X230 i7 is your best bet. They run cool, it is only 4 years old and still a high powered processor. 16gb RAM and you are set for a few years. A 1080p mod will boost your display to amazing and you can slap on a 19+ battery for excellent battery life. A keyboard mod will suit if you would like that. ...

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Its XTIDE. Will it still work? The 40MB drive is a Conner 4044XT drive.

One problem...it uses 3.5" disks. Its a laptop with a 3.5" disk.

I don't know, but Ill try a CF card. Im not sure how the BIOS will play because you cant enter the settings(cyls,heads,etc.) Only 4 presets for 20,30,40 and 60mb drives. Ill see what I can find.

Why not get an Ultrabase. It is a battery but with extra ports, a DVD drive, and your charging port.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/04W6846-x220-x2 ... SwxbtZpu9j

Yes many forum members can relate to that and I am personally turned off by much of what Apple represents. Apple in my eyes is fashion / hype and consumerism. Other than that they aren't as sturdy as Thinkpads and anything that doesn't have a trackpoint isn't a real laptop in my eyes. YMMV Yes, but...

Like the NES Classic, but WORSE!!!

Did you mean bricked instead of locked? Locked usually means a lost PW, while bricked is what I recently did to a T500 while attempting a BIOS flash... AKA FUBAR'd :evil: That is not FUBAR'd. This is FUBAR'd. https://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/115528753_7295eb939a_m.jpg F***ed Up Beyond All Recogni...

The LCD assemblies are not interchangeable.

Honestly, if it seems legit, just test it outside of the machine. I would be cautious with an AliExpress screen, but it isn't AliBaba screen so you have slightly less worry. If it was Alibaba, I would call Homeland Security to take it away :lol: . Don't take it off. It is likely connected to ground ...

It is one of the 7 deadly sins of Thinkpad users .

A Thinkpad a day keeps the Apple away, and therefore you might need to see the doctor more often .

Either you surf only very light websites (no scripts, no flash, no videos), or your definition of "quite well" is skewed by not having a modern, fast computer around. The difference is quite shocking, and after using a C2Q 3GHz or any Core i system, going back even to the T60 C2D 2GHz is a pain. I ...

May be this will help? I don't know per se but may as well give it a try if everything is backed up.

A Samsung 850 EVO drive is cheap and will suit you well. Like this one.

Windows 7 should so nicely. Windows XP is a bit outdated but perfectly useable.

A Linux distro like Ubuntu or Mint will also suit well. Depends on your preference. Try them all out and find one you like best.

Welcome to the forums, It depends on your programming. If you do some Java, C++, etc. that requires little hardware needs and just needs a screen and keyboard, then you should. If you are doing more intensive things like 3D programming, stay clear. The T43 will not have enough power to do that. If y...

Yea, but the problem is that those displays are run off the CPU and if you don't have a sufficiently powerful CPU or are doing tasks that really CPU intensive, you will start having problems, especially over that many displays.

Construction is nice. The hinges are beautiful and extremely tight, good TP hinges. Pretty solid machine. The plastics are quite flexible and strong like they should be unlike the 701C. The keyboard: the feel is AMAZING. Beats a TP NMB keyboard anyday. The problem is that the rubber membrane that de...

Sexy flat and thin bezels may be wooing everyone here tired of their Thinkpads but my preferred screen size is 15.4" WUXGA. I would argue that out of the "conventional" resolutions WUXGA is likely the most productive one by default for a person with average eyesight, be it on 15.4" or even 17.0" LC...

This is a Magnavox Metalis 286. It is a crappy computer from 1990. It was cheap then, and it still is. It still is an interesting machine none the less. Unsuspicious black baggie. https://i.imgur.com/LkIOy7p.jpg Hmm...a Magnavox Logo...Not your usual brand. https://i.imgur.com/F1PYof1.jpg It is a 28...

SSDs can make a surprising amount of performance come back to a computer. I tried W7 on a T42 and it was unbearably slow. I added an Ultrabay SSD it actually was quite snappy though web performance was as good as you would expect, awful.

Proper rollcages were gone long before 2013... Yes, the "proper" rollcages were long gone. I've replaced the W700 motherboard and I think about 50% of the weight goes to the solid chunk of metal. I opened up a T430s and found magnesium parts in there. An **40 machine is like the T4x machines, witho...

Yes it was going down hill, but it still had a magnesium rollcage. It still had a 'black' rubberized coating, not this grey flat junk. Still had the composite plastic stuff. It still had full voltage CPUs that were replaceable in most models.

2013 marks the date we lost all of that stuff.

Then I shall stand corrected. I'm not sure who told me. Still, a 1K less difference will still make people more likely to buy it.

Likely price. A new X1 carbon can be loaded up pretty much a little over 1K. The X301 loaded up cost about 5K. Not many people wanted to pay the premium so they gave them the new Thinkpads because they were cheaper and more relate-able to the market share. Cost cutting measures: 6-row was easier to ...

There 286 machines and 486 machines were made by Zenith. The late 286 and 386 machines were made my Phillips/Magnavox. You mean, like Lenovo is re-branded Compal, Quanta and Inventec? Nonono.....I mean like the EXACT SAME MOLDS AND LOGIC BOARDS!! Literal sticker placements. If I haven't made myself...

Packard Bell was re-branded everything.

There 286 machines and 486 machines were made by Zenith. The late 286 and 386 machines were made my Phillips/Magnavox. After that, my knowledge ends there but Packard Bell was really Re-branded bell.

I had a maxed out T430s before it died. A 840 Pro SSD, 16GB RAM and an i7-3520M. That thing was fast!!!!

I would need to read War and Peace to install a BIOS. Is there no accept the terms and conditions? Well, there is a first for everything .