ThinkPad T420
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ThinkPad T420
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Re: ThinkPad T420
#2I've been using a T420 or an X220, sometimes both, for about 6 years now since I gave my last newly-purchased Mac to my wife, the keyboard was just so awful but she doesn't care. I bought a Thinkpad 25th year anniversary edition (basically a T470 with a classic era keyboard) but the case cracked by the hinge, which is a design flaw that's inevitable as the metal hinge is screwed into the plastic frame. Once it failed I "went back" to the T420 and found it's aged like fine wine. The keyboard's great, even the stock screen while limited in viewing angle, is perfectly tolerable.
Re: ThinkPad T420
#3> the last laptop you’ll ever need
Why? The linked page is essentially a spec sheet and doesn’t include any text remotely stating that…
Re: ThinkPad T420
#4I've been using a T420 or an X220, sometimes both, for about 6 years now since I gave my last newly-purchased Mac to my wife, the keyboard was just so awful but she doesn't care. I bought a Thinkpad 25th year anniversary edition (basically a T470 with a classic era keyboard) but the case cracked by the hinge, which is a design flaw that's inevitable as the metal hinge is screwed into the plastic frame. Once it failed…
Perfectly tolerable is what I always shoot for in a screen :)
Re: ThinkPad T420
#5Typing this on a T420 with OpenBSD. Yes, the T420 still works great. Some cleaning and paste once in a great while, it should last for a very long time.
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#6> the last laptop you’ll ever need Why? The linked page is essentially a spec sheet and doesn’t include any text remotely stating that…
It's cheap enough to be careless with, just fast enough to do laptop things, there are aftermarket parts, it's meant to be upgraded, and it's hardware is well known with many firmware options.
It's kind of like a "naturally evolved" framework laptop but not niche.
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#7I had one at one point, in a long line of thinkpads.
I just bought a new T16 that I hope actually IS the last liaptop I'll ever need.
The T420 (even as much as I liked the part number) just doesn't cut it anymore.
16 core? 4K graphics (without NVIDIA)? 48G RAM?
These are things that are not coming with the T420...
I do miss the early thinkpad keyboards 8-( Especially from the era when it was still IBM...
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#8I had one at one point, in a long line of thinkpads. I just bought a new T16 that I hope actually IS the last liaptop I'll ever need. The T420 (even as much as I liked the part number) just doesn't cut it anymore. 16 core? 4K graphics (without NVIDIA)? 48G RAM? These are things that are not coming with the T420... I do miss the early thinkpad keyboards 8-( Especially from the era when it was still IBM...
I have a much more powerful computer in a rack in the basement. If I need extra core or CPU I will just use that.
Re: ThinkPad T420
#9I had one at one point, in a long line of thinkpads. I just bought a new T16 that I hope actually IS the last liaptop I'll ever need. The T420 (even as much as I liked the part number) just doesn't cut it anymore. 16 core? 4K graphics (without NVIDIA)? 48G RAM? These are things that are not coming with the T420... I do miss the early thinkpad keyboards 8-( Especially from the era when it was still IBM...
So you can get a T16 with just Intel Video ? None of that two video chip crap ?
Interesting, what do you run on it ?
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#10I do not agree.
ThinkPad W520 is so much better while having all features of T420 and more.
Things in W520 is better:
- FullHD (1920x1080) screen instead of only 1600x900
- USB 3.0 ports instead of only USB 2.0 ports
- powerful GPU instead of limited one
- will have 4 cores and 8 threats instead of 2 cores and 4 threads
- has 4 RAM slots so 32 GB RAM is possible
In case you really need smaller size - the T420s is better:
- has USB 3.0 port
- has the same 1600x900 resolution
- is smaller/thinner/lighter
- can use UltraBay battery instead of CD/DVD
... and I would even say that even X220 is better then T420:
- even smaller
- with i7 CPU will have one USB 3.0 port
- can have IPS screen
- the only downside (and that is bad to be honest) is 1366x768 resolution
The T420 seems to be the worst of the series ...
From the daily user of FreeBSD on W520 and X220 depending on the needs.
Regards.