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Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
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Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
Lenovo has used so many of IBMs old numbers it is becoming a pain to search for them.
Lenovo's victims:
220(JP)
230(JP)
240(Most annoying w/ 240X)
300
330(JP)
380
500
560
570
700
P70(not an Thinkpad but still makes the cut)
Ugh. Wouldn't be the worst thing lenovo ruined.
Lenovo's victims:
220(JP)
230(JP)
240(Most annoying w/ 240X)
300
330(JP)
380
500
560
570
700
P70(not an Thinkpad but still makes the cut)
Ugh. Wouldn't be the worst thing lenovo ruined.
Thinkpad4by3's Law of the Universe.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
Yeah, they really should have asked your permission on this.
Thinkpad 25 (20K7), T490 (20N3), Yoga 14 (20FY), T430s (IPS FHD + Classic Keyboard), X220 4291-4BG
X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
At least the ThinkPad 600 seems kinda safe, I doubt Lenovo will release a 16" ThinkPad.
IBM ThinkPad R50e | lenovo ThinkPad X301 | lenovo ThinkPad Z61t
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Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
What were they thinking for not asking me?? In all seriousness, this isn't a BIG deal, just something I wanted to point out. I mostly use "IBM -lenovo" in my searches to get what I want.
Thinkpad4by3's Law of the Universe.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
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Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
Wait till 600th anniversary.
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Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
On eBay searches I usually do stuff like "(ibm,lenovo,thinkpad) (t20,t21,t22,t23,2647,2648)" (no quotes) because sometimes pre-T6x machines may be erroneously listed as "Lenovo" instead of IBM as well and sometimes may not even include "ThinkPad"... also may be helpful to include MTMs in your search (for instance, T2x is also 2647 and 2648 as found on the bottom label)
I did get a cheap T23 that way once because it was listed under I believe "IBM Thinkpad 2647" instead of T23, and also a PowerBook 1400c because it was listed as M3571 instead of "1400c"
I did get a cheap T23 that way once because it was listed under I believe "IBM Thinkpad 2647" instead of T23, and also a PowerBook 1400c because it was listed as M3571 instead of "1400c"
Current: T440p (Win10), W500 4058-CTO (Win10), T61 8892-01U (Win2000), Semi-Retired: T61 8892-01U (Win10)
Museum/Retired: T400, Z60m, T43, T42, T30, T23, A30, A31p, 600X, 600E, 380ED, 770Z, 560Z, 765D, 755CX, 755CD
Others: Dell D630, MacBook Pro Mid-2012, PowerBook G3 Pismo, AlBook 15"/1.5G
Museum/Retired: T400, Z60m, T43, T42, T30, T23, A30, A31p, 600X, 600E, 380ED, 770Z, 560Z, 765D, 755CX, 755CD
Others: Dell D630, MacBook Pro Mid-2012, PowerBook G3 Pismo, AlBook 15"/1.5G
Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
One of the easiest things for me to do is to simply look through all entries, but it is a good thing I'm not on social media as often anymore - I've shifted how I use those few hours now ^_\Thinkpad4by3 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:51 pmLenovo has used so many of IBMs old numbers it is becoming a pain to search for them.
Lenovo's victims:
220(JP)
230(JP)
240(Most annoying w/ 240X)
300
330(JP)
380
500
560
570
700
P70(not an Thinkpad but still makes the cut)
Ugh. Wouldn't be the worst thing lenovo ruined.
Last edited by madicetea on Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:07 am, edited 1 time in total.
MadIceTea, Thinkpad Enthusiast
Daily: X250 FHD
Museum: PC110 20MB, X61 T9300 SXGA+ LED
Donated: x2001 AFFS i5-530 (to my alma matter)
Past: 701Cs German, 535/X, 760E/XL, i-series 12/14xx, piano s30, R60e, X60, X61, T60, T61, X200 P8700, X121e
That chicken sure looks funny.
Daily: X250 FHD
Museum: PC110 20MB, X61 T9300 SXGA+ LED
Donated: x2001 AFFS i5-530 (to my alma matter)
Past: 701Cs German, 535/X, 760E/XL, i-series 12/14xx, piano s30, R60e, X60, X61, T60, T61, X200 P8700, X121e
That chicken sure looks funny.
Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
It's not a very large file, but my eyes can't see things that small anymore.Annecy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:15 amThinkpad4by3 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:51 pm"Lenovo has used so many of IBMs old numbers it is becoming a pain to search for them.
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Is that this picture? [https://i.imgur.com/ZjNdzHJ.jpg]
MadIceTea, Thinkpad Enthusiast
Daily: X250 FHD
Museum: PC110 20MB, X61 T9300 SXGA+ LED
Donated: x2001 AFFS i5-530 (to my alma matter)
Past: 701Cs German, 535/X, 760E/XL, i-series 12/14xx, piano s30, R60e, X60, X61, T60, T61, X200 P8700, X121e
That chicken sure looks funny.
