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I also still use my ThinkPad X220 happily with Archlinux. Contrary to the author I've built in immediately an OEM IPS-Panel and a Bluetooth 4.0 chip from the n
by ho_schi 5y ago
I also still use my ThinkPad X220 happily with Archlinux. Contrary to the author I've built in immediately an OEM IPS-Panel and a Bluetooth 4.0 chip from the next generation. I bought it very late in production cycle because I prefer to keep the classic keyboard with the blue enter-button. The only nasty thing is the USB 3.0 Port which immediately went into sleep states, workarounds are either to connect a device at boot-up or use powertop to wake it up. It is even possible to attach HiDPI displays via DisplayPort (always better than HDMI) but you will fallback to 30 Hz and the tiny GPU will have a hard time.
Pros:
* Mobile with A4/Letter form factor
* Powerful, with a dock it replaces a desktop computer
* Standard size keyboard
* IPS screen is still state-of-the art
* Replaceable battery
* Works very well with Linux
* With a i7 CPU even provides USB 3.0
Cons:
* Modern ThinkPads provide a tighter case, especially the palm rest
- culopatin 5y agoBut that touchpad though… you must be a track point pro.
- ho_schi 5y agoOf course my friend :) The TouchPad is the area below the palm rest? It requires users to interrupt the workflow. Probably some sort of design element or fidget? Never used.
- zuhsetaqi 5y agoNever had an issue using the trackpad of my MacBook with my thumb without leaving the keyboard. That of course only works with a great trackpad which click everywhere on the surface which is the case with ForceTouch trackpads
- havkd 5y agoI wish I could learn to use the clit :( Every time I put my finger there things end up all over the place.
- soperj 5y agoJust turn off your trackpad.
- ho_schi 5y agoFor me it is a nipple. Anyone else?
- ryanlol 5y agoClit is generally considered to be the workplace-appropriate term, as some people have been offended by the “nipple”.
- peakaboo 5y agoI'm offended by those people being offended by the word nipple.
- elzbardico 5y agoWhich is kind of bizarre as nipple is also associated with breastfeeding while clit well… it only has one function
- jonp888 5y agoReally? I didn't know 'clit' had any other meaning than as a colloquial abbreviation of clitoris.
- ALittleLight 5y agoI would not use that term at work. I can only assume the parent is joking.
- d0lph 5y agoIt does not
- amlib 5y agoI had to force me to use it for a few weeks until it clicked on me. It's a pressure sensitive device, not a joystick. You have to get used to put the right amount of pressure for the speed you want to move the pointer.
- pengaru 5y ago> the tiny GPU will have a hard time If you move up to the X230, which your X220 keyboard can bolt right onto, you'll get a Vulkan-capable HD4000 iGPU.
- formerly_proven 5y ago4K works even on the X201, though also only at 30 Hz.