Is the Lenovo ThinkPad T420 Suitable in 2022?
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
- In this video, we'll go over a brief history of the Lenovo ThinkPad T420, the specifications of this computer, what it is like to use, what upgrades would be required and if it is still a capable machine in 2022.
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If you're getting a used ThinkPad I highly recommend upgrading the slow HDD to a SSD. Makes a huge difference
I think everybody pretty much did this at least 5 years ago, especially for the swapfile speed. Also chuck the optical and put in a drive caddy. Somehow the BIOS updates have gone missing lately. I dual boot with Windows and it works as well a new noteboook. Dirt cheap and gives priceless street credibility.
I did it. Really great work
What ssd do you recommend?
>he actually thinks an ssd is a nessecary upgrade
LMFAO BTFO
@@the-np4mr u mean it's doesn't matter ? I'm trying bro put a egpu since it has an express card slot, I already bought n upgrade cpu but apparently it's not necessary
T420. The last great Thinkpad.
Have a couple here. Main one cost me £38, c/w 4GB and no disk, but the 16 x 9 screen, BT and Modem. Upgraded with 256GB SSD I had laying around, Ultrabay with 1TB spinny disk, mini dock, and 8GB RAM. Oh, and an Express card USB 3. Cost, all in, about £75.
Runs Linux Mint like a dream. Boots to a usable desktop in about 35 seconds.
I bought a similar one for my Mum, and have a spare of my own, because Thinkpad.
Bought my T420 used in 2016 and it never let me down. Now it was about time to bring it into 2022 and I gave it a serious upgrade:
- 16GB 1600MHz RAM
- 250 GB mSATA SSD (replaced the UMTS card and allows to keep the HD for data storage without sacrificing the CD/DVD)
- swapped out the i5-2520m against a i7-2670QM
- For the CPU upgrade and also to utilize the higher speed RAM, a BIOS upgrade to v 1.52 is needed
These upgrades make a huge difference! Performance is more than suitable, everything runs snappy even with a lot of programs/files opened in parallel.I spent about EUR 130 for the upgrades and it's more than worth it.This machine will easily go for another 3 or 4 years.
Sir what brand and spec's did you replace to your ram and HDD?
@@nelsonalcantara7000 Hi there! HDD is Transcend 256GB mSATA SSD SATA III, RAM is Timetec Hynix 16GB Kit (2x8GB).
Thanks very much sir..
I bought a T420 in 2010 for school, and continued to use it when travelling until 2019. It would be great to upgrade and use it again.
Nice video, congrats! Just subscribed your channel.
I bought my T420 three years ago, second handed, i7-2640M, 16GB RAM, 1 TB HDD. Installed a 500 GB SDD, and it’s my daily driver for Data Science. Although it came with Windows 10 installed, I’m a Manjaro user.
I love the keyboard and the track-point, and the fact you can open it easily and expand it in many ways.
Because it was overheating on CPU heavy tasks, I recently opened it, cleaned it, and replaced the thermal paste. It’s working well again since then.
I’m looking forward to watch your follow-up video about using T420 with Linux. Keep up the good work!
I've got a T420i that I use on a daily basis. Using Rufus, I've installed Win11 onto a 250gb m.2 drive. It also has a 500gb and a 1tb drive installed. 16gb of ram. Nice little machine all in all.
This video is such a great review, I love to see more products review like this
Upgraded with SSD and 8 GB of RAM, in my own experience this machine is still reliable for basic productivity. I have used it since 2013.
and light photoshop editing
Great video! thanks for the ammout of detail and upgrade options
got the t420s version and it's still holds admirably .
Thank you💐
It was helpful video even in the end of 2022,
Most old thinkpads only need an SSD and max up the RAM and they are good to go another decade!
... I am not sure if that speaks very well of them, or the fact that there is really not that much advance in laptops.
