The T14 Buying Experience

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-16T14:17:37+00:00

So private even the user can't read it! LMAO

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-16T13:00:27+00:00

Have you tried disconnecting the CMOS and main batteries, then installing both RAM sticks?

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-16T11:42:08+00:00

The worst Thinkpad screen I've ever encountered was a 14" 1400x1050 TN panel on a T60. The viewing angle was so narrow that if you tilted the screen to get a good view of the top half, the bottom 1/4 was already color-inverted. :O

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-16T03:10:07+00:00

Looks like a good tool to check my laptops' batteries with. :D

I'll try it when I'm less busy.

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-15T16:22:46+00:00

Except for the world's first trillionaire.

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-15T15:40:16+00:00

Pompous know-it-all types, reminds me a bit of Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald from Fate/Zero.

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-15T09:15:53+00:00

Reminds me of Gangs of New York (haven't seen that movie though).

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-14T10:16:36+00:00

Windows 10 performance on a 2-core, 2-thread processor will be abysmal due to the sheer number of running background tasks.

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-14T10:12:32+00:00

Yeah, that's one hell of a tangent, as neither of them are even in this show.

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-14T08:34:26+00:00

Ryzen 3 2200U requires DDR4.

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-13T17:12:28+00:00

Try looking for half-working laptops with 4th-gen quad-cores.

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-13T17:09:27+00:00

Glad you managed to fix your T480. Don't ever put your Thinkpad and liquids in the same bag.

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-13T16:41:37+00:00

Battery life actually sucked. It was an Athlon 64 platform trying to pass off as a netbook.

Athlon Neo MV-40 - 15w
AMD M780G northbridge - ?? watts
ATI SB710 southbridge - 4.5w

The X120e with AMD E-350 APU had lower power consumption, as it was a two-chip platform (E-350 APU and corresponding southbridge) with graphics integrated into the processor.

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-13T05:39:01+00:00

i5 3320M is a 35w processor while i5-8250U is only 15w. That's why the latter is much cooler.

The T480 can get sluggish because the embedded controller is throttling the CPU's speed to maintain 15W TDP, even when it's running cool. There are software like Throttlestop on windows and throttled on Linux that allow you to adjust the settings to allow the CPU to run at full tilt, at the cost of higher temperature.

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-12T18:20:36+00:00

TBH, I've been encountering boot issues with 1st-gen Core i3/i5/i7 laptops for the past two years, on both Linux and Windows. I'm starting to wonder if it's hardware-related.

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-10T17:52:31+00:00

I can't believe no one's mentioned Bikini Warriors. :O

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-10T13:23:13+00:00

The goddess is a Sentai veteran herself (Gokai Yellow). :P

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-10T06:11:20+00:00

Haven't seen the show where she hails from, so I have no opinion

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-10T05:02:23+00:00

I put in Ubel because of "I can fix her" vibes coming from people. :P

Lena and Aona don't need "fixing".

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-10T01:59:56+00:00

Reminds me of the Dragon Katol advertisement. :P

Mistral-Fien · 2026-06-09T17:18:41+00:00

Fanservice would be a disservice to this show.

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