absolutely loving the new youtube algorithm shows me really dope fresh creators i have been doing this too, i have a very old dell laptop i7 6th gen for coding and working i only focus on working on this laptop so i can relate with your stuff completely it feels better to work on this old dell laptop than my i9 14th gen, 4060, dual screen laptop or my m1 macbook pro there is also something about the old corporate/commercial non-fancy build that makes you feel like focusing hard for longer hours, i dont know what it is but i sit on this laptop for 4-6 hours coding and solving problems easily than my desktop
@@hrqmonteiro you sure? because a lot of new channels are getting pushed these days which wasnt possible at all before unless you were paying huge teams to run your channels with extensive knowledge of branding, strategizing and SEO.
The mini version of this is to use two different browsers and to different themes on one computer. For private use, I use Firefox. For university, I use Edge. Every Application I use in my free time is in dark mode, uni stuff is in light mode.
Kudos to you man. The T ThinkPad is great and I can say from experience that being a Linux guy (mac can do it too but Linux forces you more towards learning) will open a lot of doors in this space once you know how to make this abundantly clear
@@sempiternal_futility no because i feel its something that is completely perfect for coding. i meant by it by the aesthetic. sorry if that sounded like an insult. that wasn't my intention whatsoever
James & Mika ! Congrats bro! I see James, and you and remember me when was more young! I'm Millenium graduated and now searching for more foccus, improve produtivity and rescue the essence of the begin of my digital life and study that was more minimalist... now this is back and hope that will help us and also Gen Z. I can tell that learn and be the best of our version its forever! :) And I also have thinkpad too... its my third... the first one was a IBM (Win95), then a E430 and now a T480. I worked with T460, t470 and T490... Now I work with a HP G8 (but prefer my T480 with Linux).
I’ve got my MBP for all my creative work and school work, desktop for at home games, iPad mini for content consumption and drawing, phone for messages calls and social media media, and then my 3ds/switch/vita/steam deck for my portable game My laptop’s screen is so nice but I know if I use it for anything other than work it’ll take me a lot longer to get my stuff done My typical campus carry is my laptop, 3ds (and obviously phone) or my iPad and 3ds and this surprisingly keeps me fairly caught up compared to when I was using my laptop for everything and getting constantly side tracked
@ oh no, I use it as a disconnected device from say my laptop Instead of having games on there that I may open while I’m trying to work, it’s a separate device which I have to physically take out of my bag and turn on which makes me less inclined to stop working cause there’s extra steps involved to procrastinate
dude i cant even describe how accurate this for me. Except for me its about an ipad: I have an ipad pro which I use for gaming and then another ipad (my college provided) for school. I originally only used the ipad pro (but it would cause me to get distracted sometimes and play games), but after seeing this I am going to switch devices to maximize my productivity. great video and thank you u earned a sub
I just like ThinkPads for their repairability. And like you can get them with good specs for low just because some company is doing their laptop upgrade.
I love ThinkPads-not because of the performance (mine isn’t particularly powerful)-but because they have a great feel. They're sturdy and beautiful, and installing Linux on mine has made for an amazing experience. For tasks that don’t require heavy GPU use, this laptop is perfect and a joy to work with!
Totally agree bro, I’m also a CS student and have a multitude of computers I use. My Mac is only for productivity. RUclips is only for music and coding tutorials. I also have a gaming laptop that’s only for gaming mostly because I don’t trust windows but as a side effect I don’t get distracted by it because it’s not with me all the time. I have to Consciously Make the physical change of the computer. I keep my switch with me for gaming mostly, that’s all I need.
also switched to a thinkpad (T450) and I'm in love honestly. I can't do shit that isn't studyig, cause it doesn't work well with games anymore. So no distractions.
A super powerful computer may distract us. I'm building new software projects and I set my laptop to avoid major distractions. I've set a minimalist Desktop with no icons and a few icons on the taskbar of the apps I really need to use (Notion, Matlab, Chrome, and Documents). I've been thinking of buying a brand new Macbook Pro, but I ask myself: "Do I really need all that horsepower?" It'd be great of having it, but I don't think I'd be using all its power
I do this with my uni laptop too. I do not program on my gaming computer, I go to a different room away from my nice gaming peripherals with my laptop and I let myself focus much better there.
