The laptop that won't die

Post by IYasha » Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 7:10 PM UTC

ryzvonusef wrote: post #221

nirui wrote: post #104

This is another Thinkpad festival post? Let me just cold you down a bit by telling you that a 12-year-old laptop still kicking isn't that big of a deal. I have this DELL Studio laptop released back in September, 2009, and it can still kick very well too if I decide to recruit it back to my "workforce". I retired it just 3~4 years ago because I got a T480. Heck, some of my code (old versions) for the same project that…

Excuse me sir, you are interrupting our Thinkpad circletrek, begone with your Dell heresy. I absolutely love my cute little Thinkpad X230T, but finding a battery for that fits the T variant is a pain in the butt in my country, I tried like a 6-7 in the shop but they were all old and dead, very little market for them so they stayed unused and died out, I am limping along on my 15-minute battery for now. I believe Leno…

Post by ubermonkey » Thu, Nov 16, 2023, 2:48 PM UTC

windowsrookie wrote: post #299

ubermonkey wrote: post #264

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My conclusion, drawn from decades of electronics purchases, is that AppleCare is the only extended warranty worth purchasing. It's only RARELY come up for me, but since I use my machine for work knowing I'm covered for 3 years is nice. This USED to be the period I'd keep a computer, too, but for about the last maybe 8 years (?) I find the upgrade-at-36-months thing isn't as much of a slam dunk as it used to be. I kep…

Apple allows you to extend AppleCare after the 3 years now. I still have Applecare coverage on my 2018 15" MacBook Pro.

Post by Obscurity4340 » Thu, Nov 16, 2023, 2:57 PM UTC

jamesgeck0 wrote: post #96

guestbest wrote: post #51

I have a MacBook 13 inch from 2011 that now plays YouTube videos daily for my daughter when she is eating and Netflix until we canceled the subscription. Still going strong with only a replaced battery and the hard drive replacing the dvd spot. I have an older 2004 Toshiba portage m200 tart also won’t die. The only thing that seems to die on these computers is the battery, which used to be a lot easier to replace.

Yeah, my 2013 MacBook Air is similarly still trucking along. I wish it used a more standard storage medium; upgrading the chip did not look particularly cheap or easy.

Post by marci » Thu, Nov 16, 2023, 7:59 PM UTC

k9unit wrote: post #328

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Avoid the T480S It has 2 internal batteries, and with older batteries, they can fail to switch from one to the other when they reach 0%. Models with a removable battery are a bit bulkier, but I think of greater value.

I've got a $150 T480s. It only has one, non hot swappable battery. Though it can be easily replaced. The T480 non s has 2 batteries. One external and one internal. Unless you count the cmos battery, which can be replaced on either. The build quality on the T480s is also higher.

Post by segfaultbuserr » Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 8:35 AM UTC

lproven wrote: post #320

segfaultbuserr wrote: post #84

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I recommend getting the X230 over the X220, if anyone decides to play with these old Thinkpads. I have both machines, and I found heat dissipation has been significantly reduced on the X230 for otherwise the same performance, thanks to Ivy Bridge's die shrink over Sandy Bridge. Most components from both machines are interchangeable with the exception of their bottom covers and motherboards (an EC firmware hack is ava…

Nah, it has a crappy chiclet keyboard. I have both i5 and i7 X220s. The i7 has USB3 and 16GB of RAM, plus dual SSDs, and it remains 100% usable today. I just wish it had a slightly higher-res screen. I'm perfectly happy with the colours and the viewing angles, but it's a bit cramped, which is one reason I still use Unity.