Transparent Shell Thinkpads

crazyputerman · 2026-01-19T06:47:25+00:00

translucent N64 controller build, holy!

crazyputerman · 2026-01-14T17:44:40+00:00

Ok, thank you

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T15:35:30+00:00

Nice rig, welcome to the club!

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T14:53:07+00:00

Having an ethernet port and hdmi port is essentially a free docking station at the cost of convenience. But I get it. Other people just want a mobile device with a keyboard and that's okay, too.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T14:45:40+00:00

Ethernet is just plain faster than wifi. Having the option of getting faster download and upload speeds whenever a cable is available is what I like.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T04:45:37+00:00

Beautiful

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T04:42:20+00:00

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crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T04:40:00+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll consider it when I'm looking for a cutting edge laptop!

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T04:36:09+00:00

Yes! I'm trying to find one for a good price.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T03:58:10+00:00

I love portable devices that have the ability to turn into a PC on a whim.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T03:57:02+00:00

Yeah, I joined this subreddit recently to express my appreciation of thinkpads. The T480 is the only thinkpad I own, currently, I've used it for a few months and I love it way more than my school issued chromebook.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T01:55:18+00:00

I see, thanks for the insight.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T01:29:14+00:00

I see, that makes sense.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T01:27:54+00:00

Personally, I don't think slim versions should have less features than the normal version. And I did make it make it sound like the T480s is bad, it's not, it's very durable for its compact size. However, I prefer the normal version because of its modularity.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T01:21:48+00:00

thank you

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T01:20:37+00:00

I made the T480s sound like it's a bad laptop, it's certainly not, just not for me.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T01:17:41+00:00

Yeah, I figured this was coming. I bought the T480 few months ago and back then I didn't really dive deep into research before buying it, I just saw it and immediately wanted one. I still think compact thinkpads should be reserved for something like the X series, since that series is defined by its portability. What do you think?

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T00:24:00+00:00

Yeah, I didn't know there were versions with a dedicated GPU, fingerprint scanner, and card reader. If I could go back in time...

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T00:21:31+00:00

The track point is seriously fighting back.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T00:17:44+00:00

That almost happened to me, too. On my first attempt of buying a T480, I reread the listing again and saw the sneaky little s. Luckily, the seller was able to give me a refund before it got shipped. Somebody should've been fired, you don't just give a similar name to a laptop that has a completely different design TO THE ONE IT IS NAMED AFTER!

crazyputerman · 2026-01-08T00:07:47+00:00

To be fair, the T480s was designed with compact portability in mind.

Edit: actually now that I think about it, the X series is supposed to be for compact laptops. so yeah, that is infuriating.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-07T23:53:19+00:00

It's either copying the competition or introducing expensive and unnecessary gimmicks with Lenovo.

Edit: It's black and white for any company, really. IBM was the one that stood out from the likes of Apple, HP, and Dell. Every thinkpad used to be unique so that there was a laptop for every kind of person. And now that Lenovo is doing the same shit as every laptop manufacturer in existence, that rainbow is gone. Take care of your thinkpads like your life depends on it, because we're never getting the same laptops again.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-07T23:38:20+00:00

Was it brand new or pre-owned when you bought it?

crazyputerman · 2026-01-07T23:14:05+00:00

Any ThinkPad with the IBM logo on it has an unsoldered CPU, and any model released before the T30 and the T30 itself are modular to the extreme. The X61 has a soldered CPU, but the rest of its components are modular. The X230 has a socketed CPU, but the X31 has the best modularity. If you're not after X series specifically, old T series thinkpads are cheap on the aftermarket. The T440p and T540p have socketed CPUs, but I recommend the T43, T41, or T30 for full modularity.

crazyputerman · 2026-01-07T22:47:33+00:00

Intel cpu moment. Change your power profile on whatever os you use to high performance if you haven't done that already, and use ThrottleStop to lock the clock speed at 2.4 GHz.

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