I also have an old ThinkPad; mine is a T470 with an i5 6300U and 16GB of RAM. I'm thinking about buying another old ThinkPad like x200 , t430 or a t61 , because I fell in love with them
What do you think about dual booting in comparison to having a separate device for productivity? That way you can still have separate environments for productivity and entertainment while not sacrificing power that may be needed in some areas of productivity. In your opinion, would it just have as much benefits for productivity as in this video's method?
I tried dual booting once, but it didn't work for me. I mean, if you play video games and code, for example, dual booting would be great, but for me I changed to another computer because I'm now focused in coding only. But yeah, it depends what works better for you I guess
I actually ended up giving up my Surface Book 2 to a friend (who actually needed a laptop) and have "downsized" to my 14" MacBook Pro M1 Pro. I've been pretty disappointed with Windows lately, so I haven't looked into having a "secondary" laptop because it feels like a waste anyway; having a single laptop has been great for me. But the problem remains; because of how powerful my MBP is, I use it for a lot of things, including media... and that means I'm distracted. Honestly, in an ideal world, everyone has a single laptop and we're not just buying tech to buy tech. I want a T490 but I don't know if it'll actually help me or if I'm just doing it because I'm a tech junkie.
I mean, if you buy the thinkpad you need to know that it's to work/study only, and force it to limit entertainment, like only install the apps that you really need to work and nothing else, or at least that works for me
This was an interesting video to watch for me since i can relate. Around twelve years ago i had to sort my education out and decided to get rid of all distraction. Dumbphone and ThinkPad running Arch Linux and focus on my courses. Today however i play games once more on pc and switch.. even run Windows desktop. But i will admit i miss the good old times when i could be hyper focused on my grades and run arch. Did i mention i used to run Arch?
i remember when i sold my gaming pc to buy a productivity ,,macbook laptop" The idea was great , but this laptop broke down after 6 months XD . Now i am using a 9 year old fujitsu for my college, in days when i do not have a lectures i can study 10h-12h per day.. if someone studies on device that he uses for entarteinment this will not work
Español, buen contenido, buenos libros, yo también quiero un thinkpad con arch btw, referencias a initial d, nier automata y al tito savi. Te ganaste un sub
Having different devices is not minimalism . Minimalism is more when you have 1 device you can use for everything . Having more devices for each task is the opposite of minimalism. I try to cover every task on as few devices as possible . For a phone I use my z fold so I have both tablet and phone in 1 device and a computer for gaming productivity and everything at once .. And to make sure both are USB c so I have minimalism with cables too. It's kinda nonsense to me that having an extra device for each task when you can be minimalistic and have as few items as possible. What you said about how it changes Ur mind to work mode by having a seperate device for that is a good point tho . Because I can see the benefit with the brain patterns it teaches you . But again that's only minimalism if you see it from another perspective . But you truly will have more clutter and more stuff to worry about
is it not more just the business, work "look" that makes the laptop seemingly ideal for work and not games or distraction? where just being older or weaker performance doesn't give it much of a "work" mode as work sometimes do need powerful computers, and my impression is that it doesn't have to be older or weaker than whatever your main gaming pc or laptop is, it's is all relative, for someone with the best computer they have is but 2GB of ram with duo core cpu from 2004, a computer with just 400MB of ram would relatively be their "work" laptop, it's more about segmentation of things in life rather the particular laptop itself and that it happens to be older and weaker than your main, it could well be just another new laptop with workstation GPU and latest gen cpu, but as long as you have that other pc that is specific for gaming, this 2nd pc can then be reserved just for work to minimise distraction, it so happens that older and weaker laptop fits the bill of being easily available and cheaper in the used market that consequentially make them the relatively older and weaker computers, yet that is but the symptom, not the root cause, so to speak, and hence if you can find a great deal for the latest thinkpad where the seller just happen to be super generous, or made a tiny dent in the corner of the laptop, and dropping the price massively, then there you have a super powerful new laptop with small fault that is separate from your main pc such that you can reserve this 2nd one for gaming. That said, I also get why one wants to collate the things that one finds to be the best with their enjoyment, aka games, aka dopaminergic activity, coz we all are lazy fks, we dread from pain and can be distracted by what is pleasant, equivalently, the environment is also important as the gaming setup, including desk, keyboard mouse and monitor could trigger the distraction, looks like aside from just an older cheaper thinkpad, you need a separate desk setup as well, or lock yourself in another room when work needs to be done
I really like the core concept of digital minimalism, however my only gripe with it is I feel like (in more extreme cases of course) it really pushes for unnecessary consumerism. A lot of the productivity benefits of an additional advice could be recreated using software on devices you already have! For example, if you have a laptop that's powerful, dual booting Linux and having that as your productivity workspace would work wonders. I think it mainly becomes an issue if it's unchecked because I feel like it's easy to just buy things in the name of productivity, however after the novelty and magic of some technology disappears and you're unproductive again, you're reinforcing the dependency of novelty to be productive. Definitely not a dig at you (I love my thinkpad lol) just a general criticism of unchecked digital minimalism.
