Should you buy a Thinkpad T440p in 2019?
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2019
- Is buying a 6-year old laptop in 2019 a good idea? In this video I'm going to try to answer this question.
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💧Removing WiFi Whitelist on Thinkpad T440p - Tutorial: ruclips.net/video/eIQYJWcc_-k/видео.html
🔥macOS Mojave on Thinkpad T440p - Tutorial: ruclips.net/video/XcOFR3y1m2s/видео.html
❄️ My experience with Coreboot: ruclips.net/video/9sSbFufySJk/видео.html
🍉 Turning X220 into X230 - The Ultimate Frankenpad!: ruclips.net/video/g4lC1DVXtSg/видео.html
Bruh where you find 9 cell battery for 30 euro?
So you were a fat bearded guy once?
I don't get it...
"You can use it outside in the sun and still see your screen" a problem linux users have never faced before :p
Love your channel btw thank you for the quality content and all the stuff I have learnt:)
Can it play dota2 and nba2k20?
@@romzdelacerna5004 not that linux users would exactly care about gaming, otherwise they would have installed windows.
@@jeremybcenteno actually gaming on linux is progressing at an incredible rate, with proton you can play a very large amount of steam games on linux
thank you
I bought a X230 in great condition a few weeks ago and it is still a great machine for every day tasks and for playing older RTS-Games. It just depends what do you wanna do with older Thinkpads. I think the T440p is a great machine even in 2020 ;)
Hey, I became unemploy due to Covid19.I m very poor although. Wanna work online but have no Pc or Laptop.i have only 50-100$. can u help me to get a T450s please??
Love thiccpads. I have a P50, myself. Having the added heft in the base of the laptop does improve the typing experience because it feels more solid in your lap. I don't get the same stability when typing on an X1 Carbon 6th gen. Build quality is definitely better in the X1C, with keys that are more tactile, springy, and don't wobble like the P50, but P50 has superior weight and travel distance.
Very Professional Video ! ...you deserve way more subs....keep It up
I bought the T440P in 2021 :c
Got a perfect T440p with 8gb ram , 120gb SSD, and 92% battery health, with charger for $145
Very nice deal
where?
Wheree??!!!
@@noelvalencia4025 Ebay
Miguel C thanks!!
Got a t440p today. Was not expecting it to be this good!
I am shocked at how this thing works so well... WTF
Mine works horribly
Gutes Video Wolfgang, danke dir.
OH BOY THIS TITLE OMG U GUYS LOVE IT DEEP
What do you mean 'deep'? Are you referring to what I think you are referring to? ~//~
Now, august 2022, my T440p is still my main machine, and still really happy with it.
Bought used laptop & followed pretty much you guide, upgraded LCD to 1080p, mem to 2x8GB 1866, CPU to i7-4900MQ, 450 trackpad, SSD, whitelisted the BIOS.
Working with my T440p is a pleasure
Thx again for posting your research 3 years ago.
👍👍👍
Wait so can the processor be upgraded?
@@sIimepain YES!
Here's the list of CPU's (and hardware) that it can use. :www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T440p
Enjoy
@@claudews529 thanks bro
I declare myself with envy! :D
Congratulations!
Thank you :)
Sounds awesome. Thank you. I will defoe look at it and consider it for my next series on RUclips.
Congratulations, you have a good channel, very useful. I bought a t440p in 2019 (ho-ho-ho).Thank you very much for all the information.
Absolutely!!! Just got mine!
I love your videos and your humbleness about being afraid of some of the same things of ism I'll buy an t440p soon.. :)
Also I totally understand your pain in welding
Louis Roussman once showed another benefit of a T440 over later models. Since the T450 the batteries cannot go beyond the back end, because of the hinges that make the laptop thinner. If you take a bigger battery it gives you something to hold the laptop while it's open and that way you can actually work on it while you are on a walk. Also the newer style of hinges seems to break more often, but that might only count for macbooks. Had I known that I can replace the clickpad, I would have gotten a T440. But I'm still happy with my T450s
I'd really like to see a video of you benchmarking this thing!
