Man, these machines are indestructible. Got a second hand R400 in 2012 and used it as a daily driver up until 2019. Still running RHEL 8 at this very moment as a home backup server, 6+ months of uptime. Never - ever - missed a beat in 10 years
I really appreciate these retro thinkpads. They're dirt cheap and a tinkerers dream. I've never used a t400 or an r400 but apparently they are identical to the widescreen t61. Very fascinating devices I must say.
I actually had no idea the R400 had the rubberized lid, I used to own an R500 back in 2011 and to me it seemed like an R61 (which I've also owned) just with a newer chipset, DDR3 RAM and an LED backlit display. I always just assumed that the R400 was just an R500 but with a smaller screen, had no idea it shared more in common with the T400 than the R500 does with the T500.
I read Lenovo had to deliberately worsen the L-Series, because the R-Series cut too much into the T-Series sales. But they improved it over time (The L440 bears more similarities to the T440p than the T440, using socketed M-CPUs and having two SODIMM slots allowing for 16GB RAM, only missing the bridge battery and being built from plastic). I noticed that companies nowadays often opt for the cheaper L-Models again. I use two L480s at work and the only difference to my knowledge is the case, same as with the R400/T400 in this video.
@@LaptopRetrospective The German ThinkWiki mentions that the R400 was too expensive to manufacture, with with market cannibalization also being presumed.
Oh those are so similar, only giveaway I saw in the beginning was the CPU cooler being aluminium on the R400 and copper on the T400. That's the only thing that meant I knew which was which!
Glad to help the channel out with my donations. I had to downsize my collection. I needed the free space. Haha!
Thanks again, you've sent some great examples and I hope to get to the others soon. 😁
Man, these machines are indestructible. Got a second hand R400 in 2012 and used it as a daily driver up until 2019. Still running RHEL 8 at this very moment as a home backup server, 6+ months of uptime. Never - ever - missed a beat in 10 years
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing.
I really appreciate these retro thinkpads. They're dirt cheap and a tinkerers dream. I've never used a t400 or an r400 but apparently they are identical to the widescreen t61. Very fascinating devices I must say.
Stay tuned then. I have a few more retro era machines that you might find interesting. 😁
@@LaptopRetrospective your channel is a gold mine.
Thanks for the kind words! Much appreciated.
I actually had no idea the R400 had the rubberized lid, I used to own an R500 back in 2011 and to me it seemed like an R61 (which I've also owned) just with a newer chipset, DDR3 RAM and an LED backlit display. I always just assumed that the R400 was just an R500 but with a smaller screen, had no idea it shared more in common with the T400 than the R500 does with the T500.
Yes it was also a surprise to me as well.
I read Lenovo had to deliberately worsen the L-Series, because the R-Series cut too much into the T-Series sales. But they improved it over time (The L440 bears more similarities to the T440p than the T440, using socketed M-CPUs and having two SODIMM slots allowing for 16GB RAM, only missing the bridge battery and being built from plastic). I noticed that companies nowadays often opt for the cheaper L-Models again. I use two L480s at work and the only difference to my knowledge is the case, same as with the R400/T400 in this video.
There may be some truth to that, do you remember where you read it?
@@LaptopRetrospective The German ThinkWiki mentions that the R400 was too expensive to manufacture, with with market cannibalization also being presumed.
Interesting! Thanks for the insight.
Oh those are so similar, only giveaway I saw in the beginning was the CPU cooler being aluminium on the R400 and copper on the T400. That's the only thing that meant I knew which was which!
Good eye!
.. Cheers to you ..
I'm on the edge of a transaction of on R400, what is the value for one?
I usually look at eBay to see what the going rate is.
May I ask how you install lenovo software and drives in R400 with win10? I can't find any R400 drivers with win10.
Specific drivers weren't needed. Windows 10 didn't have any issues selecting the drivers I needed.
Couldn't find the R400 here but I found the next best thing, the R500. Hopefully still in working condition.
R500 is its bigger brother and will have a bare plastic lid.
Luckily the DVD caddy is SATA instead of a proprietary connector like those found on the T61 and R60.
Yeah, that is a huge plus.
hi sir, does this laptop supprt windows 10 64 bit. thanks
The laptop is running it in this video.
@@LaptopRetrospective okay sir, thank you. I purchased one from amazon india, waiting impatienly for the delivery.
Hope it arrives safely.
Hope so sir
Tengo una R400 estoy intentando armarla.
thnx