i can keep focus coding prefer install linux than windows, that's laptop i7 12th gen and RTX 4050 16GB RAM, btw i only have 1 laptop and coding for android studio
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absolutely loving the new youtube algorithm
shows me really dope fresh creators
i have been doing this too, i have a very old dell laptop i7 6th gen for coding and working
i only focus on working on this laptop
so i can relate with your stuff completely
it feels better to work on this old dell laptop than my i9 14th gen, 4060, dual screen laptop or my m1 macbook pro
there is also something about the old corporate/commercial non-fancy build that makes you feel like focusing hard for longer hours, i dont know what it is
but i sit on this laptop for 4-6 hours coding and solving problems easily than my desktop
Uh, they didn't change their algorithm
@@hrqmonteiro you sure? because a lot of new channels are getting pushed these days which wasnt possible at all before unless you were paying huge teams to run your channels with extensive knowledge of branding, strategizing and SEO.
@@donleavemelikethis Yes i am sure.
@@hrqmonteiro who cares
every content about thinkpads, I automatically watch. Loving the algorithm right now
Honestly a beast of a computer for a really cheap price, respect to Lenovo
Yoo fan of james tooo ❤ great work
the one and only jvscholz
Yeah James is a unique one
Yooo it is nice to see people who knows james, hello everyone and good luck for the stuff you are busy with :)
The mini version of this is to use two different browsers and to different themes on one computer.
For private use, I use Firefox. For university, I use Edge.
Every Application I use in my free time is in dark mode, uni stuff is in light mode.
That's good too, I used to do the same thing
james is every where.
Kudos to you man. The T ThinkPad is great and I can say from experience that being a Linux guy (mac can do it too but Linux forces you more towards learning) will open a lot of doors in this space once you know how to make this abundantly clear
You mean T400s or T14
i wasnt surprised it was a thinkpad because it looks and feels like it was made for computer scientists
Why would you say that is? Because they are easy to tinker/modify?
@@sempiternal_futility no because i feel its something that is completely perfect for coding. i meant by it by the aesthetic. sorry if that sounded like an insult. that wasn't my intention whatsoever
James & Mika ! Congrats bro! I see James, and you and remember me when was more young! I'm Millenium graduated and now searching for more foccus, improve produtivity and rescue the essence of the begin of my digital life and study that was more minimalist... now this is back and hope that will help us and also Gen Z. I can tell that learn and be the best of our version its forever! :) And I also have thinkpad too... its my third... the first one was a IBM (Win95), then a E430 and now a T480. I worked with T460, t470 and T490... Now I work with a HP G8 (but prefer my T480 with Linux).
thanks dude, nice comment
I’m not a CS major but I already love your content, keep up the great work man!!
I’ve got my MBP for all my creative work and school work, desktop for at home games, iPad mini for content consumption and drawing, phone for messages calls and social media media, and then my 3ds/switch/vita/steam deck for my portable game
My laptop’s screen is so nice but I know if I use it for anything other than work it’ll take me a lot longer to get my stuff done
My typical campus carry is my laptop, 3ds (and obviously phone) or my iPad and 3ds and this surprisingly keeps me fairly caught up compared to when I was using my laptop for everything and getting constantly side tracked
Use the 3ds to study 🗿
@ oh no, I use it as a disconnected device from say my laptop
Instead of having games on there that I may open while I’m trying to work, it’s a separate device which I have to physically take out of my bag and turn on which makes me less inclined to stop working cause there’s extra steps involved to procrastinate
dude i cant even describe how accurate this for me. Except for me its about an ipad: I have an ipad pro which I use for gaming and then another ipad (my college provided) for school. I originally only used the ipad pro (but it would cause me to get distracted sometimes and play games), but after seeing this I am going to switch devices to maximize my productivity. great video and thank you u earned a sub
yooo a lot of james are popping in my suggestions!! Absolutely loveee ittt!!
