbook air instead. thing will last you way longer than a chromebook |
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Date: July 6th, 2020 7:26 PM Author: slap-happy juggernaut tbf, i do a lot of photoshop/lightroom. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557777) |