27 inch Dell S2721DGF.

Having just spent a month (or more) digging through the current Thinkpad lineup, and some of the models being released this month, you have to make choices... Particularly if you are looking for something in the 14 inch form factor. You can get great build quality and upgrade options in the larger P...

Thanks for the information, I'll look into that further on the 5850u. I did the installation of the new hardware yesterday. I was a little concerned about removing the bottom and breaking some clips, but that went fine. Just had to go slow and take my time. The biggest issue in swapping the componen...

After 10 years, I've finally picked up a new Thinkpad... My wife has been using my old T420 for a while now and I've been using a desktop workstation. A few months ago, i got the itch for a new Thinkpad - a lot has changed since I was reading this board regularly years ago. That said, after a lot of...

I have 8gb in this T410s I am typing on. I had 8GB in my Q6600 in 2009. I have 16GB in my desktop gaming PC. I don't see a need for 16GB in a laptop other than to say you do it because you can. More power to you. Of course you are entitled to your opinion, but if you can make my development VMs (al...

Thinkpad T420 - Ubuntu linux 14.04 LTS + Ubuntu server VMs.
Workstation (in signature) - Ubuntu linux 14.04 LTS + Ubuntu server VMs + 1 Windows 7 pro VM
Wife's desktop - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Home theater PC - mac mini OS X snow leopard

I've had 16 GB of RAM in my T420 for 3 years as well. Great machine.

I am a developer and run multiple VMs on my T420 with 16gb of RAM just fine. If you want a machine with 4 RAM slots and support for 32gb of RAM the machine you are looking for is the W series machine with quad core processor. I have a W520 from work. It's portable in that you can put it in a bag and...

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Bad Religion
Pennywise
The Smiths
Tori Amos (at least Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink)
The Distillers
Rancid
Operation Ivy
Minor Threat
Shelter
U2
Depeche Mode
Face to Face
Midnight Oil
Ministry
Nine Inch Nails
REM
The Clash
Misfits
108
New Order
Quicksand

I've used an eSATA drive with my T420 both via the port on the Thinkpad as well as through the Series 3 plus dock. A couple things you might want to check... 1) My external eSATA drive came with a USB cable and an eSATA cable. The drive would work great via the USB cable, but if I just plugged in th...

Sorry for not returning here but after two new W540 units, both defective, I can hardly think of buying another Thinkpad. I can not believe this as I have been using Thinkpads for over 20 years. Both of mine had boot up and shut down problems and the key boards sucked. Some key always felt and soun...

This probably fall sinto the realm of noone cares anymore but I have rcently decided to pimp out my tpad 420. Basic stuff so far....from 4 gig ram to 16, and I have an ssd on theway. Anyway I just thought Id open this thread to introduce myself on this forum and see if anyone else has done much mor...

I'd argue that if one knows how to trim their OS and only install the bare minimum of other programs on the SSD, 64GB is plenty of space. Take it from someone who sports a 32GB Intel X25-E SLC SSD as a boot drive with W7 and Office 2007 installed, with some 40% of the drive still free... Agreed, a ...

Crucial mSATA drives are getting close... Amazon.com has the 480gb for $229, 240gb for $109 (and the 240gb Intel 530 series for $149).

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BQ8 ... PDKIKX0DER

Brutal. Just Brutal.

I will keep my T420 till it dies or is unusable. For heavy lifting, I just built a new workstation. So sad to see the Thinkpad become just another machine...

Both (see my sig), but if you can only have 1, SSD. They are coming down in price a good bit of late.

Sad. It seems like every post now I mention I will stay with my T420... Shame.

My answer to the above is to keep my T420 and upgrade my desktop. Sadly, barring a change in direction, the T420 will likely be my last Thinkpad. Pains me to say it, but it's true.

Thanks for posting this. The sum total of the changes in the *30 and *40 lines have pretty much killed my interest in Thinkpads sad to say. I'll continue using my T420 till it no longer suits my needs, but I've recently upgraded my desktop and will likely just use the desktop and tablet once my T420...

Great job everyone, thanks!

No, it's not possible, sorry. That's why I sold my T410 and bought a T420. Memory controller is on chip and it's limited to 8gb.

Oh that's a shame, I use the trackpoint and trackpoint buttons on my W520 often as I don't like moving my hands off the keyboard while programming. Shame to hear they are ruining this feature. (yet another)... sigh. I guess the upside is that my T420 (and other 20 series machines) should be popular ...

Agree with the above. When my T420 is long in the tooth I'll likely buy a Thinkstation or go back to building my own machines. My T420 sits on the dock 99% of it's life anyway.

I'm beginning to think I'll keep my T420 for a long time. It might be my last Thinkpad... I may go back to a desktop. Sigh...

Nearly a month later and no sight of a W540... they must have quite a backlog of W530 parts... Looks like the date is supposed to be January 7, 2014 from the answer in the product Q&A...

Go with the Tier 1 brand like Crucial by Micron. Would you put Walmart house brand tires on a Porsche? I think not. I guess the assumption there is that the Wal-Mart house brand tires are just re-branded tires made in the same facility... I've had no issues with the Corsair value RAM in the machine...

Where are X230s assembled? Lenovo only has one X230 currently on the website, marked "assembled in USA." It's a base machine, 2320HNU, with a 3320M processor and non-IPS panel, WIN 7 Pro. There aren't any other configuration options. Is this something new? Thanks Part of what they said in their pre...

Thanks for this feedback. I've been looking at a T540p model as they will let you configure that model with a quad core chip and integrated graphics without a discrete graphics chip (unlike the T440p for some unknown reason - I don't want to pay $139 extra for a low end nVidia chip that I will just ...

Welcome to the forum. I have the T420 in my signature below with integrated only graphics (e.g., Intel HD 3000 graphics). The nVidia NVS 4200m graphics was an option on the T420 and leverages Optimus technology. It's approximately 20% faster than the integrated graphics. From your other post, you me...

No you wouldn't move on from the T series, you'd move up in the T series... to the T440p where you'll find options for cache drives, discrete graphics, quad core processors, full HD (1920x1080) IPS display options, ultrabay, 16gb of RAM support, etc. E.g., the "top end" of the T series line. You can...