James disciples
This kind of content, gonna be like a core, like technology core or something, i like it , its like james scholz
Love the homescreen setup how do I get my taskbar icons to look like that
In my previous job i had one of those Lenovo, i and really loved it jajajajaja
Wise words, young man
Calling an T480 "old laptop" thats new for mee!!!
true, my bad
I just like ThinkPads for their repairability. And like you can get them with good specs for low just because some company is doing their laptop upgrade.
I love ThinkPads-not because of the performance (mine isn’t particularly powerful)-but because they have a great feel. They're sturdy and beautiful, and installing Linux on mine has made for an amazing experience. For tasks that don’t require heavy GPU use, this laptop is perfect and a joy to work with!
To code is more than enough ngl
You have a great idea dude. Thank you!
Totally agree bro, I’m also a CS student and have a multitude of computers I use. My Mac is only for productivity. RUclips is only for music and coding tutorials. I also have a gaming laptop that’s only for gaming mostly because I don’t trust windows but as a side effect I don’t get distracted by it because it’s not with me all the time. I have to Consciously Make the physical change of the computer. I keep my switch with me for gaming mostly, that’s all I need.
The part on Multitasking is true and even I switched to a Thinkpad as well.
For a second there I thought you had the classic Casio FX-991EX calculator in the thumbnail
also switched to a thinkpad (T450) and I'm in love honestly. I can't do shit that isn't studyig, cause it doesn't work well with games anymore. So no distractions.
Unless I want to play fsctorio or terraria it can't handle much else
That's a problem for productivity if it's slow and you get into software dev or smth
Oh it can handle games alright, just not these shitty AAA games, try xonotic or 0ad
Love this mindset, subbed. My personal flavour is Fedora on a ThinkPad X13.
Love your Nier Wallpaper my guy :)
man of culture
A super powerful computer may distract us. I'm building new software projects and I set my laptop to avoid major distractions. I've set a minimalist Desktop with no icons and a few icons on the taskbar of the apps I really need to use (Notion, Matlab, Chrome, and Documents).
I've been thinking of buying a brand new Macbook Pro, but I ask myself: "Do I really need all that horsepower?" It'd be great of having it, but I don't think I'd be using all its power
Which linux distro are you using
I do this with my uni laptop too. I do not program on my gaming computer, I go to a different room away from my nice gaming peripherals with my laptop and I let myself focus much better there.
Good content bro!, you got my sup. Keep it up :)
yo brother great vid, first one i've seen from you. What country do you live in?
Been a fan of james and now a fan of you. Love ur videos❤. Can you make a video about ur linux setup pleaseeee
Just know you can always give me the zephyrus g14
makes sense what u said. subscribed!
I also have an old ThinkPad; mine is a T470 with an i5 6300U and 16GB of RAM. I'm thinking about buying another old ThinkPad like x200 , t430 or a t61 , because I fell in love with them
What do you think about dual booting in comparison to having a separate device for productivity? That way you can still have separate environments for productivity and entertainment while not sacrificing power that may be needed in some areas of productivity. In your opinion, would it just have as much benefits for productivity as in this video's method?
I tried dual booting once, but it didn't work for me. I mean, if you play video games and code, for example, dual booting would be great, but for me I changed to another computer because I'm now focused in coding only. But yeah, it depends what works better for you I guess
I actually ended up giving up my Surface Book 2 to a friend (who actually needed a laptop) and have "downsized" to my 14" MacBook Pro M1 Pro. I've been pretty disappointed with Windows lately, so I haven't looked into having a "secondary" laptop because it feels like a waste anyway; having a single laptop has been great for me.
But the problem remains; because of how powerful my MBP is, I use it for a lot of things, including media... and that means I'm distracted.
Honestly, in an ideal world, everyone has a single laptop and we're not just buying tech to buy tech. I want a T490 but I don't know if it'll actually help me or if I'm just doing it because I'm a tech junkie.