My first laptop was a Thinkpad 600E, I loved her! Just bought a T440s, I needed a cheap laptop for school.
Then i gotta say youve made a really good decision. Beware of firmware problems though
Watching this on my T440s :)
Very nice now have to find one
I’ve owned a couple of these over a couple of years now. The first one I had, I accidentally snapped one of the latches for the touchpad ribbon, preventing me from connecting one to the main board. I decided to pick up another and found one on eBay for £130! This had an i3 CPU, but the beauty of this laptop is the socketed CPU. Upgraded to an i7 with 16GB RAM, 480GB ssd and a 1080p IPS display for less than £200. If you look at the build quality and specs of a modern laptop at £330 (the most I would have payed the the laptop + upgrades) they don’t come close. I’ve not used a brand new laptop that feels this solid in years. They just don’t make them like this any more. Most of the things you’d want to upgrade are under the bottom cover which takes 2 screws to remove. I’d take a half inch extra thickness for this any day. Its better than having to use a spudger to pop snaps out of place to upgrade your ram, risking affecting the way the case fits together permanently. This hardware plays nicely with linux out of the box too, a massive bonus. I hope in the future lenovo can appreciate why people like these older models and what makes them the “engineers” laptop, and wake up to the fact that its the product which is truly great, not the aesthetic and brand
Great video!
Rocking the ThinkPad T480 from the T410.
Thanks for all of the detail and recommendations. I've got a T440p with a deluxe docking station and I'm super happy with it. I'm running Windows 10 [upgraded with the Insiders Program] and am able to power my Software Development tools with WSL2 [Windows Subsystem for Linux 2nd Edition] with Ubuntu LTS. There are videos available on this setup and I plan on making some when I get settled in on how to do so. I'm opting to keep Windows because I prefer much of Adobe software for my photography business, and just don't want to add complexity to my life with multiple OSs. I may switch my T420 with Windows 7 to a Linux Distro though as Windows 7 is no longer supported.
ty for your vids, they are awesome
You're welcome!
This is so good!! :)
Love my T440p.... got it a couple of years ago for $200, 500GB HD, 8G of Ram... running Win 7. Now 500g SSD, 18G of Ram. I have an Ideapad 720, an X201, X240, and a new T470, but my T440p (running Fedora... or Kali) is my daily driver. :) Combined with a docking station, it is pretty much all I need. The 40A1 Pro dock is compatible with the T440 and the X240, and quite a few others. I got mine for #20 USD off fleaBay.
Went for a T550 a couple of months ago, really happy with it (except for the display, i gotta change that).
2:37 E X T R A T H I C C 👌
I would love to see x200 project! That laptop looks good. I am still rocking on i7 x230 with coreboot. I actually got excited about coreboot through your videos. I am very grateful for finding that option for BIOS. Thank you and have fun with new laptop.
Thank you for the support :)
7:09 hurt me personally
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Bought a second-hand 4th gen Thinkpad and using it for a week now. Upgraded the RAM and still no issues. Superfast laptop.
excellent! FYI, this has been added to the coreboot supported ones, which makes it a really good option
I needed a laptop for school for dev purposes so I knew I didn't need anything very fancy or powerful. Saw that I could nab one of these on ebay for $80 without a hard drive. Popped an SSD in there and installed Manjaro and I'm very happy with it as is. I don't really get your problems with the trackpad, not the greatest in the world but it's fine, it's functional. Honestly, while you say this is for the tinkerer I think it's just great for more casual users as well or people who just need a cheap, solid machine.
the trackpad is only garbage if you try to use the trackpoint, the older models had dedicated buttons for the trackpoint, bow you have to use the top of the trackpad for those buttons, so it becomes a frustrating experience where you constantly misclick
me and my daily driver T430 always love to see some thinkpad fans
Good information. Thank you, Irish David Spade.
B-but I'm not Irish...
I have I5 t440p amazing performance and I can even play games like GTAV and fifa 17 etc. Just upgraded the ram.
