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All The Latest Thinkpad Models Are Garbage
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Date: July 6th, 2020 2:39 PM Author: narrow-minded senate 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: vigorous hairless pozpig 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: narrow-minded senate 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: Opaque Pit Mad Cow Disease 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: narrow-minded senate 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: glassy church turdskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40556629) |
Date: July 6th, 2020 2:42 PM Author: soul-stirring alcoholic kitty cat macaca 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: narrow-minded senate 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: soul-stirring alcoholic kitty cat macaca 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: mauve indian lodge pisswyrm 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: Lilac box office tattoo 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: cerebral sadistic mediation 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: Lilac box office tattoo 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: narrow-minded senate 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: Gay Regret Coldplay Fan 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: narrow-minded senate 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: mind-boggling puce liquid oxygen 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: cerebral sadistic mediation 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: indecent lemon azn foreskin 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: narrow-minded senate 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: indecent lemon azn foreskin 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: narrow-minded senate 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: indecent lemon azn foreskin 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: narrow-minded senate 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: Opaque Pit Mad Cow Disease 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: narrow-minded senate 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: Opaque Pit Mad Cow Disease 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: narrow-minded senate 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: Opaque Pit Mad Cow Disease 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: narrow-minded senate 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: indecent lemon azn foreskin 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: narrow-minded senate 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: indecent lemon azn foreskin 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: narrow-minded senate 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: indecent lemon azn foreskin 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: Sapphire Adventurous Theatre Quadroon 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: narrow-minded senate 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: Sapphire Adventurous Theatre Quadroon 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: narrow-minded senate 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: Sapphire Adventurous Theatre Quadroon 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: narrow-minded senate 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: Gay Regret Coldplay Fan 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: Opaque Pit Mad Cow Disease 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: abusive electric furnace 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: Aphrodisiac private investor 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: narrow-minded senate , 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: indecent lemon azn foreskin (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: Sapphire Adventurous Theatre Quadroon 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: narrow-minded senate (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: Gay Regret Coldplay Fan 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: Brilliant faggotry 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: glassy church turdskin 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: Aphrodisiac private investor 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: narrow-minded senate 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: glassy church turdskin 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: narrow-minded senate (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: glassy church turdskin 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: Vibrant fiercely-loyal hall , 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: narrow-minded senate (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: Sapphire Adventurous Theatre Quadroon 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: green blood rage community account 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: narrow-minded senate 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: green blood rage community account 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: glittery maize digit ratio (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: Aphrodisiac private investor (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: Vibrant fiercely-loyal hall (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: Stubborn maroon church building cuck 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: narrow-minded senate 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: soul-stirring alcoholic kitty cat macaca 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: Violent honey-headed market genital piercing 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: narrow-minded senate tbf, i do a lot of photoshop/lightroom. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4577791&forum_id=2#40557777) |