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Please don't use the X220 or T420 for servers though.. They're the go-to main laptops for many Thinkpad fans because they're so inexpensive and very well-built

Please don't use the X220 or T420 for servers though.. They're the go-to main laptops for many Thinkpad fans because they're so inexpensive and very well-built for everyday use. There are only so many left. I can't imagine using another laptop besides my T420, I'm not sure a better laptop exists and I'm gonna have to take it to my grave if Lenovo doesn't get their act together and release another Thinkpad with a full keyboard. That being said, good computers going to good people for them is always a good thing no matter the use case.

foxhop 6y ago
T430 is fine too, its my daily driver and has the same charger as the T420. I run SmartOS on another t430 with a cracked screen which has a bunch of guest KVM and zones. Runs ZFS in a mirror and 16G ram, backed by an APC unit for the modem router. I blogged recently about my setup here: https://russell.ballestrini.net/weechat-on-boot-in-a-tmux-session/ https://russell.ballestrini.net/weechat-on-boot-in-a-tmux-se... (Hosted on said laptop)