Watching from my T440s. ^.^
How do you love you T440s?
@@dorsey4t Not the OP, but I'm using a 440s, too, and it's great EXCEPT the screen. The screen sucks, it's glossy has weird ghosting issues.
@@dorsey4t I love mine. I am running Linux Mint on it. My Screen does not have any ghosting issues.
@@ThePressurizer I think the first batch of the T440s had LG panels, which are appearently way worse than the AUO panels most T440s have. Maybe you're unlucky and have an LG panel (or you just got randomly got a bad panel). The FHD IPS on my T440S is fine
I have a T440s and love it. Mine is FHD with the matte screen.
Great Buy in 2019!
I got the larger T530 and I am quite happy with it. I was a bit unsure about the chicklet keyboard but I was pleasantly surprised. Not as nice as the old IBM style ones but much much better then other chicklet keyboards. Just because the keyboard now looks the same as other brands it is still better and has very good feedback. Unlike my old mac keyboard which has zero travel.
For me that never click on the trackpad, just tap to click the track pad on this pc is a fantastic idea and I love it.
I have had a Thinkpad x230 from 2012 running Debian as my daily driver throughout university and beyond, ran me $80 plus a $90 new battery. Sold my 2015 MacBook Pro afterwards, kept the $600 and haven't reconsidered
Yeah sure i will buy it in 2020.. i've already had t420.. it is great.. but after watching your video i think i will buy it.. thanks bro.. great job..
I bought a used one off ebay for $90. Upgraded ram, screen, processor and trackpad. It was a fun project and have been using it for a year now. Love this thing. I went with the i7-4710MQ
Wait so the processor on the LENOVO THINKPAD T440P can be upgraded?
@@sIimepain yup. Do the research. Typing from a t440p.
@@sIimepainWait, you haven't watched the video?
just got a used T460s and enjoy it ;)
Watching on my T 430s which I love.
Same here
can it run minecraft java
I got the I7 4870hq, it worked out of the box and the Intel Iris is really nice. :)
That one from taobao ?
@@seva809 Yep, there are several sellers on taobao.
Don't tempt me hahahaha
Link, please.
@@levi990e Can you please get a link ?
thank you for all inf
I.came here Cuz I buy it for 120€ yesterday and.... wow. Now im in hackintosh part hehe. You have a new.subscriber here man. Congratulations
I got X1 Carbon with an i5 5200u for about 300€ on eBay. Honestly, it's the best laptop I've ever had wich 3 years prior cost like 1500+€. The screen is glossy and the colours aren't accurate, but 1440p res, 8gb of ram and solid 4-7 hours of battery life. I only use my notebook when being on the go and therefore I don't need much power and a thick&heavy wouldn't fit in my backpack as well. But if weight and size aren't a problem I'd pick up one as well.
I used to have a T500 with 2, maybe 3 hours of battery life max. I used it for school and couldn't really use it all day due to the battery life. It was also super heavy and the screen was awful. The T440 might have a much better screen and maybe better battery life but it's still heavy and new Laptops are honestly better for a lot of things.
Fun fact: You only have to go up slightly in price to match the Haswell quad cores and those are at half the TDP and you get a way slimmer machine. Not every new Laptop is a Macbook.
Short answer: Yes, T420-T440 are awesome!!!
T420 vs T430: which one would you choose?
is there a way to make the mouse pad less sensitive ?
@@JS-mn5ro T430, like the new design keyboard with backlighting more
@@ivwoc windows setting is your friend
Bought this laptop when this video came out. I really like it, a very good laptop, I smell the quality and the solidity of the product.
i5-4300m, I upgraded ram, now I have 16gb of ram, I run minecraft bedrock edition on max settings even with 8g of ram without any drop in fps.
if you are still using bspwm i'd love to see a video about you config/workflow
I just bought a T440p for 50USD. Excited!
woah, nice!
Where? I was hunting for t440p on ebay and got one three days ago for $50, but I didn't see anything that low 6 days ago.