Daily: X250 FHD
Museum: PC110 20MB, X61 T9300 SXGA+ LED
Donated: x2001 AFFS i5-530 (to my alma matter)
Past: 701Cs German, 535/X, 760E/XL, i-series 12/14xx, piano s30, R60e, X60, X61, T60, T61, X200 P8700, X121e
That chicken sure looks funny.
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Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
Yes it is but the capion is first world problems.
Thinkpad4by3's Law of the Universe.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
Ah thank you very much. Indeed, we are complaining about things that many don't have the luxury to complain about
MadIceTea, Thinkpad Enthusiast
Daily: X250 FHD
Museum: PC110 20MB, X61 T9300 SXGA+ LED
Donated: x2001 AFFS i5-530 (to my alma matter)
Past: 701Cs German, 535/X, 760E/XL, i-series 12/14xx, piano s30, R60e, X60, X61, T60, T61, X200 P8700, X121e
That chicken sure looks funny.
Daily: X250 FHD
Museum: PC110 20MB, X61 T9300 SXGA+ LED
Donated: x2001 AFFS i5-530 (to my alma matter)
Past: 701Cs German, 535/X, 760E/XL, i-series 12/14xx, piano s30, R60e, X60, X61, T60, T61, X200 P8700, X121e
That chicken sure looks funny.
Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
The bigger problem is the supply of old laptops on ebay seems to have dried up compared to 5 years ago.
Collection: 310ED, 350C, 360C, 365C, 365XD, 380D, 380XD, 380Z, 390E, 390X, 560X, 600, 600E, 701C, 750CS, 755C, 755CD, 760C, 760CD, 760ED, 760EL, 760XD, 760XL, 765L, 765D, 770, 770E, 770Z, T21, T22, T23, T30, A20P, A21P, A22M, A30, A31, A31P, T40, T42, T43P, T60, T61, R32, R40, R52, T400, T500, W510
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Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
That is quite true too.
Thinkpad4by3's Law of the Universe.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
While true, many forum members still list in the Marketplace section of this forum. Perhaps you will still find some of the older builds listed there.
Last edited by madicetea on Tue Jun 11, 2019 7:12 am, edited 5 times in total.
MadIceTea, Thinkpad Enthusiast
Daily: X250 FHD
Museum: PC110 20MB, X61 T9300 SXGA+ LED
Donated: x2001 AFFS i5-530 (to my alma matter)
Past: 701Cs German, 535/X, 760E/XL, i-series 12/14xx, piano s30, R60e, X60, X61, T60, T61, X200 P8700, X121e
That chicken sure looks funny.
Daily: X250 FHD
Museum: PC110 20MB, X61 T9300 SXGA+ LED
Donated: x2001 AFFS i5-530 (to my alma matter)
Past: 701Cs German, 535/X, 760E/XL, i-series 12/14xx, piano s30, R60e, X60, X61, T60, T61, X200 P8700, X121e
That chicken sure looks funny.
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Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
From your signature it looks like you are missing a few.
I can help you with some that are getting rare:
- X41T (tablet)
- X301
- R400
Lovely day for a Guinness! (The Real Black Stuff)
Lenovo: X240, X250, T440p, T480, M900 Tiny.
PS: the old Boardroom website is still available on the Wayback Machine.
Lenovo: X240, X250, T440p, T480, M900 Tiny.
PS: the old Boardroom website is still available on the Wayback Machine.
Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
Though lenovo didn't made something like W710 or W730, 710T and 730TE are almost impossible to find now.
Collections: ThinkPad 230CS, 235, 240, 240Z, 535E, 560E, 700C, 701C, 750C, 755C, 760XL, 800, S30, TransNote, T23, X23, X31, X32, X40, X41, X41T, T42, T43, T60, T61, X60, X61, X61T, X61s, X201, X301, T400, W500, T420, T430, X230, 5499 OnlineNote, PS/2 E, WorkPad Z50
Re: Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.
Thanks, will let you know.RealBlackStuff wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:52 amFrom your signature it looks like you are missing a few.
I can help you with some that are getting rare:
- X41T (tablet)
- X301
- R400
I bounce around between collecting old laptops, PCs, 68k/PPC Macs, and 8 bit home computers among other things.
Collection: 310ED, 350C, 360C, 365C, 365XD, 380D, 380XD, 380Z, 390E, 390X, 560X, 600, 600E, 701C, 750CS, 755C, 755CD, 760C, 760CD, 760ED, 760EL, 760XD, 760XL, 765L, 765D, 770, 770E, 770Z, T21, T22, T23, T30, A20P, A21P, A22M, A30, A31, A31P, T40, T42, T43P, T60, T61, R32, R40, R52, T400, T500, W510
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