I did exactly that - bought 8GB T420, replaced old SSD with brand new and it is a great machine in 2022. It’s running Windows 10 and I’ve installed Office 2021. It is a very convinient device for daily use - watching RUclips, Netflix, writing, making money transfers etc. I don’t play any games so it is not a problem for me.
The only thing I have to do is cleaning the fan and replacing thermal paste on CPU because it’s getting hot sometimes.
I recommend buying T420 in 2022 with 8GB RAM or more and SSD!
I use a lower tier X220 with i5, with SSD and 15 gigs of ram it is a very capable basic daily use machine with plenty of power. It has some hiccoughs sometimes but overall even multiple tabs opened in Chrome aren't an issue really.
I just bought one about a year ago?? I'm in the middle of researching and selecting items for its upgrade. 🙂 I really like it.
Great Review. I am subbing and looking forward to your channel. Keep it up.
THIS IS MY DREAM LAPTOP
Haha your dream should be attainable. Its a decent machine which gets the job done for basic tasks.
Watching this on my T530 that's my main computer and still works great, although I want more speed for a few things so I just jumped 6 years into the future by picked up a used X1 Extreme. We have 3 other T430s in use. My T520 motherboard died. I should have replaced it years ago, but it's not too late.
Ah yes the beloved tink pad...I actually picked up one a used 440p of eBay..awesome video mate...much like be from Trinidad...glad for the info on this...new sub also to the channel...my main goal is to be used for my course in electrical and electronics for schooll...as well as to try Linux..
I love the T420 and still Have a T520 I use every day for watching Netflix, Movies, VLC, Twitch, Music Player its my "Cable/Roku" Box. I have 2 T430's machines that are my favorite ThinKpads to date.... Very Hesitant getting a newer laptop as the build just does't feel the same no ThinKlight, PalmRest just feel off to me, they might perform better, but they dont feel better.
I use also newer machines. They are really good. Especially the X1 range.
My T420 is still my daily driver. I have the Intel 2520m and Nvidia 4200m. I upgraded to a 500gb SSD and installed a 1080p screen a few years back.
can you remember where you got the 1080p screen? thats wat im trying to upgrade
@@dublinese415 I finally upgraded the ram from 4gb to 16gb. Huge improvement when running windows.
I used a ThinkPad X1-Carbon gen 1 (2012) from 2014 to 2022, as my programming career grew with it. Even towards the end of its life, it could handle heavy IDEs, running AI neural networks, and even though it shut down from overheating somewhat often, it handled my software development workload. The ThinkPad died 2 months ago, so I got a new IdeaPad Flex 5 to replace it.
This ThinkPad betrayal!
Shouldve gotten a t14 or t14s
Im using ideapad 5 14inch rn with 11th gen i5,16gb ram and mx450. Ngl, i kinda want to downgrade to t420 for the keyboard and red knob.
In regards to adding storage: The secondary network card slot (next to the bottom RAM slot) also takes mSATA SSDs, so if you want extra storage without giving up the DVD drive you can use that for SSD storage and leave the 2.5" bay for spinning rust.
I had something like this ages ago, when I was a kid, but it had a fingerprint scanner on the right of the palm rest
Overall nicely done :)
My main workhorse is a T420 with the HD screen, a quad core i7 (2760QM) (A cheap upgrade), 16GB ram and a 2TB SSD. Renders all my videos quickly, does everything fast really, cannot see myself ever shifting to a "new" laptop until all T420s finally vanish ;) Oh, and yes, I use Linux Mint 18 ;) :D :D
I am using one of them in 2024. i5, 12Gb RAM and 256 SSD. W10 as SO. It works fine for all the task I need to do.
The T420 was the standard issue laptop at my high school (in 2011).
It was a similar spec to the one in the video; 2nd gen i5, 900p display, Windows 7. But it had only 2gb of RAM…
That thing powered through 4 years of school. But it was slow… and wear and tear really shows. “The soft touch finish wears away really easily, the matte keyboard eventually becomes glossy, and
anything that is a sticker eventually peels off.
