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The X220 ThinkPad is the best laptop

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Re: The X220 ThinkPad is the best laptop

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Post by RadiozRadioz »

Like the author, I've found the perfect old ThinkPad for me and it works brilliantly. I have a nice efficient GNU/Linux install, all my local software runs smoothly and I've used it for my day job for 9 years.

But the damn worldwide web keeps marching on their mission to make the most bloated software in the universe. I should be able to keep using the machine forever with unchanged software, but the web demands more and more, it's running away from me.

The day we fix that issue will be great. So much less e waste. Computers were fast enough for most reasonable tasks years ago.

Re: The X220 ThinkPad is the best laptop

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Post by candyman »

As my eyes get older I need a brighter and higher resolution display. I use external monitors but like to be able to work while traveling or sitting in an easy chair sometimes. To make matters worse I like a lot of memory and a numpad. That makes it hard to find a good machine at a decent price. The high end Samsung seems to check all the boxes but it's expensive ($3K) and I've never owned one so wonder if I'd like the keyboard, etc. The Thinkpads are good but the mix of light/high resolution/numpad is not that easy to find.

Re: The X220 ThinkPad is the best laptop

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Post by buro9 »

I still love mine, and I love the replaceable battery and the fact that you can still get batteries.

but best laptop in the World?

I do use mine, occasionally, it's a great work horse around the house for network things as it has an ethernet port.

but TBH I use my X1 laptops more, the ability to USB-C charge is near critical now, and the X220 lack of USB-C as well as low res screen really does mean it's not a machine of this age, it was probably the best laptop of the non-USB-C age... but now it's dated, and only has niche use.

Re: The X220 ThinkPad is the best laptop

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Post by skywal_l »

ghaff wrote: post #7
KptMarchewa wrote: post #5

> Resolution: 1366x768 Yeah I'll pass. But for sure you have extremely useful VGA port if you want to burn your eyes with CRTs.

A lot of the old Thinkpads were great in the context of their time. But I actually had to look for the date on this article. It’s hard to take an argument seriously that this laptop is actually the laptop of choice today for the vast majority of use cases. (I still have an x270 at home I think with Linux loaded but I rarely use it.)

At the bottom of the article: "Created September 26, 2023".

Re: The X220 ThinkPad is the best laptop

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Post by boomskats »

The work by the LCDFans community, specifically the X2100 mod motherboard [0], was one of those moments that made me do the nodding guy meme IRL the fist time I saw it. Both the level of enthusiast engineering, and electronics manufacturing services available to enthusiast communities, totally blew my mind.

I love mine - I have 64gb of ddr4, a 10th gen intel i7, NVMe SSD, an incredible keyboard, a nice screen, and three interchangeable 6 hour batteries. It was my daily driver for a long time, up until very recently. If they can make a Ryzen-based one I'll be all over it.

[0]: https://www.xyte.ch/shop/x2100-pricing/

Re: The X220 ThinkPad is the best laptop

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Post by KptMarchewa »

ghaff wrote: post #7
KptMarchewa wrote: post #5

> Resolution: 1366x768 Yeah I'll pass. But for sure you have extremely useful VGA port if you want to burn your eyes with CRTs.

A lot of the old Thinkpads were great in the context of their time. But I actually had to look for the date on this article. It’s hard to take an argument seriously that this laptop is actually the laptop of choice today for the vast majority of use cases. (I still have an x270 at home I think with Linux loaded but I rarely use it.)

Oh I do agree. They _were_ great.

Re: The X220 ThinkPad is the best laptop

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Post by tinco »

KptMarchewa wrote: post #5

> Resolution: 1366x768 Yeah I'll pass. But for sure you have extremely useful VGA port if you want to burn your eyes with CRTs.

Yeah the 2010 Macbook Pro is clearly superior in every regard. It had 32 more pixels heightwise, so that's at least 2 lines more code on your screen too.

Re: The X220 ThinkPad is the best laptop

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Post by krona »

bananapub wrote: post #33

man are articles like this tedious, even scrolling by them on the front page of HN annoys me and reminds me how irritating and loudmouthed so many people in this industry are.

But you don't disagree with the central claim that the X200 is the best laptop in the world, just that the idea invokes a peevish internal emotional state?
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