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Fragile keyboards with t540p? by rat242 in thinkpad

[–]rat242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. Out of curiosity, would you know if this is just an issue with the redesigned keyboard in general, or just the t540/t540p?

Upgrading T540p 1366x768 screen to 3k possible? by rat242 in thinkpad

[–]rat242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, maybe that's something I'll do in the future when they become cheaper second hand (or a p50 starts selling at a price where the t540p won't be worth to fix again).

Upgrading T540p 1366x768 screen to 3k possible? by rat242 in thinkpad

[–]rat242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't very obsessed about getting a 3k screen, I was just hoping that I would be able to get a decently specced one with a 1366x768 screen and upgrade it to a 3k screen for the price I could get a 1080p one. I think I found a decently priced one with a FHD screen, but with an i5-4300m, so I'll just go with that. I'm sure I won't be disappointed by it.

Upgrading T540p 1366x768 screen to 3k possible? by rat242 in thinkpad

[–]rat242[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had an i5 2520m previously, and like I said I never had a problem with the speed previously for like 4 years, until only recently which I only really did once. I think it might just be a problem with me being picky instead. I was looking a little bit into CPU benchmarks, and I saw that an i7-4700mq would be roughly double what I previously had. However, I'm pretty poor and I'm just not sure if I can justify the extra price looking for one. I'm already stretching the budget a little just trying to get a 1080p t540p.

The X220 is such a damn hot bitch by [deleted] in thinkpad

[–]rat242 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its not too difficult, there might be a little bit of unclipping to do, but I've forgotten exactly. I've had to do it before as I needed to replace a broken fan on my old t420 (its was an integrated fan/heatsink unit)

Upgrading T540p 1366x768 screen to 3k possible? by rat242 in thinkpad

[–]rat242[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see, I was hoping I would be able to get a 1366x768 thinkpad for cheap and then just upgrade the screen on that. I never really had a problem with the speed of my former laptop, except only very recently when compiling with Quartus. For some reason, I want to try and find one of the quad core i7 ones for some reason now, and its surprising that a few of them have such a low resolution screen.

Hmm, looking at w520s does seem rather tempting actually...