After graduation, I upgraded it a fresh install of Windows 10, 8 GB of RAM, a 128GB SSD, a new OEM battery, and a new application of thermal paste.
Man did that all make a HUGE difference back then. It was more than useable for office work and browsing with no issue,
This was 2011-2012, so we all tried pushing the Intel HD3000 integrated graphics to play Minecraft at minimum settings and 20-30 fps. But we didn’t complain.
Good times 😂
I just saved one from the trash and it had the 900p display and 2Gb of RAM too ! I thought somebody must have a go on the sticks but apparently, this is an official variant.
I added an extra 4Gb of RAM (had only a 4Gb stick at hand), a 250Gb SSD and slapped Arch Linux on it. Runs like a champ for a 11 year old machine !
So have you tried the eGPU hacks?
2GB of RAM for windows 7 really is torture. That was already too little even back then. Wow. I'm surprised it didn't come with at least 4 GB which really is the absolute bottom end.
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Really nice video. Keep up the good job. Already subscribed
Thank you very much for your kind words!
Still using my T420 as my daily driver, but will have to upgrade soon, sadly. The cooling system can't manage the heat of the i7 anymore when it comes to more modern software. But I love this machine since I bought it in 2011.
It could just need a thermal paste replacement. You'll have to take it apart until the palmrest is off. Nothing really hard, since Lenovo provided a very useful service manual and it is very easy to get which screw goes where...
downgrade to the superior i5
haha
Did you upgrade to a i7 quad-core? Cooling issues are expected with the quad-core CPUs since the heatsink and fan is quite small
@@pillowrex811 No, it's the original dual-core.
@@larsw.3240 repaste it, you have no excuse. I repasted mine and get 65 degrees on max load (for now)
I've been using my T420 as my daily since 2016 when i bought it used. Still runs fine, recently upgraded to 16 GB Ram. Next is i7 and SSD
I've got a t520. Still usable even with the HDD.
the laptop in the video has only 4 gb of ram and hdd... in that configuration it is not usable, however it has the flexibility to be upgraded to 8x2 ddr3 and ssd, with this last configuration it can be a daily driver even for java development .
Absolutely! Hence the recommendation to upgrade to an SSD and some more RAM. The SSD would be most beneficial, if money is tight.
I have a t420 and I have 16gb ram (but originally had 4GB when I bought it) and 512gb storage on a hybrid drive that I installed. Hybrids are so good for this stuff - fast and sometimes quite cheap, with enough memory.
@@DrYeet2704 How did you add the hybrid drive?
The 16g ram is the best upgrade to do for.the T420. I have been using mine for over 8 years every day.
I have an X220 with an SSD and 8GB RAM and it is a wonderful machine, especially with that old school keyboard. In fact it is better than a new HP Probook which I bought and was disappointed with. In fact I was so impressed with the X220 I ended up buying 2! I'm now also looking at the T420 so thank you for the great review.
Why are you hoarding computers?
@@PiceaSitchensis Collecting classic computers that would otherwise be thrown away is not hoarding.
Aprill 2022, here in Indonesia T420's start at 110 GBP (140 USD) and go up from there.
Im running Linux Mint OS. I just upgraded my T420 to a 1 TB ssd, and I was playing 8 videos in 8 browser tabs simultaneously with no lag in the system! I stopped there and checked the ram and cpu core usage. 4gb of ram and about .25 or less of each core. I bought a Crucial MX500 1TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal SSD
It's the best upgrade I have done.
I use a t420 as my daily driver, corebooted it, put in an SSD, new battery, and linux. Battery ACTUALLY LASTS ALL DAY, boots up crazy fast, and secure as can be :) I'll be upgrading the CPU soon too.
How did you get the battery to last all day?
@@loodakris5928 I bought the extended battery, and kept the brightness at a reasonable level per environment (indoors with dim light turn brightness down, outside with blazing sun, turn it up).
I also use Linux on it, which on laptops can either hurt or boost battery, in this case, it boosted.
