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1. ssl-3 · 1790071315 · focus · HN ↗

   I'm getting the sense from the comments here so far that I'm likely to be the only one still using a Thinkpad T530 from 2012.

   It still works.

   1. UncleSlacky · 1790072202 · focus · HN ↗

      T60 user here - just upgraded the CPU to a T7400 C2D, added an SSD and increased the RAM to 4Gb (3.25 or so usable thanks to Libreboot). It's actually still quite usable. I'm currently running Exe GNU/Linux for a modern yet retro look (Trinity DE), and the 4:3 screen and decent keyboard really make it.

      1. 2b3a51 · 1790073753 · focus · HN ↗

         There's two of us. Stock T60 (3Gb ram, 320Gb mechanical hard drive, stock BIOS) with Slackware64 -current.

         Nice keyboard as you say. These things are solid.

         1. hypercube33 · 1790075615 · focus · HN ↗

            I have a pile of dell e series with the og i7 in them. Still can run windows 11 but yeah Linux is beautiful on these things.

            1. UncleSlacky · 1790097115 · focus · HN ↗

               Yeah, I have a couple of e6220s, one running MX Linux and the other Win 10 IoT LTSC. The MX one is my "road warrior" travel laptop as it's tough and still acceptably fast, but I also don't care too much if gets lost or damaged.
      2. Steve44 · 1790086958 · focus · HN ↗

         I still use my T61p quite regularly.

         These days it's only really a thin client for RDP into work and some admin tools & toys, but the 1920 x 1200 matt IPS screen is unbeatable and the keyboard is still lovely.

   2. Skwid · 1790076118 · focus · HN ↗

      I only very recently upgraded from an X230 with X220 keyboard

      It was a close call between a totally new machine and a display mod though

   3. zh3 · 1790076497 · focus · HN ↗

      More of us than you think (and often by preference rather than cost).

      Current main travel laptop is a T420, backed by a T520 w/nvidia when needed (older T41s, T60's lying around). Both work fine with linux & modern browsers (the T420 is particular has great battery life).

   4. nticompass · 1790079456 · focus · HN ↗

      I still have my T430, but I use my X270 more often now.
   5. kjs3 · 1790082310 · focus · HN ↗

      I regularly use a significantly older T42. It has a honest-to-gawd parallel port, runs XP nicely and controls a couple of instruments and device programmers. I upgraded the screen at some point (SXGA?) and put a solid-state disk in it. Still going strong.
   6. reasonabl_human · 1790084343 · focus · HN ↗

      T430s as a mobile linux workstation for garage projects. For anything else, 14” M series macbook.

      Thought I’d put Asahi Linux on it but the workflow I’ve settled on is to use my Mac as a thin client for a linux box under my desk. Best of both worlds.

   7. ssl-3 · 1790114651 · focus · HN ↗

      [update, 12 hours later: Yep. I seem to be the only one still using a T530.]

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