@@gaylord7327 got one for 30 bucks, with broken screen and no SSD. But was planning to change those anyway so was a bargain.
Check best offers for cheaper prices
@@araa5184 nice! If I saw that one I would've snagged
$50 HOW
Posting this from my T440p with all upgrades: i7-4702MQ, FHD panel, and 3 buttons trackpad. Awesome notebook, best money spent ever. Thanks to your channel, Sebi's channel and this guide octoperf.com/blog/2018/11/07/thinkpad-t440p-buyers-guide/ I've managed to have my own Thinkpad.
Started with X200s, then X220, X230 and now T440p.
running linux Debian and mint on a T460 (got off e-bay) love it
I have a HP Probook with the core i7-4702MQ and it's a beast. 4600 single core and 12k multi core on Geekbench.
If you want the CPU for cheap there are seller on eBay selling them used.
But it sure is expensive compared to other options
i love my t440p , recently it gained coreboot support so thats pretty good
I got myself a x270 and put a 1080 IPS screen in it with a 512 GB SSD and it's been my daily driver for a while now.
We are still running multiple ones at work, because of how modular and serviceable they are, and I myself work on a T560. (That one has the ventilation on the other side of the control thingy of the docking station). I think you can actually still use external GPUs by taking out the LTE card
I see you are a man of culture as well..
i bought it today, yay🤪
Congrats!
i just bought a 440s (reused) and its very nice notebook
Hi Wolfgang, Goodness me, what a wealth of knowledge you are sending out to us participating RUclipsr's and Lenovo enthusiasts. Time for me to replace my T440s and currently looking at the P53. Could you perhaps advise me on the display options? I am torn between the 500nits panel and the OLED display. Thanks Wolf.
Wow I have this same exact laptop but with lots of upgraded parts
Please do a tutorial on how to upgrade the trackpad! I've heard a lot of stuff about how messy it is (driver wise).
Also, to anyone here dealing with slow 1080p60fps youtube videos or suffering from framedrops, use the h264ify plug-in on chrome or firefox, saddly, the I5 that comes with the t440p is not supported by the newer codec youtube is using (vp9) and does not support propper hardware acceleration.
solution: use the trackpoint, bozo
Love me a vintage ThinkPad - still have an x220 - but you can get at T480 for increasingly good prices these days
“Chinese cartoons”
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IS JAPANEEEESE! >:O
.. baka
@@Fiskie666 r/wooooooosh
@@dr.s.b.3461 woodshed hard
U R being a provocateur...
I'm offended tbh
It’s December of 2022 and I wanna get one now
I have e440 with i7 4702mq, nice but not robust as 440p
Watching this from my librebooted, Debian T60 (T7200 upgrade) :)
Any stability issues?
I have a 2012 lenovo thinkpad w520. Its a power house. 4 core I7 2.2ghz turboboost to 3.4ghz, 16gb ram, 240gb SSD, 2 gigs VRAM and has the 9 cell battery that lasts for a LONG time. Running Parrot OS and never had a problem. Thinkpad for life!
Nice Channel, greetings from a IBM Lenovo Technican 👍👍😎
Dennis Reitinger nice, I’m currently in 8th grade could you direct me to a thinkpad that is good for school on a budget?
Dennis Reitinger I hear the t440 is good but I was wondering if it would last a long time
You could use an T560 , very stable, enough Power for your use, everythings Changeable easy👌So in your case , you can buy one from a refurber, its way cheaper and its still good! Greetings Dennis
Dennis Reitinger what would be the difference of a refurbished laptop and a regular one I mean they are both from the same company right?
I will do anything for subscribers refurbish means, its a used one. The refurbish center make it optical and software new, thats called refurbish. Im Internet gives a lot of stores Wehre you can buy good Machines for every budget.
Late-gen 2013 MB Pro, still kicking and super awesome, I did pay $3K for it though :(
New lap tops are pretty good for compiling a lot of code, or doing a lot of video production. Sometimes that’s worth more than new ports.