Thakyou
Very well done. Bravo. Amongst others I use a T420s with 8GB RAM and a SSD - great machine for not too heavy tasks.
Nothing's beats a used ThinkPad if you're on a budget.... Well nothing beats a ThinkPad ;) Happy #ThinkPadThursday
Thank you, very much! Well, at least the T420s has USB 3.0, so no need for an ExpressCard upgrade. Happy ThinkPad Thursday to you, too!
Also using T420s with 8GB RAM and SSD (ubuntu 20.04). Everything works flawless.
@@Retrothequewhat’s the name of the soundtrack you used for the background?
I have a T430s I5 gen 3, 8Gb of ram, windows 10 and it has never failed to run anything I have put on it but I never use games. Runs the latest version of MS visual studio fine and while it is a bit slow running it's fine. I wouldn't really recommend it now as it's going a bit too far back into history and I have had hardware failures recently. Maybe save your pennies and spend about £150 - £250 for a quad core E480 or E490 i5 gen 8, SSD, FHD and much newer battery... seems like a better deal unless you really can't afford more than £40
And Windows 11 running fine
Done the USB 3.0, installed 16GB memory, replaced a hinge and bezle, and now I look to install an i7 with an SSD and as a newb at 60 my think pad is better than it was new, it has been invaluable in honing my I T skills.
Hey Curly - good to see you are enjoying your T420 - I've been using mine for ten years (the i7, with SSD, 16Gb). The keyboard is the last full-travel keyboard that was made on a laptop (I think). My wife also only just upgraded from her T420 after ten years - only because some features on Photoshop weren't supported. Real wonderful workhorses to be looked after and enjoyed.
@@TrystansWorkbench Yeah best investment, first move was to install the ram then get rid of the original hard disk, that alone turned a wheel barrow in to a v 8 powered sports car.
Good production values - I doubt this is your first RUclips video. You should have mentioned that one of the best things about ThinkPads is the community.
Thank you! Of course, yes, the community. How could I forget? In my next ThinkPad video, I’ll give them a mention.
Also, this is my first ever video. But, I’ve been watching tech videos for years and I’ve also been researching things like lighting, using DaVinci Resolve (never even touched it before making this video), and how following a script helps you tell a story.
Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm still using a T420 with 1TB SSD and 16GB RAM and it's fine. It sits in its docking station, connected to 2x 24" 1920x1200 monitors. The only difficulty is that the sound driver is a bit flaky in Windows 10 and it glitches from time to time. But that's not a big deal for me. Oh, and I'm a UNIX professional, so it's constantly in use.
Nice tutorial brother sorry I need to ask you if soft can be installe on Android?
It is usable in this configuration.
Nice video
add 16 gig ram and remove cd drive install a second hdd , t420 is a beast is you use it for everyday task and the keyboard is just amazing , i have an x230 (smaller version of t430) keyboard is sht
Great. I already have an i7 X220 with an SSD and 16 gigs of RAM. Now I want a T420 as well
I have an i5 T420 I use for work and just got myself an i7 X220T for personal use. Love them both!
@@laurenb8794 That's nice. What kind of work do you use the T420 for? I don't need a T420 but there's something about the #20 series that makes me want to collect them.
i know its not a think pad but i have a dv7 from about 2011 that has been solid as an everyday internet brouser tho it has a older first gen i5 so to conclusde old laptops rock
I have it only for the keyboard. I love it. Do you know Which is the last model with the first generation of the keyboard like the t420 serie. I am looking for a updated Lenovo Thinkpad but with that keyboard. I love it
Have one in 2024, its really good, just get an ssd an 8 gig of dual channel ram. fast enough to run basic tasks and old school gaming, my only complaint with t420 is its weight, its very bulky and it also throttles without the battery for some reason.
Great vid...that was and still is a great machine. As much as I love new tech and buying the latest greatest...that machine could do everything I actually do on a computer and I use one daily for work...both home office and in the field. Email...videos...conference calls...MS office...shopping...research...and a bunch of cloud based crap...no problem on that machine.