I mean, if you buy the thinkpad you need to know that it's to work/study only, and force it to limit entertainment, like only install the apps that you really need to work and nothing else, or at least that works for me
amazing! I would suggest you swap out the keyboard with an x220 one.
Great content, you just gained a new subscriber. Keep up the good work ❣️
I love the thinkpad and its little "nipple" :333
nice design ngl
@ignanttt yeah!! I'm a big fan of those laptops, especially the older, more bulky ones
love these kinds of videos
This was an interesting video to watch for me since i can relate.
Around twelve years ago i had to sort my education out and decided to get rid of all distraction.
Dumbphone and ThinkPad running Arch Linux and focus on my courses.
Today however i play games once more on pc and switch.. even run Windows desktop.
But i will admit i miss the good old times when i could be hyper focused on my grades and run arch.
Did i mention i used to run Arch?
arch btw
You can install dual boot on 1 device. So you use windows for daily use. And linux for work. I did that before and it did the trick.
How does it work with win 11 for a office person? How many years do you give this beauty before it dies?
probably like 4
@@ignanttt ¿well it's from 2018 so it doesn't surprise me much. In resources (ram) how much it consume? Great beauty
I'm shocked to see these great contents surfacing all on a sudden. No more sh*t contents.
Absolute dope content
:)
i remember when i sold my gaming pc to buy a productivity ,,macbook laptop" The idea was great , but this laptop broke down after 6 months XD . Now i am using a 9 year old fujitsu for my college, in days when i do not have a lectures i can study 10h-12h per day.. if someone studies on device that he uses for entarteinment this will not work
Buen video compa
Fan of james and savitar, absolutely lovely
el tito savi
Hey amazingly done video. But in the future you could invert the clips for example 2:21 because they look trippy😅. Keep up the great work🫡
Yeah I noticed it when the vid was done mb
Great Video!
The humble literary brag tripod
nahhh, it's a BEAST
Español, buen contenido, buenos libros, yo también quiero un thinkpad con arch btw, referencias a initial d, nier automata y al tito savi. Te ganaste un sub
Jajaja gracias hermano
03:44 mostraba al tito savitar, un capo.
se tensa
there's something annoying about the the red button on ThinkPad, idk how you manage to not let it ruin your experience
Hahaha with the time you start loving it
it was strange at first, but I really liked this highlight, red + black its my fav combo
i wonder how long the no charged battery can survive in case of avg gaming laptop 2024. Still i want to dig into gaming laptop instead of ultrabook
the nier wallpaper is sick could i get a link to that?
If I find the source, I'll send it
You do realise all the things you mentioned in “multitasking” can also be done in the government laptop right
what distro are you running? also do you have your config files on github?
arch with hyrland, probably I'll upload my dotfiles soon
@@ignanttt Your customization it's very nice, let us know when you upload it!!
Cool video❤
What OS was that? What editor? Need more context!
I guess the OS is arch with hyperland
A lot facts is really true also keyboard make white and if you have PC make it too
Bro can i get that wallpaper link ? Thinkpad
We got James and jkwon before GTA 6
Great video, dude. Your advice is so good. I am going to implement it in my day-to-day life. By the way, how old are you?
I'm old enough to get the groceries myself
@@ignanttt 👍
Great video bro ❤
Yo what window manager do you use?
hyprland
which code editor are you using?? btw love your videos.
It depends on the language, but the one of the vid is "sublime"
@@ignanttt got it thanks👍
welcome back james scholz
I miss him........
Having different devices is not minimalism . Minimalism is more when you have 1 device you can use for everything . Having more devices for each task is the opposite of minimalism. I try to cover every task on as few devices as possible . For a phone I use my z fold so I have both tablet and phone in 1 device and a computer for gaming productivity and everything at once .. And to make sure both are USB c so I have minimalism with cables too. It's kinda nonsense to me that having an extra device for each task when you can be minimalistic and have as few items as possible. What you said about how it changes Ur mind to work mode by having a seperate device for that is a good point tho . Because I can see the benefit with the brain patterns it teaches you . But again that's only minimalism if you see it from another perspective . But you truly will have more clutter and more stuff to worry about
Well said.
