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Thinking of switching to an IBM/Lenovo Help

Last post by aaroncm « Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:22 am
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by aaroncm » Sat Nov 05, 2016 8:33 pm

Hey guys,

My previous laptops have involved Macbooks running Windows and my current Dell XPS 9343. Nothing but driver issues/bugs/problems that are...

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Last post by aaroncm
Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:22 am
Where do I find

Last post by jronald « Tue Nov 08, 2016 4:18 pm

by jronald » Tue Nov 08, 2016 4:18 pm

The illuminated ThinkPad® logo stickers/emblem for my X131e?

Thanks
Ron

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Last post by jronald
Tue Nov 08, 2016 4:18 pm
fake softrim trackpoint caps?

Last post by micrex22 « Mon Nov 07, 2016 5:58 pm
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by gauthier » Fri Oct 21, 2016 5:02 pm

I'm looking for softrim trackpoint caps, I bought a set on amazon and another one on ebay, they both look significantly smaller than the old ones I...

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Last post by micrex22
Mon Nov 07, 2016 5:58 pm
Changing Actions of One Set of Hardware Buttons (Underneath the Touchpad)

Last post by themusicofsound « Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:38 pm

by themusicofsound » Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:38 pm

Hello everyone.

I'm interested in the possibility of changing the action that occurs when I press the three buttons that are below my touchpad. I...

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Last post by themusicofsound
Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:38 pm
Rooted IdeaPad A2107-F

Last post by jronald « Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:44 pm
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by jronald » Wed Nov 02, 2016 5:46 pm

I have outrun the limits of my knowledge:
I picked up the above, NOS for a song. Brand new, I made the mistake of allowing it to do its first (and...

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Last post by jronald
Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:44 pm
Keyboard showdown!

Last post by Saucey « Tue Nov 01, 2016 9:30 am
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by Quardah » Mon Oct 31, 2016 6:40 pm

Hi.

Now that i have both a Classic gen and a newer gen ThinkPad, i got to try both keyboards.

This has been a pretty heated debate in the last few...

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Last post by Saucey
Tue Nov 01, 2016 9:30 am
Who can mod intel gfx drivers ?

Last post by hhhd1 « Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:21 pm
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by hhhd1 » Sat Oct 22, 2016 10:40 pm

By default, intel graphics drivers doesn't allow the EDID to be overriden using regedit, unlike ATI or NVIDIA, or even intel graphics drivers on...

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Last post by hhhd1
Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:21 pm
Could use some advice about budget refurbished thinkpads

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:39 pm
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by Clutch1988 » Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:56 am

Hey

So my laptop has packed up and I have been looking for a replacement. Unfortunately, I have a rather limited budget of around £200- £300. I...

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Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:39 pm
Looking For Sugestions For A Daily Driver With A Great Screen

Last post by Puppy « Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:04 pm
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by inactive_23 » Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:12 am

My Dad is on a T420s. Still runs like a champ, did an SSD upgrade last year, although the battery is toast. Currently running Mint. The screen...

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Last post by Puppy
Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:04 pm
Stores or Showrooms in Los Angeles Area?

Last post by rkawakami « Sat Oct 22, 2016 2:54 pm
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by mgfx » Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:06 am

I'm seriously considering the purchase of the Thinkpad X1 Yoga but a bit hesitant due to the fact I can't actually see and try one in person before...

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Last post by rkawakami
Sat Oct 22, 2016 2:54 pm
Reduce saturation over hdmi

Last post by axur-delmeria « Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:35 pm
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by hhhd1 » Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:17 am

when connecting a laptop to an hdmi screen, colors are very saturated, and the saturation option is not available.

using intel graphics in an...

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Last post by axur-delmeria
Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:35 pm
ThinkPad E470/E570

Last post by Puppy « Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:33 am
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by Puppy » Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:30 am

It looks like a new .70 series is on the way ? Check this security advisory The table contains:

ThinkPad E470/E570
ThinkPad E475/E575

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Last post by Puppy
Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:33 am
My lenovo T430 tells me Computrace is enabled and active in BIOS setup utility

Last post by UMPC2024 « Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:22 pm
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by Johnpersie » Sat Oct 01, 2016 4:29 pm

Please I recently bought My lenovo T430 intel core i5vpro as a used machine, and I have used it for two weeks now. today I wanted do some settings in...

