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I still love mine, and I love the replaceable battery and the fact that you can still get batteries. but best laptop in the World? I do use mine, occasionally

by buro9 3y ago

I still love mine, and I love the replaceable battery and the fact that you can still get batteries. but best laptop in the World? I do use mine, occasionally, it's a great work horse around the house for network things as it has an ethernet port. but TBH I use my X1 laptops more, the ability to USB-C charge is near critical now, and the X220 lack of USB-C as well as low res screen really does mean it's not a machine of this age, it was probably the best laptop of the non-USB-C age... but now it's dated, and only has niche use.

njaguardsheep 3y ago
I replaced the charging port in my X230 with this mod[1], which allows charging using USB-PD chargers. https://www.tindie.com/products/mikepdiy/lenovo-charging-port-type-c-pd-x220-x230/ https://www.tindie.com/products/mikepdiy/lenovo-charging-por...
- buro9 3y ago
  OMG, thank you!
- accrual 3y ago
  I wanted to go this route but they were always out of stock when I went to order one a year or two ago. Instead, I bought a pigtail-style adapter from Amazon that converts the barrel jack to female USB-C PD. I like it a lot, and I can still use the stock adapter if needed. I also put a little USB-C power monitor inline with the cable, it's neat to "watch" the power going into the laptop.
chpatrick 3y ago
You can get a USB-C to classic laptop adapter for a few dollars on AliExpress.
- josephcsible 3y ago
  Such adapters are a dangerous violation of the USB spec.
  - f1refly 3y ago
    Won't those adapters just say "I am a PD client please give me 20V"? I fail to see how that is a violation of the specification.
  - chpatrick 3y ago
    I don't see why, they just use the PD spec to ask for the right voltage.
rijoja 3y ago
I don't really like to promote amazon, but what I got is this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PJ3J5MY/ref=pe_27063361_487055811_TE_dp_3 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PJ3J5MY/ref=pe_27063361_48705... which is absolutely fantastic. What you are looking for is a USB-C with PD support, which means that the devices can negotiate the amount of power that is being sent!
mindslight 3y ago
For your other gripe: I modded two of my X230 to 1080p screens using a small-run add-on board and the right LCD panel from eBay. The board I got was made and sold by someone in Russia (by the name nitrocaster), so I don't know the availability with the war now (or for that matter, if he's been shipped off to the meat grinder to die pointlessly. fuck putin) Also I personally think the keyboard topic is totally oversold. I'm quite content with the stock X230 keyboard, and I would swap in a heartbeat if I wanted to (it's two screws). And my previous laptops were T22/T60/T61, so I do know the difference.

by buro9 3y ago

njaguardsheep 3y ago

I replaced the charging port in my X230 with this mod[1], which allows charging using USB-PD chargers. https://www.tindie.com/products/mikepdiy/lenovo-charging-port-type-c-pd-x220-x230/ https://www.tindie.com/products/mikepdiy/lenovo-charging-por...

buro9 3y ago
OMG, thank you!
accrual 3y ago
I wanted to go this route but they were always out of stock when I went to order one a year or two ago. Instead, I bought a pigtail-style adapter from Amazon that converts the barrel jack to female USB-C PD. I like it a lot, and I can still use the stock adapter if needed. I also put a little USB-C power monitor inline with the cable, it's neat to "watch" the power going into the laptop.

chpatrick 3y ago

You can get a USB-C to classic laptop adapter for a few dollars on AliExpress.

josephcsible 3y ago
Such adapters are a dangerous violation of the USB spec.
- f1refly 3y ago
  Won't those adapters just say "I am a PD client please give me 20V"? I fail to see how that is a violation of the specification.
- chpatrick 3y ago
  I don't see why, they just use the PD spec to ask for the right voltage.

rijoja 3y ago

I don't really like to promote amazon, but what I got is this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PJ3J5MY/ref=pe_27063361_487055811_TE_dp_3 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PJ3J5MY/ref=pe_27063361_48705... which is absolutely fantastic. What you are looking for is a USB-C with PD support, which means that the devices can negotiate the amount of power that is being sent!

mindslight 3y ago

For your other gripe: I modded two of my X230 to 1080p screens using a small-run add-on board and the right LCD panel from eBay. The board I got was made and sold by someone in Russia (by the name nitrocaster), so I don't know the availability with the war now (or for that matter, if he's been shipped off to the meat grinder to die pointlessly. fuck putin) Also I personally think the keyboard topic is totally oversold. I'm quite content with the stock X230 keyboard, and I would swap in a heartbeat if I wanted to (it's two screws). And my previous laptops were T22/T60/T61, so I do know the difference.