As I type on a 2k Mac :/
I have the brother T520 with 16GB and i7 2760QM (real quad core, not puny i7 dual core) and GPU. No problems with 1080 60fps Big Buck Bunny, it skips frames only at 2x speed, but if it's not 60fps it doesn't skip. Same CPU power of some ultra low voltage ultrabook.
Was there a video on how to start one up?
You didn't have to add the bodily fluids 😂😂
Msata sdd fits too
You forgot to tell them to remove the battery and photograph or write down the product ID for use to register the Windows 10 OS. The upgrade from Windows 7 Pro was free for me. it is now digitally signed. But not Windows 11 compatible.
I read you can upgrade the CPU to an i7 if it doesn't have one, however, it will not be the 8th gen or higher required for Windows 11.
As far as I can tell the TPM is only 1.1 and can not be upgraded to TPM 2.0
It does have secure boot if I recall right and you can install the OS to use UEFI.
I have T420 with 16GB RAM, and 2 SSDs with total 1.5TB. Total beast. The only bottleneck is the 2nd gen Intel CPU. Which can be tweaked into gen 3 i7 when installing Coreboot BIOS. I wish they would produce laptops as upgradeable as T420 these days.
Do you have to install the operating system or was that just your laptop because I see one that says it's on windows 10
Just bought a L420 for £31 . Intel core i5 ...10gb ram and 256 ssd drive runs really well
What store
for years i used the T420, and then switched to the T430 mainly in respect to USB 3.0 and the more modern ivybridge CPUs , the major upgrades for all thinkpads
1. SSD
2. RAM
3. Dockingstation
4. Accu
5. CPU
6. Displayupgrade
7. Wlanupgrade
Its always fun to maintain the laptops, well documented and easy to get spare parts, and nearly no chance to damage them
There are ExpressCards you can buy which add 2 USB 3.0 ports on the T420. Not as fast as native ports but still way faster than USB 2.0...
@@lululock but there was also the i7-3612qm, and the better built in graphic in ivybridge, (afaik the T420 can also use ivybridge cpus)
@@tomsun3159 Yes, the T420 van use 3rd gen CPUs if you flash Coreboot on it. I might do that in the future but I'm not really sure... Looks risky.
What's the specs of your t420 gpu dedicated or integrated? I upgraded mine to i7 2670QM here in Pakistan i found this processor for 7$ also i found that integrated intel hd 3000 doesn't work on windows 10 buts runs flawless on windows 8.1
Can you make a video on T460S
Optical discs are not really obsolete. Quite the opposite. Especially when you are doing redundancy backups it always makes sense to backup really important things on multiple medias. So making a Blu-ray or DVD backup of your files and also keeping them on USB HDDs and flash drives, is something that should be done if you can. You don't wanna put your trust and all your precious data into the hands of Flash and HDDs alone. I had more HDD and flash drive fails in the past 20 years than i had with optical media. Just don't buy the worst and cheapest discs you can get. The Ultrabay method, with an extra Drive, can also come in handy if you wanna do a Mini-raid and Mirror your System and all your files to another drive inside the same Laptop. Better safe than sorry.
Is dell n5040 useable in 2022? Thinking of buying this one used.
it's suitable even in 2024
So i have that laptop lenovo Thinkpad t420 and is it Support for stream console gaming if i make it Upgrade to the laptop ?
Can I use this for college or myself
I still have the computer and I play super smash bros brawl on low setting and configuration on the machine. Not the best but good enough for this new era
Sir what ram is compatible to my t420? What is the maximum ram and sdd capacity?
I switched my Acer Aspire (i5-8250u+nVidia MX150) to a thinkpad t420, becasue I really fell in love with the form factor.
I use it with an i7-2640m 16gigs of ram, two ssd's (on in the mSata slot) and with an HDD in an HDD caddy put into the DVD drive slot.
