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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by darry1966 » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:52 am

wuxmedia wrote:you will all be sick of it once it arrives... :)
I hope it brings you much pleasure Wux.:)
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Unread post by machinebacon » Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:57 am

^ IIRC wux already has "the pleasure"
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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by wuxmedia » Tue Jul 26, 2016 7:18 am

So here it is, for no other reason than "fuck it" keeping the win install, was win8 - Am I the only person to choose to upg to 10?
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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by darry1966 » Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:03 am

Congrats on the new arrival Wux.:)
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Unread post by wuxmedia » Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:20 am

^ Thanks Mate :)
already loving the dedicated middle button!,
track pad is a bit modern, but nice, now i can see what people are going on about with the keyboards, although appreciated, not the old IBM style.
all the buttons, webcam, sound, wi-fi, keyboard backlight control and fancy shit all work OotB (haven't tried the fingerprint reader just yet)
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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by franksinistra » Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:23 am

nice wux! looking mighty fine. Couldn't get one for at least 800 USD around here in that condition....
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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by machinebacon » Tue Jul 26, 2016 10:54 am

oh wow, this looks pretty modern. ^ I just checked on taobao, the 8GB/256GB SSD/i7 version costs around 450USD.
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Unread post by wuxmedia » Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:02 pm

yeah that's pretty much the price of it here. B grade screen and casing, not that I care.
Yup it's a 1st gen, (better keyboard) i7 256Gb SSD (msata I think) with 8 G of RAM
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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by ivanovnegro » Tue Jul 26, 2016 7:30 pm

wuxmedia wrote:^ Thanks Mate :)
already loving the dedicated middle button!,
track pad is a bit modern, but nice, now i can see what people are going on about with the keyboards, although appreciated, not the old IBM style.
all the buttons, webcam, sound, wi-fi, keyboard backlight control and fancy shit all work OotB (haven't tried the fingerprint reader just yet)
Looks damn good but true, it has the new Lenovo keyboard. I think the finger print reader never works ootb. You have to fiddle with it. Personally I do not care.

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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by anticapitalista » Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:26 am

I have finally joined the club.

Bought myself a Lenovo ThinkPad L412. i5 2.4Ghz, 8Gb Ram, Wifi, Webcam, Fingerprint Security, 14.1" Widescreen LED, 250Gb Hard Drive and a clean Install of Genuine Windows 7 Professional, Licence Key on Base plus Office 2007 Installed. For £120.

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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by GekkoP » Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:10 pm

^ 120£!? Wow.

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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by wuxmedia » Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:19 am

nice.
antix should fly on it :) or stick with win7 :P
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Unread post by ivanovnegro » Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:10 pm

Great job Anti and welcome to the club.

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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by anticapitalista » Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:58 pm

Thanks all. Of course it was second hand, but a bargain nonetheless, I think.

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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by wuxmedia » Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:30 am

^ I kept win8->10 on this one, thing is; I have to change the uefi shit in the BIOS to boot into win or 'buntu.
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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by vic » Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:57 pm

Beauty or Beast? :D
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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by ivanovnegro » Sun Oct 16, 2016 9:10 pm

A beauty and an original IBM.

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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by dkeg » Sun Oct 16, 2016 9:46 pm

Nice, but, what happens if you unplug? Good thing, replacement batteries are easy to find

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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by wuxmedia » Mon Oct 17, 2016 7:32 am

what is that thing plugged in on the left there? (not the USB-HDD) is that some modded power supply?
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Re: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads

Unread post by vic » Mon Oct 17, 2016 7:34 am

The battery do work...but I guess that it will not be for long though. Have not tested it yet, but will do so one of these days. Installed "Space Oddity" on it, but have to do a few configs and add some bloat to it before I check the battery.

My intention is to keep this one as my new staionary machine, connected to a bigger screen, stereo and cabled internet. Thanks to the dock it makes it fairly easy to move around if necessary, will probably have to bring the cord with me if it is going to be used for some time.

The machine is quite old but it looks new. No scratches, no marks, everything seems to work as it should. Replaced the hd with a ssd that I had laying around, so smooth sailing from now on. :)

Edit: wux, sorry I did not see your post until now, it is a docking station. But I guess you understood that since it is mentioned above here.
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