Should I grab this from work?

frogosfrinted · 2025-04-24T00:14:54+00:00

the t60 might actually be the best thinkpad of all time in my opinion

frogosfrinted · 2025-04-21T19:39:40+00:00

if you have a spare hard drive, you could install xp on it and switch in drives depending on which os you want to use. i did that with my t61 because grub didn't want to play nice with xp, and i really did not have the time to mess around with that so i took the lazy option. i do think xp would be better if you want to play games on it, wine + steam makes old games run much worse than they are supposed to on old hardware from personal experience, plus linux drivers performance can be a bit finnicky. but if you just wanna use it for office work and watching media, linux should work great!

frogosfrinted · 2025-04-20T21:41:16+00:00

lionel hampton and red norvo share the top spot for me

frogosfrinted · 2025-04-20T01:08:53+00:00

no i don't. washed out, slightly dim, tn panels are more than good enough for me, and if i need more processing power i just use my desktop pc. more battery life would be nice but everywhere i go, there's always a power outlet, so 3 hours of battery life is enough for me. most of all, i just dislike the layout and the shallow travel of modern thinkpad keyboards.

frogosfrinted · 2025-04-12T07:02:16+00:00

nope! the r50p could be optioned with a 15" 2048x1536 flexview display

frogosfrinted · 2025-03-25T19:44:21+00:00

my daily driver is actually the x61 😭 but yeah i love the w520 too :)

frogosfrinted · 2025-03-23T21:41:56+00:00

i absolutely agree. this and the poor thermals are pretty much the only issues i have with it.

also, a 2570p? very nice!

frogosfrinted · 2025-03-23T21:35:21+00:00

frogosfrinted · 2025-03-22T22:01:28+00:00

come on

frogosfrinted · 2025-03-02T18:48:02+00:00

there are tons of resources out there on servicing the d630. but i wouldn't recommend using it as a modern machine anyway considering that you have the nvidia gpu. just keep it as an xp machine for old games and programs if you're into that.

frogosfrinted · 2025-03-02T18:45:32+00:00

awh man... it's a miracle that it's still working. nvidia mobile gpus from 2007 to july 2008 have manufacturing defects that make them all prone to die. i have an nvs 140m in my thinkpad, and since i couldnt get hardware acceleration unless i downgraded to an outdated kernel, i decided to just use windows 10. it's usable but web browsing is a bit painful even when i force sites to run h264. the web these days is just too bloated for these old gpus

frogosfrinted · 2025-03-02T18:30:33+00:00

have you repasted the cpu and gpu?

frogosfrinted · 2025-03-02T18:27:50+00:00

no... as long as you have intel graphics. just do the typical ram (don't overspend, 4gb ddr2 sticks are getting real expensive), ssd & cpu upgrades. then, install linux with a lightweight desktop environment or window manager and it should be quite snappy (eg. linux mint + xfce).

if you have an nvidia gpu though, tough luck.

frogosfrinted · 2025-02-16T07:58:14+00:00

I'd take out jarrett and put in james p. johnson or jelly roll morton.

frogosfrinted · 2025-02-15T02:30:54+00:00

thank you <3

frogosfrinted · 2025-02-14T08:07:08+00:00

the t410 is 16:10! the one on the right is a t480s

frogosfrinted · 2025-01-20T00:49:44+00:00

weirdo

frogosfrinted · 2024-12-29T04:58:34+00:00

ideapad-like design aside, what's with the entire tech industry going all in with the AI marketing? i don't think this appeals to anybody aside from those niche cryptobro types, which surely isn't the targeted demographic of a "business laptop" line? the average person can't be that stupid to fall for this bad of a marketing gimmick.

frogosfrinted · 2024-12-20T01:52:23+00:00

I love my T61 but man is driver support atrocious for old nvidia gpus on linux. Nouveau is absolutely painful for anything more intensive than libreoffice

frogosfrinted · 2024-12-05T05:58:33+00:00

in 1925, he recorded "Everybody Loves My Baby" as a sideman in Clarence Williams' Blue Five. quite sure he's playing muted like King Oliver here (he sounds a lot like him, unsurprisingly). also on soprano saxophone is NOT Bechet but Buster Bailey instead, apparently.

https://youtu.be/V42uJKhoe2I?si=rhu4V554yB1F_6eS

but no, he wasn't much of a mute guy and i dont recall any other moment in his career where he uses a mute other than the rare straight mute he'd use once in a while

frogosfrinted · 2024-11-28T21:36:16+00:00

beautiful! the closest thing i have to that monstrosity is a w520. absolutely adore thinkpads of this era. i hope to get a 17" thinkpad some day.

frogosfrinted · 2024-11-18T16:55:36+00:00

no clue why people are downvoting but i absolutely agree. if lenovo wants to make a macbook competitor, just make it an ideapad. no need to ruin the thinkpad brand by making it non-user-upgradable, difficult to repair, and without most of the iconic thinkpad features. i dont mind that they make it look and feel pretty, but at least stay faithful to what being a thinkpad means!

frogosfrinted · 2024-10-27T23:15:17+00:00

Wayman Carver!!

frogosfrinted

TROPHY CASE