/tpg/ - ThinkPad General
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Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P Series 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
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/hardware/
https://canoeboot.org/docs/hardware/
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 rizonepoxy on my ram and rom
always firsthow the FUCK do i install win7 on my T15p gen 1?
tried a bunch of community update packs like simplix etc. and modded installers but it always hangs or crashes on boot even if the installer completes
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/hardware
https://canoeboot.org/docs/hardware
Additional resources:
https://dankpads.com/tpg/
https://biosimage.booru.org
https://1vyra.in
Patches:
https://github.com/digmorepaka/thin
https://github.com/hamishcoleman/th
Chat:
##ibmthinkpad on libera
#/tpg/ on rizonepoxy on my ram and rom
always firsthow the FUCK do i install win7 on my T15p gen 1?
tried a bunch of community update packs like simplix etc. and modded installers but it always hangs or crashes on boot even if the installer completes
