I got a pic on my phone I will post but wow, so far so good! Thinkpad powa!
very good thinkpad right there
linux will give that thing mad longevity; i’ve got thinkpads way older and lower-spec than that one that still run like a dream since the OS wastes very few resources
Bro you slap any Linux distro on this bad gurl and she’ll slay packets for you for eternity.
Thinkpads are GOATed
Only one thing to do now
now install linux on it
Welcome to the cult! For real though Thinkpads are great value and form factor, with the T480s being amazing at teardown if you ever need to replace a component or upgrade the RAM or Hard drive.
Thinkpad club, yeah the case is really solid, for a lightweight laptop it feels well built. Plus I put some stickers on the lid :D
Nice! I still got my t440p going strong and decked out in decals, like a well loved Accord
i love second hand business laptops, almost always practically new. their evil cousin is school laptops.
also windows
hexbears can have little a new computer, as a treat
SQUEE!
The upgrade from an old mechanical hdd to a ssd is like night and day. Web browsing is so smooth.
I am happy that one of our finest posters finally has a computer befitting of them
Stop I’m just a boob with a screw loose. But yeah I like it! I was using the same MSI gaming laptop since 2013, was about time I upgraded.
I remember when I paid ~$200 for a 60GB SSD in 2010, every other PC suddenly felt so slow.
I went from constant 100% hdd use to now ZERO percent with the ssd, the only thing being taxed is the ram by google chrome.
This has been my experience in general for second hand thinkpads. Ridiculously cheap and come practically unused. My first one came with a free backpack used as packaging and i use them both for many years. X240 my beloved
That’s cool and a good deal, this came shipped with just the charger.
No sheets on the bed??
I just changed them, they’re in the wash
It is possible to install Coreboot Linux as the bios on the t480s. Requires an external chip flasher tool and could brick your pc if you do it wrong.
Do not tell someone who barely had the money for this used laptop to just pay for a highly specialized tool that can potentially destroy their investment. Especially someone who wasn’t technical enough to troubleshoot Windows stop codes. And someone who isn’t even comfortable using linux.
That said OP should absolutely run some sort of debloater as Win11 is going to be slow as hell on something like that (or anything really). O&O shut-up or Win10privacy (don’t check any red coded stuff but all green items).
You want me to assume that other people are incapable of doing cool technical things? I was able to install Libreboot on a ThinkPad. I don’t know what other people are capable of doing.
Fair. I’ve just been following this saga for a while. Sorry if I came off as harsh.
Trackpad is really good, keyboard works well too. Charges okay, sound check. So far so good. I’m using win 11 rn that it shipped with until I can fully put it through it’s paces. USB check thumbdrive works.
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