I'm leaning towards the E595 because I need a decent CPU and lots of storage, for music production.
I have a t440. I love the trackpad much better than the modern one
I used a T440p at work for almost 2 years and it was fantastic, so I bought a used T440s with new battery for $300 and it's just as good, 8GB ram, 240GB SSD, 4th gen i5 cpu etc
Awesome...am on the lookout for a good unit T440p-T470. where can i get a great unit at a god price?
No, only a LibreFreeAssInFreedomBooted 1987 IBM x10 ThnikPad is an acceptable mobile computer.
Wake up, Neo
Aint nothin like nicad batteries ....
@@sunnohh my 90s satellite has NiMH batteries
Man, T-series logo, Fantano thiccness. You're stepping up yer game.
Just trying to keep my soldiers alive
i was just looking for something compact with a mid range cpu that's 'good enough' for any real work. glad I made the right choice. That's a thiccboi. I 100% want something overbuilt that can perform than a thin laptop that overheats. Wish my gaming laptop had better cooling.
I can confirm that this laptop is still very solid in 2019. Bought mine from a small refurbished store about 9 months ago with an i7 4700MQ, 8GB RAM, 240GB SSD, 9-cell battery and 1080p screen for 400 euros. Should I wanted to get a new laptop with similar specs I'd probably pay 2-3 times the amount. I'm so happy with my thicc baby !
P.S The touchpad is trash so I suggest using a mouse.
thicc baby...
How would you say the graphics are? How would simulations or games load?
Hi,Ive got one with i5, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, 1 TB HDD in optical mech. WIN10 Pro,90% battery life, brand new Lenovo charger. Thats for 250 EURO.Its fast like soaped lightning.Very nice physical condition. Im fully satisfied:-) Plan to set i7 and also SSD M.2 :-)
I used the i7 4910MQ CPU. It works great too. I can play some recent games.
Good one! Congratulation! I got one!
I have some questions:
. Do you know a good configuration in parameter to undervolt one i7-4810MQ? Or any link?
. Do you know if it possible to undervolt RAM?
Thank you for sharing and really good job.
You can get a used P50 with a serious load out for under 1K. Great for heavy software development and CUDA. Otherwise I would go with a X220 with an i7 that can address 16G (4-6hr battery too). They regularly sell for under $400 and beat the pants off of any modern chrome book. You can get a micro docking station for $15, add a nice monitor and you have a powerful desktop until it dies or you get sick of it. Since they're unkillable it'll probably be the later.
Hi Wolfgang, what do you think about the i7 P51? I want to get something for music production, +30 channels 44.1 24bit
I currently have the W530 but it is kind of getting a bit old and I have problems with some apps not running correctly, mostly visually, however the W530 is i7 2,6ghz
I love mine it works so well and is easy to upgrade and clean I would not change it but would like to change the screen as mine is a TN display and my wife has a Lenovo T500
Im trying to buy t440 right now.
I own one since 2014 and it was dropped kinda hard, and it still works
Hey, I became unemploy due to Covid19.I m very poor although. Wanna work online but have no Pc or Laptop.i have only 50-100$. can u help me to get a T450s please??
Hi, I am thinking to change the trackpad for my t440p, but I've read from a lot of places saying that never get an Alps trackpad, do u have any issue with your trackpad? P.S. I am using Linux as well, thanks
Best Thinkpad yes
I suck at soldering to bro. But I fixed my headphones ;) you can do it.
Please share this beautiful wallpaper with us, with the purple mountains one
my friend still used a w530 amazing tank laptop.
I have w540 and it seems like it will never die. I am tired of it.. 😂😂
I see that trackball you are evolving. the only thing left is open bsd
i actually chuckled a little bit
I love my t450s😍
Hello Wolfgang, I consider changing the screen of my X200S ThinkPad and would appreciate your thoughts on this. Do you think it makes sense? The reason why I haven't done it already is because I don't know where to buy a proper screen. There are offers from China on eBay but I don't know what to expect from those screens.
Thank you for your ideas in advance! Pat