Are classic ThinkPads actually better than new ones?

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  @RenéFabre · 2 years ago

  I enjoyed the history, I wasn't all that familiar with the IBM versions. I had a Lenovo Thinkpad t460 at work. I didn't think I'd like it but I did and it proved to be a real work horse. I later bought a refurbished t470 because I loved the keyboard. I now run Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon, 16 gigs of ram, 256 GB SSD drive, and have a docking station with external drives, webcam, and sound system. I love it and use it everyday to write, online meetings, surf the web, and watch videos etc. If I head out the door, I just pop it off the dock and go. I love this laptop and it still serves me well.

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  @Bob-bs9ok · 2 years ago

  I prefer the design philosophy of older ThinkPads but for all my gripes my L570 is vastly better in servicability to other modern laptops

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  @raginald7mars408 · 2 years ago

  A Samaritan donated me a T61 with Docking Station – the original Battery has 40 % Wear – lasts for 1 hour – the Engineering is superbe and I instantly loved the machine.<br>Works like new – with 8Gb RAM ok.<br>I bought a T410 with Docking for 80 Euros.<br>Amazing wonderful machine<br><br>Thank YOU!

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  @cbecht · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul7RvXM9CIA&amp;t=830">13:50</a> &quot;The X1 hit the market in 2011 as a response to the MacBook Air.&quot;<br><br>It&apos;s more accurate to say that the MacBook Air was an Apple version of the ThinkPad X Series, which was itself a continuation of the earlier lightweight thinkpads going back to the 560 from 1996.

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  @milescarter7803 · 2 years ago

  The thing to remember is that the old T and X class were bolted down to a $$$,$$$ server as the licensing and management co-processor. &nbsp;So they could afford to make a run of magnesium frames or shells because it was basically a line item for a much more expensive product. &nbsp;And the X was for reaally high up jet setters. &nbsp;If you ever have the chance run one on a flight (I used a T430), it fits and is comfortably usable on a seat back tray. &nbsp;That trackpoint is AMAZE ing.<br><br>Also the X230/T430/T530 were the very last in the design philosophy (or technically the X220,T420,T520, because they still had the 7 row keyboard). &nbsp;Source: I&apos;ve fixed up a dozen of xx30 class and xx40 xx50 xx60, xx80, even P50, P70,P71.<br><br>The E and L class are completely different beasts, much closer to low end Dell and HP/Acer/ASUS.

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  @denisfiume · 2 years ago

  I worked with a vendor of industrial equipment in the EU. ThinkPad won my heart when IBM picked up a Laptop in a Hotel in one EU country, repaired it, and delivered it to another Hotel in the country in the opposite part of the EU. They did it in a span of a few days with removed HDD, and missing part of the bottom cover, no questions asked. The best customer support EVER.

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  @thomasculkin349 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve owned numerous Thinkpads and now own several Chromebooks, as well as a Thinkpad T460S. I have to admit that every time I switch from any Chromebook to the T460S, the keyboard is good that I feel a physical relief, like donning an old pair of shoes.

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  @OShackHennessy · 2 years ago

  OK so first of all this video was far more than I expected it to be you did a phenomenal job. Secondly I typically despise music in videos but your choice and volume of music complemented the video perfectly. I’m really impressed overall with this presentation!

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  @Turborider · 2 years ago

  The T400 was not the first widescreen ThinkPad, bith the T60 and T61 were also available with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul7RvXM9CIA&amp;t=970">16:10</a> widescreen displays.<br><br>Some of the workstation ThinkPad Laptops have physical touchpad buttons, like the P53 for example.<br><br>With the new T14 Gen 5, Lenovo partnered with iFixit to make their laptops more upgradable and repairable again. So they brought the second RAM slot back and made the battery easier to replace

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  @MarkJay · 2 years ago

  Guitar &nbsp;pick works great for removing backplates on newer thinkpads

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  @antonhei2443 · 2 years ago

  During my time at the office I had 4 different Dell laptops in the span of 11 years, and while fine, each model had a different issue which (wifi twice, keyboard, mouse pad twice, overheating, noise, etc). Now I am in a different point of my carreer and just got a new basic Thinkpad, and love the clean classic design, the long battery life, low heat, the &nbsp;keyboard and multiple options for the mouse. Hope it lasts for years.

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  @HerculesMays · 2 years ago

  An oldschool IBM Thinkpad was the first computer I ever used. My father used to work for IBM and I learned how to type in my first webpages, learned what email was, and more in 2002. I&apos;d never even used a mouse besides that eraser mouse for several years and I got good at using it for Starcraft and other games, nowadays I can&apos;t use that mouse to save my life haha

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