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Last post by UMPC2024
Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:22 pm
X220 - help me decide

Last post by ajkula66 « Sat Oct 01, 2016 12:23 pm
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by thinkquan » Sat Oct 01, 2016 9:30 am

I'm going back to school for another degree and I am looking at getting the X220 as the prices seem reasonable with lots of local availability for...

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Last post by ajkula66
Sat Oct 01, 2016 12:23 pm
Best ThinkPad for Data Science Student

Last post by brchan « Fri Sep 30, 2016 2:25 pm
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by xeono15 » Fri Sep 30, 2016 1:08 pm

Hello everyone, I'm new on the forum
I must say that you have a good community here

Anyways my situation is as follows:

I'm a college student who...

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Last post by brchan
Fri Sep 30, 2016 2:25 pm
What will make today's laptops obsolete first?

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:25 am
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by opaque_forest » Fri Jul 08, 2016 10:06 am

Hey everyone,
From what I've gathered, a significant portion of this forum(and ThinkPad users at large) are fans of the x220 and older, making...

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Last post by kfzhu1229
Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:25 am
Thinkvantage Active Protection

Last post by shawross « Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:42 pm
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by RRHODY » Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:26 am

Curious, is there any reason to have Thinkvantage Active Protection if the unit has SSD?

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Last post by shawross
Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:42 pm
Is support.lenovo.com hosed?

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:00 pm
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by cadillacmike68 » Wed Sep 07, 2016 1:05 am

I can't get into support.lenovo.com.

I even went to the home page of ans clicked on Support / Tech support. All I get is this error message:...

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Last post by cadillacmike68
Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:00 pm
Can Computrace spread?

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Wed Sep 07, 2016 12:20 am
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by dwilsonfl » Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:25 pm

I have several old Thinkpads that I use at school. All were either donated, bought off the forum, or off ebay. I swap hard drives when one goes down....

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Last post by cadillacmike68
Wed Sep 07, 2016 12:20 am
Help with thinkpad time line.

Last post by Blender « Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:59 pm
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by Blender » Sat Aug 20, 2016 10:29 pm

Hi everyone.

What year did IBM made their final thinkpad at a factory in the US?

Also, is there any good thinkpad time line website?

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Last post by Blender
Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:59 pm
what tools do you use for small mobo connectors in ThinkPads?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:28 am
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by paulgj2 » Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:51 am

When repairing ThinkPads I always come across those tiny little connectors for things like fans, speakers, batteries etc which usually consist of a...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:28 am
Are new Lenovo ThinkPads the real retro ThinkPads?

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Fri Aug 19, 2016 10:14 pm
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by micrex22 » Tue May 03, 2016 1:59 pm

The whole notion of the Retro ThinkPad and some of Lenovo's recent controversial changes (especially to the keyboard) got me thinking. Are the...

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Last post by cadillacmike68
Fri Aug 19, 2016 10:14 pm
x220 with an i7 or x230 with an i5?

Last post by hhhd1 « Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:23 am
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by andwk » Wed Aug 17, 2016 5:55 pm

I am currently looking into purchasing my first Thinkpad to replace my Dell laptop :D. I have pretty much narrowed it down to two laptops: the x220...

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Last post by hhhd1
Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:23 am
T7200 CPUs are crazy cheap on eBay, upgraded my Z61t for less than a buck!

Last post by GnatGoSplat « Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:13 am
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by GnatGoSplat » Wed May 11, 2016 9:31 am

I hadn't really cared about upgrading my Z61t, it's always been fast enough for my needs.
But a couple weeks ago, I was looking at CPU upgrades for...

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Last post by GnatGoSplat
Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:13 am
a BIOS BUG discovered..?!

Last post by Puppy « Tue Aug 02, 2016 6:37 am
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by BillMorrow » Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:09 pm

follow the link..

