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The X230 is nearly identical physically, and you can swap the X220 keyboard onto it. Advantage being 3rd-gen/HD4000 igpu which is Vulkan capable, not available
by pengaru 4y ago
The X230 is nearly identical physically, and you can swap the X220 keyboard onto it.
Advantage being 3rd-gen/HD4000 igpu which is Vulkan capable, not available on the X220. This difference makes the X230 far more practical in terms of modern graphics development/environments.
- 369548684892826 4y agoAlso after the X230, the next few generations of intel CPUs that thinkpads used really focused on low power over performance. So because of that it performs like much younger laptops.
- jeffbee 4y agoTIL. Honestly it looks like you'd need to do some grinding to get the 220 keyboard into the 230? But that's cool, I did not know. https://download.lenovo.com/Images/Parts/45N2211/1.jpg https://download.lenovo.com/Images/Parts/45N2211/1.jpg https://download.lenovo.com/Images/Parts/04X1345/12.jpg https://download.lenovo.com/Images/Parts/04X1345/12.jpg
- pengaru 4y agoPretty sure it's just a matter of getting X220 palmrest/plastic trim surround to avoid any alterations. You can find writeups via the obvious searches, here's some such results: https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Install_Classic_Keyboard_on_xx30_Series_ThinkPads https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Install_Classic_Keyboard_on_x... https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/9cp8pq/x230x220_keyboard_swap_first_impressions_install/ https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/9cp8pq/x230x220_k... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4_6LQrmu14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4_6LQrmu14