410 and 420s are very cheap here as shell chassis... ie. complete minus hdd and charger so you need to buy an ssd, say $50 for a 240gb and say $10 for the hdd cover and caddy and then say $30 for a charger... hopefully it has a battery with some charge, even 2/3rd charge is ok and then your skills w...

1,400 x 900 vs 1,600 x 900 is a pile of garbage anyway given they all used mediocre screens.

Win10 has always complained big time if you change whatever program assocations from whatever was stock out of the box. Even changing something to Foxit etc. has it complaining. On a new laptop, I just installed Win7 and now use Opera and Firefox. I didnt install Chrome since there's no need. CHrome...

I used one of these machines for a long time as a system engineer maybe 15yrs ago? The machine was nothing special, P3-1000, 512mb, 120gb hdd etc. Running XP Office XP/2003 and the usual apps at the time. I think it had 2 usb over the single usb on the older units. Also I beleive it has the S3 Savag...

What are you using these for? For me it would be 4k 60hz HDR gaming on console... but my consoles are all old ps4 old xbox one etc.

Are you guys using it for Win10 etc?

If you hear about in on zdnet you can bet all the rocket scientists at Tesla are patching this hole as we speak.

As far as I'm concerned its always been worth it. I havent ever used a 32 bit o/s since XP. I personally moved to XP 64 bit back in the day and then straight to WIn7 64 after a small dalliance with Vista 64. Its not about the loss of 1gb on a 4gb system but its to provide compatibility with 64 bit s...

Good god that looks like a real full sized almost C-130 cockpit. I used to be fairly into full sized car racing sim setups... ie. 2 x 24" monitors side by side with a pc and steering wheel etc. and a real car seat ripped from a real car but I find I'm faster on controller and worse, I feel like I'm ...

I was in the Tesla showroom today and I feel like the Model 3 is just too small for me. With the seat at the lowest I feel like I'm too close to the roof and my head is brushing the roof in the back. This is the glass top car. I"m about dead on 6 foot zero etc. The Model S seem to fit me better but ...

its something but I bet they get a cease and desist.

Is Disney doing so much wrong though? They have the IP and they have the distribution. They are on track to be the biggest entertainment company ever?

I refer you to our esteemed site hosts. THey say this a lot: Read the HMM. Its the bible for any system you own. For most normal full sized T400/500 class machine you just pull the kbd, the kbd frame/bezel and maybe some underneath cooling duct, copper sinks etc. and its pretty easy. I did a few 400...

There's no reason Win10 wouldnt be perfect on an x200 given there isnt much exotic hardware inside. I am an LED purist so I prefer my one special x200 that I got for free but came with a smashed screen. Got a guy to put in a new LED screen and it was a real workhorse until the fan croaked. As far as...

Laptops used to be very expensive. I have a few T20/21 etc. in the garage and as noted, they are $3,699 for a base config. As much as $5k for a big build.

Cut to say 2010 and a Edge 14" was like usd $500.

Only thing is both the 420 and 420s have official bios updates that have all the spectre meltdown etc.

I dont think any of the whitelisted ones have these... if these things are important to you.

I have a real soft spot for the X200. I have a bunch of these... largely P8700 4Gb 120SSD Intel 5300 etc. They run Win7 fine and you even get ok battery life if your 9 cell is anyway decent. However lots of CCFL out there and they are hell on wheels to repair... eg. my favorite x200 has an LED scree...

I think people are complacent about these things as "they dont affect me". I have a 420s without the spectre meltdown fixes but a 420 with them - seems to be no performance difference and I'm surprised these are even officially supported. I think same gen. HP is still supported but Dells are not. De...

Well the FHD mod is the biggest cost and probably not that important if you can get by with the std. 900p screen. If I was to find an exlease T430 900p model cheap enough then you still need the classic kbd which is a $50 option PLUS the t420 palmrest, I believe at least $25... plus then you need th...

I'm not a huge desktop fan these days. I used to be a fairly keen gamer and had a q6600 and i7 920 and an i7 3820... you guys will know what these chips are. I have two desktops now, a Xeon quad core w/ 16Gb RX480 etc. this is my main machine. I have a 2nd spare machine, a Xeon e5 2670 8/16 threads ...

Just an FYI because this thread and a few others recently asked for T420 or T400 type machines cheap. This is available is is a VERY common sale item: T410 i5-520M(2.4GHz), 4GB RAM, 14.1in 1280x800 LCD, Intel 5700MHD, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn wireless, WWAN upgradeable, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, Ultra...

Ok lemme do a sort of rough mental count...

T420s intel
T420 nvidia

T410 nvidia
T410 intel

T400 intel 900p LED
T400 amd 900p CCFL
T400s

X201 Tablet
X200
X300

T61 900p
T61 800p

T43
T42

T23
T21

I'd imagine Gumtree might be crap if its Adelaide. Just an FYI, I'm in Sydney... I know that Syd Melb Bris Perth has the big ex lease resellers. These guys buy out lease returns by the pallet load and you can get machines pretty cheap but you need to be able to pick up. I myself drive maybe 25 miles...

The t25 also has a terrible GPU and its probably close onto $2,000 aud, even if its available, I beleive its limited edition. About the $75 usd T420. You know what? I'd probably pay that for a T420 shell... I think the least I paid for my T420 was about USD$50 and that was no HDD but it had 8Gb the ...

There's only two things that really define "Thinkpad" to me and that's the classic T400/T420 style kbd and the the Thinklight. That's it. The thing with screens is that the T60-T420 classic era is defined by fairly mediocre screens so as long as its a 14" FHD IPS panel then I'm ok. I think that Leno...

My read of this is that its more a DaaS for corporates (desktops as a service). ie. just say I'm a 75 seat SME. Traditionally I can use Windows Server and 75 copies of Win10 Pro in a domain. If I want to streamline I can go Terminal Server and 75 thin clients. Microsoft wants to manage your terminal...

It depends on how fussy you are... my best T400 has a 1,440 x 900 LED screen. These are rare.

After 10yrs I beleive the CCFL 1,200 x 800 screens now may look pretty dull and sepia.

Its a good idea to see one powered up before you buy it if possible.

It acts just like a desktop 65w psu.

Whatever you do with a wall powered one, this one acts the same.

Obviously not intended for high power uses like the W series.

IMO I think 60 euro is an ok price for a laptop shell... ie. you provide the ram, the hdd and the psu, the o/s (use a loader!)/ I do feel however that many of us who are in the IT trade feel that 60 euro $70 usd whatever is a fair bit to pay for a shell where you have to do a lot of legwork to get a...

another thing is parts are super expensive and its not like you have heaps of old clangers ready to cannibalise parts.

I feel like the Fujitsu laptops were leagues above Toshiba and even they werent popular at all.

I used to consult with a few companies that used Toshibas and there was really no point. If you're SME and up there's never any reason to move from the big three. I also think the topic is basically saying Toshiba is now owned by Foxconn and its really just the name. I was never impressed by any Tos...

I think businesses want a static easy to use stable desktop for their standard apps.... with no inline ads.

I cant imagine how silly it would be for a fall creators update or whatever they want to call it, rolling down every 6 months or so.