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Last post by Puppy
Tue Aug 02, 2016 6:37 am
Dongle & DOS - Suggestions needed

Last post by Johan « Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:59 pm
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by jaspen-meyer » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:19 pm

I'm trying to revive a dos program, which runs with a 25-pin dongle in the printer port (25 pin D-Sub DB-25), for someone abroad who no longer owns a...

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Last post by Johan
Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:59 pm
Are new cheap laptops really that bad?

Last post by brchan « Sun Jul 03, 2016 9:30 pm
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by fefrie » Sat Dec 12, 2015 4:26 pm
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I looked at some basic HP laptops today. $400 for an AMD something, 4gb ram, 500GB hard drive.

Terrible. Laggy running windows 10.

I thought that...
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Last post by brchan
Sun Jul 03, 2016 9:30 pm
Latest BIOS vulnerabilities in ThinkPads

Last post by hhhd1 « Fri Jul 01, 2016 6:54 pm
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by Puppy » Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:45 pm

If you read Lenovo forums from time to time, especially the P and W one , you might notice that there are way too many BIOS issues. P machines...

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Last post by hhhd1
Fri Jul 01, 2016 6:54 pm
New Security Flaw Found in Lenovo Solution Center Software

Last post by Kilkenny « Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:34 am
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by hhhd1 » Sun May 08, 2016 6:54 pm

This probably affects many Thinkpad and consumer laptops from Lenovo

A new vulnerability has been discovered in Lenovo’s much-maligned Lenovo...

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Last post by Kilkenny
Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:34 am
Cleaning tips

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:52 pm
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by karotlopj » Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:34 pm

Does anyone have any cleaning tips to make my aging ThinkPads look as if they were brand new?

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Last post by rkawakami
Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:52 pm
ThinpPad P50 for render????

Last post by i2000s « Thu Jun 09, 2016 6:22 pm
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by Kiterule » Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:23 am

Hi everyone this is my first post. Am a lenovo workstation fan and i want your opinion on a P50 model.
Am going to order the P50 with the basic...

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Last post by i2000s
Thu Jun 09, 2016 6:22 pm
Cell replacement - OK to disconnect old cells?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Jun 09, 2016 4:18 am
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by Fusion » Wed Jun 08, 2016 4:28 pm

Can anyone with experience in cell replacement recommend whether or not its OK to fully disconnect the balancing board? The info online differs,...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Thu Jun 09, 2016 4:18 am
Lenovo have now screwed up the Parts Lookup

Last post by jaspen-meyer « Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:04 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Sat Mar 12, 2016 8:25 am

Why am I not surprised that Lenovo has ballsed up again!
The bungling incompetent Lenovo website programmers have yet again destroyed another...

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Last post by jaspen-meyer
Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:04 pm
Laptop with miniPCI express slot

Last post by axur-delmeria « Wed May 25, 2016 6:28 am
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by Mili » Wed May 25, 2016 3:06 am

I need to buy a latop with mini pci ecpress slot for WLAN. Older laptop use to have this but I want a new laptop. Can someone guide me which laptop...

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Last post by axur-delmeria
Wed May 25, 2016 6:28 am
Thinkpad bios battery question.

Last post by Hans Gruber « Wed May 18, 2016 11:17 pm
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by Hans Gruber » Wed May 18, 2016 10:55 pm

Are all the thinkpad bios batteries the same back to the T4x series? Do they all use the CR2032 lithium batteries with a two pin connector? I have no...

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Last post by Hans Gruber
Wed May 18, 2016 11:17 pm
ThinkPad E560

Last post by Ibthink « Tue May 17, 2016 2:28 pm
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by Puppy » Tue Sep 08, 2015 4:20 pm

First of .60 series

15.6 FHD IPS display (finally)
Atheros WiFi
AMD Radeon

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Last post by Ibthink
Tue May 17, 2016 2:28 pm
Recommendation

Last post by jronald « Sat Apr 23, 2016 4:54 pm
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by jronald » Sun Apr 17, 2016 12:08 pm

Whats the Atheros equivalent to the Intel 6300 wireless card?