I know it can cost a lot of money but when you cannot tolerate the terrible viewing angel and colors of the original screen, then I really recommend the FullHD IPS mod, which I did on my laptop.
Since I use the laptop mostly for web browsing, video and netflix watching, therefore a screen upgrade makes a much bigger impact on the usability, than a cpu or ram upgrade.
You can pick up the circuitry and the full HD IPS panel for the screen mod in Alíexpress or Ebay.
It really worth it!
Hi I just got a Lenovo thinkpad corei7 5th gen what games could I play on it??
my laptop i got that is a t420 also has this wierd smell is that for all t420s because i didnt use any cleaning products with a smell to wipe the gunk off.
I had the same T420 but it freezes all the time and the apps close when I open them.
Yes, it's a great laptop. Although USB3 would be nice. I've two of them, one for use, one for a spare. Never use games. Express USB3 cards just do not fit, far far too tight in the machine
As someone who had been using T400, T420, T530, T440P, P50, P50 (my second P50), T570
The T420 is good if you prepare to use Windows 7, window 10 won't work smooth on it, and don't expect any performance on it, imagine it's only good in case you want to have your kid getting familiar with a GOOD laptop.
I am a performance user, so there might be plenty of people who use the T420 or x220 feel the urge to roast me.
At least try the T430 or T530 (the 15 inch screen is really good even the lowest spec screen, much much better than any 14 inch HD from T410 to T440), or the T440P, which is good for performance, but the original touchpad is kinda shite.
I am using a T440s with 8gb ram and a SSD. Its fine. I don't game and I use Linux. I dual boot with Windows.
Is Linux installed on the second drive?
PLEASE MENTION HIGH MAH BATTERIES FOR LENOVO T-420 ORIGINAL AND GENUINE WITH PRICE
A few things:
1. The T420, T520, X220, and W520 all can be flashed with coreboot without needing an SPI, so it MIGHT be worth investigating using a 3632QM if there's no chipset in compatibility. If there IS an incompatibility, I'd bump the models to the T/W/Xx30, flash with an SPI flasher, and then definitely use the 3632QM for those extra 2C/4T while staying at the same TDP :)
2. These laptops have a full height mPCIe slot that also supports mSATA, and can support WWAN NICs (important to flash the BIOS to remove the whitelist or go all coreboot if non-Lenovo FRUs). You can always look at dumping in an mSATA SSD with a second drive being HDD for massive storage or another SSD, potentially for dualbooting.
3. Get the right WLAN chip in there and these are phenomenal hackintoshes :) (get the perfect chip and you even get bluetooth and continuity!)
4. The ExpressCard slot can house an NVMe drive with an adapter from ThinkMods, so there's even an option for a THIRD SSD.
5. The optical drives can be swapped out for either a second battery or a FOURTH drive.
6. Extended batteries do exist, but you can also get slice batteries which drain first and can be separated after depletion. The X220/X230 in particular has a battery slice model which covers the whole base and you can get up to a full 24 hours of operation depending on how you use your system.
7. The default antenna config is 2x2 but some laptops forego the built-in webcam array for a third antenna for a 3x3 WLAN. WWAN is ALWAYS available with two antennas unless you get the i versions (just why?!)
i would presume you really like thinkpads from this era
@@bkcauafroes2012 I used to flip these a few years ago in Pakistan and they were phenomenal value. Despite a good margin the buyers were still super happy and I had a buy or two every month on average.
@@billlodhia5640 really nice to know that some people still give love to this machines, they deserve it
i live in brazil, unfortunately here they are not that cheap, a t420 like this costs a minimum monthly wage
would love to work with one of these, the only thing that bothers me (same with 2007-2008 macbooks) is battery life.... not great
@@bkcauafroes2012 You can get replacement batteries from places like Taobao and Amazon, but you'll really need to do your research! You can also look for replacing the individual LiPo cells in the market, so you can keep the battery housing and circuitry while renewing the charge capacity, but you need the support in the market with a trustworthy vendor and available supplies.
