Computer & Internet Related Is the thinkpad t410 still a good option in 2020?

[Deleted member 291]

Please help my only laptopis a chromebook and I cant survive this shitty chrome OS much longer. I think lenovo makes a newer laptop that costs about the same on ebay but it doesnt have the thinkpad nipple

 

[SIGSEGV]

That depends on what you need the laptop to do.

 

[Deleted member 291]

That depends on what you need the laptop to do.

I dont care as long as it can run windows programs and is faster than my super slow acer chromebook 15. From what I can tell the CPU speed is like 1 ghz faster so it should be better.

 

[SSF2T Old User]

I'd recommend giving this a good read before buying a ThinkPad

ThinkPad - InstallGentoo Wiki v2

wiki.installgentoo.com

If you do get one, then here's a Wiki for ThinkPads that gives some helpful advice from upgrades to maintenance to add-ons

ThinkWiki

www.thinkwiki.org

 

[Azusa]

Please help my only laptopis a chromebook and I cant survive this shitty chrome OS much longer. I think lenovo makes a newer laptop that costs about the same on ebay but it doesnt have the thinkpad nipple

What, no picture?

Look at this! What a beautiful laptop. Get one and install Gentoo on it and you'll have all the bitches.

 

[nil]

What, no picture?
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Look at this! What a beautiful laptop. Get one and install Gentoo on it and you'll have all the bitches.

He says he needs a machine that can run windows programs in 2020 effectively.

I heard that they are still okay (I believe it's only once you get dual core ThinkPads that it becomes problems), but their days are numbers, as the max 8 GB RAM will probably be eaten away by the Electron-based apps of our wonderful future.

 

[Need For Sneed]

T-series ThinkPads are based. Well, up until the T430. They started going downhill from the T440 onwards.

 

[nil]

The T490, IIRC, has soldered-on RAM.

Absolutely disgusting.

 

[Need For Sneed]

The T490, IIRC, has soldered-on RAM.

Absolutely disgusting.

The T490 is pozzed to the point where it makes an M1 MacBook look good.

 

[SIGSEGV]

P50 Mobile Workstation master race

 

[Deleted member 291]

He says he needs a machine that can run windows programs in 2020 effectively.

I heard that they are still okay (I believe it's only once you get dual core ThinkPads that it becomes problems), but their days are numbers, as the max 8 GB RAM will probably be eaten away by the Electron-based apps of our wonderful future.

All I really care about is running basic stuff like VLC or file explorer. On chrome OS it takes like +5 seconds to open any program.