Comment by RomanPushkin

Comment by RomanPushkin 2 days ago

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I'm the owner of one of these laptops. I paid like $2-3k or even more for the laptop. The screen got broken almost on arrival. I think few days later it started glitching. It was intermittent, so I thought it would go away. I didn't. Over time it started glitching more and more. I reached out to the person in China who sold the laptop. In broken English he told me that I should replace the screen and sent me a link. I bought the screen, actually two of them, since for some reason you can't buy one. Turned out that the screen doesn't fit, and I cracked the first one while trying to install. So now I have a laptop without a screen, and it just doesn't work.

I bought Macbook Air for $1k just one week ago. I can't be more happier. Fuck these ThinkPads.

jokowueu 2 days ago

I'm a bit confused, what do you mean you bought it for +$2k? They cost nothing to buy, they came out like 18 years ago

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  • dcminter 2 days ago

    I think parent poster had an X1 or something and assumed the conversation was about a similar contemporary device.

    I'm a little sad this board isn't for my X220 ... I would be sorely tempted if it were - but like other posters I'd have some reservations about things like battery life even so.

    By the (contemporary) by, a Mac Book is probably a better buy if you like Mac OS (I don't) because the hardware really is excellent. One physical point in favour of the modern Thinkpad though is weight - a MacBook Air is about 1.2 kg, whereas the X1 is not quite 1 kg.

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  • lproven 2 days ago

    > what do you mean you bought it for +$2k?

    You can buy the hardware already upgraded with a new motherboard and screen.

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AlecSchueler 2 days ago

You paid how much? I use my x200 every day and love it but never considered I could sell it for so much. Is that really a normal price for such an old model? My screen works perfectly too.

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pyvpx 2 days ago

As a counter-experience, I bought five of the x63s and was so paranoid I’d bork the screens somehow. They all work fine to this day. :shrug:

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