Se le puede descargar win 11?
It's got 420 in its name so it's automatically dope
Nice vid. Can the cpu be upgraded?
It can. You can add a i7 of the same generation to give four threads instead of two. If you go as far as installing a custom BIOS you can go up to an Ivybridge i7.
@@RDMillen Nice, I was thinking, as a project, of trying coreboot if the current updated bios doesn’t work. I don’t know what generation cpu is in at present (i5 2520M)...
The Lmao Blaze it thinkpad.
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T420 is a great laptop which lasted me 10yrs of good service. Then started getting really really slow and lagging, then crashing. I finally had to buy a new laptop. Its a great laptop workhorse, i upgraded mine to 16gb ram & ssd. But not good enough now for 2023. Get something else
Hello, is a t480 still a good buy? And how about its future proofing?
I’d say the T480 is a good buy. Personally, I would go for the 14-inch non-touch IPS display model, with the i5 or i7. Make sure you put an SSD in there (or NVMe) and RAM (16 GB for future proofing) and you should be fine for years to come.
@@Retrotheque thanks for the insight i have found one locally here that has an i7 ang 16gb ram for about 500$.
That seems about right to me. If you can haggle with them a bit to knock a little bit off the price, that would be great! Good luck.
Can i get intel hd 4000 i this laptop?????
Upgrade to an SSD, install a good Linux distro, and that T420 will be a workhorse.
Ye sahi he pur agar IBM ke me window 10 chul to use acha kuch nahi
no IM dan
just the battery.. i don't think i can find new batteries for this..
i recently Nice tutorialt softex on soft soft
Wait the red dot is a palm rest ?? Who is resting there hands on the middle of the keyboard
T430 is the golden thinkpad imo, the keyboard is worth swapping in for a classic keyboard on t420 however if you are really sensitive to the tactiles.
That and t440p (with a LiteON backlit keyboard) (for 14”, but t540p is an amazing laptop too!). Are seriously amazing!
I decided to walk on my t420 the other day and the lid flexes too much. Left a small pressure mark where the trackpoint is :/.
Btw I never owned a thinkpad until Q3 last year. I have high standards for performance with computers. At least running Linux, these machines really don’t compromise with a bit of upgrades and could definitely be your daily driver. Even stock configurations, they are great secondary machines!
Reduce ewaste and refurbish one yourself for like a hundred bucks today!t420-t430-t440p
Extra shout out to t540p and x230 :) my favorite models are for sure these 5.
I’ve had many ThinkPads in my time: X61T, ThinkPad 240, T420, T430, T440, L460, and an L380 Yoga. Apart from the 240, I’ve ran Linux on them all and they’ve been flawless. Absolutely fantastic machines. My favourite was the T430, because I upgraded it to the max. I regret parting ways with it, but it went to a BSD project and I’m happy it has a new life kernel developing.
Windows 10 really hates HDDs and is painfully slow without an SSD. Linux however doesn't really care. Sure an SSD will always be faster but even with an HDD it's still faster than win10 on a HDD. This is what i realized when comparing both.
hah holy crap. you said 40 pound.. i was thinking.. how heavy?
Lenovo t420 arn't a bargain anymore people should be aiming for a t480 or a lenovo laptop with a ryzen 5 with 6 cores.
It has the best keyboard
Tbh just get a t430
And upgrade it to the teeth…
T420 sucks unless corebooted… 1066s ram??? Sandybridge?
I guess a 3632qm still will let you roll but also don’t forget you’re not gonna wanna use it without putting a modern display in… fhd ips or qwhd. It’s 2022
If you think you’re productive with it, that sucks because imagine how productive you would be with something not so gimped
Don't waste your money to upgrade t420/t430 in 2023. It's usually cheaper to buy t480 which already comes with fullhd ips, 16gb ram, nvme drive(3-4 times faster sata ssd), more powerful and less power consuming quad core processor (more battery lifetime).