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Lenovo Thinkpads
On the advice of my favorite most trusted giga-nerd (who has never steered me in the wrong direction and collects/loves/borderline anthropomorphizes old electronics like he’s the guy from The Brave Little Toaster), I’m seeking to replace my janky cheap computer with a cheap but very much not janky Lenovo Thinkpad. I’ve been doing a lot of research and there are whole communities of nerds who are obsessed with them for their pragmatic allure, thoughtful design, durable hardware, higher-level specs in used models for a low cost (we’re talking like $200), easy customizability and repairability, and the weird keyboard clit.
I already BOUGHT a T480s with 24 GB of RAM and an i7 processor but my package randomly got delivered to the wrong address :( I just got my refund so it’s time to begin again… in a way it’s good because I think the i5 will better suit my needs. The really hardcore nerds would recommend reaching slightly above this price range for a T14 1st gen with Ryzen 5 or 7 but I’m not looking to do anything crazy here I just want to type and watch stuff and have a lot of browser tabs open + I like the T480s display better + the T480s only weighs 3 pounds 🫦
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@taterhole
Jan 31, 2025
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@turkeyhouse
thinkpads are awesome i hope you get one soon so you can start loving it!
May 30, 2025
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@taterhole
@TURKEYHOUSE I got it and it rocks!!!
May 31, 2025
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@theclack
My two cents: Stick with the T480! My last org got a huge shipment of T14s and couldn't give them away. They were comparatively bulky and had so many random performance issues.
Jan 31, 2025
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@taterhole
theclack yeah I was looking at the T14s and I did not like what was available on the market!! I think the people who are really into certain shitty Thinkpad models are like people who are into cars that objectively are unreliable and terrible to use but they’re in love with tinkering and maintaining them as a machine and the idea of them, not even as something functional… very interesting pathology
Jan 31, 2025
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I just love her. The tasteful matte textured plastic on the outside case, reminiscent of pebbled leather… the sturdy thoughtful construction, light weight, and sleek minimal design… the 90s businessman aesthetic. The mysterious keyboard clitoris. the easily upgradable RAM, the snappy performance, the fact that it was like $200 on eBay, certified refurbished with a one-year warranty.
I use an LG Gram for work which costs like $1,000 but this thing blows it out of the water and is so much more beautiful and pleasurable to use. I used to be a huge Mac OSX person but after Windows 11 I’m kind of a Microsoft-head 🫦
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chunky pc that whirs and creates a cozy ambience and a boxy monitor with a matte/low res screen to browse the internet. or one of the panasonic laptops from japan thst still look like their from 2007 but with updated firmware/ or simply just an old windows 7 think pad to revive my need for nostalgic technology.
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