pinkpad edition
>>105729602
Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P Series (excluding T440p and T480, those suck) if you want the Real Business Experience™
>Other business laptops are welcome in /tpg/ (Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook)

Why ThinkPad?
>Used machines are plentiful and cheap
>Excellent keyboards, tactile feel and quiet
>Great durability: magnesium roll cage for structural integrity, with high quality plastic body panels
>Utilitarian design: e.g. indicator LEDs, 7 row keyboard layout on older models
>Docking stations that easily turns your laptop into a desktop
>Easy to repair (most models), upgrade & maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for every model, spare parts easy & cheap to obtain
>Excellent Linux & *BSD support
>Trackpoint (why the fuck wasn't this in the general before? that's the only reason to get a thinkpad in 2025 honestly)

ThinkWiki - General info about ThinkPads/specs
https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki

Model generations:
>Classic IBM: T40, T41, T42
>IBM/Lenovo Transition: T43, T60, T61 (T42 - T43: significant difference in specs)
>"Classic" Lenovo: T400, T410, T420 (T61 - T400: 4:3 to 16:10)
>Transition to old modern: T430, T440, T450 (T420 - T430: membrane to chiclet)
>Old modern: T460, T470, T480 (T450 - T460: significantly less thick)
>New modern: T490, T14g1, T14g2 (T480 - T490: design change)
>New new modern: T14g3, T14g4, ... (T14g2 - T14g3: second design change)

BIOS replacement:
https://coreboot.org/downloads.html
https://libreboot.org/docs/install/
https://canoeboot.org/docs/install/

Additional resources:
https://dankpads.com/tpg/
https://biosimage.booru.org
https://1vyra.in

Patches:
https://github.com/digmorepaka/thinkpad-firmware-patches
https://github.com/hamishcoleman/thinkpad-ec

Chat:
##ibmthinkpad on libera
#/tpg/ on rizon

>(excluding T440p and T480, those suck)
lol
>T440p
only 14-inch model built as solidly as the classic ones but with modern interfaces like eDP and M.2, also last that can take 2x8TB internal drives
>T480
newest you can go if you want >10h battery life without overpaying, or trannyboot

>>Trackpoint (why the fuck wasn't this in the general before? that's the only reason to get a thinkpad in 2025 honestly)
wish this wasn't true

RAM & ROM under LOCK & KEY.
Keep TRYING NSA, you aren't getting to ME.

>>105753186
Your machine needs to be somewhere remote in the woods, in a Faraday cage, without broadband or wifi cards, boobytrapped and other devices built in the last 27 years should be brought no closer than half a Kilometer.

>>105752683 (OP)
Are there STL's for 3D printing chassis/plastic shit now?

>>105753518
Covered by a layer of earth and moss

>>105752683 (OP)
I kinda miss the X200 should I get something more modern like the Panasonic Tripcode uses? The small form factor and ports remind me of it.
https://youtu.be/a_xOUC09ENU

>>105752683 (OP)
Thinkpad P series is just the best.

>Titanium + carbon fiber (top), magnesium-aluminium (bottom)
Is this peak case materials composition or a meme?

>>105754535
Go for it looks like it can be Corebooted.

>>105752683 (OP)
>fully embraced the "twinkpad" meme
Bet xhe will still chimp out if someone calls it that, thoverbeit.

guys what do you think of eGPU for thinkpad t480 to play the latest games in low/mid settings ?
I know thinkpads are not for gaming but im kinda short in money and I don't want to bother having 2 pc

This is a long shot but do any of you have experience with T420 keyboard repairs?

Someone gave me a T420 they spilled a cup of coffee on. When power is plugged in, the power button light stays green but nothing else happens. I've isolated it to a keyboard issue, because if I remove the keyboard and start it, I can at least get to BIOS and a USB keyboard works. Additionally I own an X220 with same keyboard type, and when swapping the defective keyboard into the X220 it does the same thing, lit power button, nothing else works. With the X220's keyboard in the T420, it boots up and keyboard works.

The keyboard was all gunked up from the coffee, so I was hoping it was just a short. I soaked it in hot water and dish detergent for a couple hours, pressed the keys a bunch to work them out, then thoroughly rinsed it with distilled water a few times and let it dry out for a couple days. The thing looks super clean now and keys all work well again, but still the same issue.

I don't want to buy a replacement keyboard because I'm cheap and I like fixing shit. Anyone have suggestions? I was thinking there may still be a short, maybe on the power button pins as I'm assuming there are 2 pins on the ribbon cable that short when you press the power button. But I can't find a pinout of the ribbon cable pins, otherwise I would use a multimeter to check.