Ron

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Last post by jronald
Sat Apr 23, 2016 4:54 pm
Why the ThinkPad P50/P70s have a failed design *pictures*

Last post by micrex22 « Fri Apr 22, 2016 9:19 am
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by micrex22 » Sun Mar 06, 2016 1:52 am
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So I finally got around to checking out the P50 and P70:

But there's a few things I noticed.
#1 the price tag (at least of the P70) is high enough...
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Fri Apr 22, 2016 9:19 am
How does a slice battery actually work?

Last post by brchan « Mon Apr 11, 2016 8:10 am
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by UMPC2024 » Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:09 pm

When a 28++ slice battery is attached, does it 1) get used first and then the primary battery or 2) the primary battery is used first and then the...

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Mon Apr 11, 2016 8:10 am
Removing Lenovo logos off clearplates/badges *pictures*

Last post by Radioguy « Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:44 pm
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by micrex22 » Sun Apr 03, 2016 5:57 pm

Some don't care about logos very much, but I've always found the extra 'lenovo' logos on the clearplates / LED badges distracting. Don't know why I...

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Last post by Radioguy
Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:44 pm
Is it worth buying a Thinkpad?

Last post by Worzyl « Mon Apr 04, 2016 4:23 pm
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by shahidt » Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:56 am

My first Thinkpad was an IBM 600, which was still working really well when I got my next, a T60. Since the first, the feel was not that good because...

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Last post by Worzyl
Mon Apr 04, 2016 4:23 pm
Lenovo ThinkPad X250 Review *pictures*

Last post by micrex22 « Mon Apr 04, 2016 1:53 pm
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by micrex22 » Mon Apr 04, 2016 1:14 am

After using the X250 for a bit I thought I'd give my few cents as to what Lenovo did *right* and what they did *wrong*. First here's a photo of the...

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Last post by micrex22
Mon Apr 04, 2016 1:53 pm
thinkpad trackpoint

Last post by hhhd1 « Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:57 pm
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by bgx » Mon Mar 28, 2016 7:54 pm

Hi guus

I have some questions regarding the trackpoint in the newest Thinkpad.

I thought at some point that there were 2 kind of trackpoint:

7row...

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Last post by hhhd1
Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:57 pm
ThinkPad Roadmap 2016

Last post by Summilux « Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:42 am
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by Puppy » Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:13 am
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Retro ThinkPad is not there. Interesting model is P50s.

EDIT the link is removed now :eek:
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Last post by Summilux
Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:42 am
which thinkpad i'm looking for

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by pepsy » Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:47 am

Hello
first of all, I didn't found a presentation topic so I'll do it here
I'm Alessio, 24 yo from italy. Atm I'm studying computer science and i'm...

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Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:47 am
Lenova choice

Last post by pianowizard « Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:10 am
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by bokdrol45 » Sat Mar 12, 2016 5:58 pm

Question.
Best Buy have a 10.1 Lenova Tablet using Android 4.4 KitKat operating system for $163
and a
11.6 laptop using Win 10 for $200.
Which is the...

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Last post by pianowizard
Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:10 am
T560 detailed review

Last post by brchan « Wed Mar 09, 2016 1:46 pm
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by Puppy » Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:28 am

An entry-level low color space coverage IPS display again :( Compare it with Dell XPS 15 in the same price category

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Last post by brchan
Wed Mar 09, 2016 1:46 pm
Who redesigned that gawdawful Lenovo Forum?

Last post by pkiff « Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:28 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Thu Jul 09, 2015 5:37 am

Looking for some Thinkpad info on Google this morning, I stumbled upon the Lenovo forum.
I normally never go on that forum, because I don't like it...

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Last post by pkiff
Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:28 am
Any REAL major differences between similar spec'd business class machines?

Last post by johnny9fingers « Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:44 pm
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by johnny9fingers » Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:13 pm

I'm in the market for a new laptop. My daughters have taken my T530 & Latitude e7450 to college. After weeks of comparison I settled on the HP...

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Last post by johnny9fingers
Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:44 pm
What happens to the xx30 series, when Lenovo stop producing batteries ?

Last post by 600X « Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:15 am
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by hhhd1 » Thu Feb 25, 2016 4:55 am

The last xx30 laptop (t530/t430/..etc) was released on 2013, so probably 5 years later (2018), Lenovo will stop making batteries, on 2019, what would...

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Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:15 am

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