Great vid Bro.
is it not more just the business, work "look" that makes the laptop seemingly ideal for work and not games or distraction? where just being older or weaker performance doesn't give it much of a "work" mode as work sometimes do need powerful computers, and my impression is that it doesn't have to be older or weaker than whatever your main gaming pc or laptop is, it's is all relative, for someone with the best computer they have is but 2GB of ram with duo core cpu from 2004, a computer with just 400MB of ram would relatively be their "work" laptop, it's more about segmentation of things in life rather the particular laptop itself and that it happens to be older and weaker than your main, it could well be just another new laptop with workstation GPU and latest gen cpu, but as long as you have that other pc that is specific for gaming, this 2nd pc can then be reserved just for work to minimise distraction, it so happens that older and weaker laptop fits the bill of being easily available and cheaper in the used market that consequentially make them the relatively older and weaker computers, yet that is but the symptom, not the root cause, so to speak, and hence if you can find a great deal for the latest thinkpad where the seller just happen to be super generous, or made a tiny dent in the corner of the laptop, and dropping the price massively, then there you have a super powerful new laptop with small fault that is separate from your main pc such that you can reserve this 2nd one for gaming. That said, I also get why one wants to collate the things that one finds to be the best with their enjoyment, aka games, aka dopaminergic activity, coz we all are lazy fks, we dread from pain and can be distracted by what is pleasant, equivalently, the environment is also important as the gaming setup, including desk, keyboard mouse and monitor could trigger the distraction, looks like aside from just an older cheaper thinkpad, you need a separate desk setup as well, or lock yourself in another room when work needs to be done
Initial D fan here
thinkpads and computer science go hand in hand. I have two of them lol, one for linux and one for windows
seeing James let me know why the algorithm takes me to this video 😂
I do the same too dude cause I heard of segregation of workplace and home so my brain whenever it sees the thinkpad it’s easier to lock in
what kind of desktop environment is that, i loved it?
Ig it's hyprland
Hyprland
I am gonna try it for sure
I really like the core concept of digital minimalism, however my only gripe with it is I feel like (in more extreme cases of course) it really pushes for unnecessary consumerism. A lot of the productivity benefits of an additional advice could be recreated using software on devices you already have! For example, if you have a laptop that's powerful, dual booting Linux and having that as your productivity workspace would work wonders. I think it mainly becomes an issue if it's unchecked because I feel like it's easy to just buy things in the name of productivity, however after the novelty and magic of some technology disappears and you're unproductive again, you're reinforcing the dependency of novelty to be productive. Definitely not a dig at you (I love my thinkpad lol) just a general criticism of unchecked digital minimalism.
Real
was a nice video bro , new sub
yo man appreciate it
Thinkpads are absolutely one of besr when it comes to run Linux
Cheers mate!
Have second one already X260 -> E16 Gen 1
Btw where you from ?
what linux distro are you using?
archbtw
software engineering graduate here and damn, you guys are downgrading willingly? Your "old" laptop is better than my daily (and only) driver!
how can i make my linux look like yours?
Mine has hyprland and Arch, but also other things for the GUI.
I can make a video about it
please do, that would be dope
He uses arch btw
increíble video
also, liked and subbed
post more, looking more from you brother
cheers!
yo thanks :)
biggest pain in old laptop is battery life. even with a brand new battry its going to be maximum 3 4 hour s .
2:28 arch enthusiast 😎🤙
Wow bro nice advice im also trying that , thx for your advice. I’m new to your channel so i sub you , and like too
❤
your terminal looks inverted your text is on the right instead of the left? why genuene gestion .what wm do you use
nah, it was because I inverted the camera clip haha
Awesome vid
Thanks :)
welcome to the club
Yo man I know you
@@ignanttt ostia tio what's poppin
It's called dedicated object sigh
its not a razer so why did say for gamers and where is by gamers part
i can keep focus coding prefer install linux than windows, that's laptop i7 12th gen and RTX 4050 16GB RAM, btw i only have 1 laptop and coding for android studio
Calling my laptop old is something you won't get away with. 😠
Geoguesser mode activated
Alright but what's the laptop
Thinkpad T490
which distro r u using?
Arch
GG!
i like your video and i new sub
Yoo thanks :)
I saw casio calculator i click. :D