Ahah dude I love your fender :D
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What's the screen like? I upgraded the panel on both my thinkpads so I can help if you have questions :)
E14 are pretty modern so I can't think of many useful mods, maybe ugrading the speakers? It's something I want to try on my T440S
Anyway congrats on your lappy, hope you enjoy it for many years to come
I agree, and despite maybe too many competing flavors it looks like a great recipe to pick up some tricks for a newly veg. So thanks :) and congrats I guess OP, you're clearly skilled and unafraid lol
I think they're the same thing as cable holders/organizers
I've found that L and E series seemingly mirror the T line but with a couple of years of delay, so overall with time it gets worse repairability wise, but gets better with things like 16:10 screen aspect ratio.
I haven't researched the 2024 T series, is it noteworthy other than having some models with ram slots? Feels like some hype is going on. In any case, expect ~2026 L,E series to have similarly constructed models.
Long story short: nowadays 65W-capable USB C powerbanks make more sense in my opinion, than multiple Thinkpad batteries. And they work with all laptops.
Yep just like the S versions they have a double battery. This is great because the total can get close to 100Wh (when using the 72Wh external) but hot-swapping requires an internal battery in good shape which is not so easy to come by. From Lenovo they can be very expensive or not available. From third parties you're always gambling that those batteries will play nice with the proprietary Thinkpad EC.
I bought both (3rd-party) batteries for a T440S, and the internal would suddenly show up as 0% every couple of weeks, and had to be "reset" by opening the base, unplugging and plugging it in..in the end I just put the original internal back; the external has been amazing instead, and it does basically all of the work since it's the 72Wh version. Fun fact: these laptops work perfectly with only one of the batteries attached.
I'd say no more than 200$ for the T480. Since you mentioned portability, it's not very portable compared to the S models of the T series and even less to the X series.
One advantage of the t480 is having two memory slots for easy and cheap ram upgrades, with all others you have to make sure they have at least 16gb (or 8gb soldered on one side)
The portability carries a big bump in price, if you see a cheap T480S, X1 carbon 6th, X390, you might be happier with those.
We also have to consider that from 300$ upwards we are talking Ryzen Zen 2 (used) prices, maybe from the L series but you might catch the occasional T14 AMD for 400$ which is a considerable upgrade in every metric.
Energicas and Zeros are single-speed, they have done pretty damn well. Btw I'm not against a clutch personally. But it's rare in EV land, see the Brammos for example (which were more of a flop in the market, but not for the clutch I don't think)
Hi, have you tried acetone? Chemically (propanone) it seems very similar to isopropyl alcohol but maybe it's different enough..never tried on a thinkpad but on other stuff it always worked for me.
Also maybe the cloth/paper you were using did not pick up enough, you need to actually remove the material (used to make plastic "soft to the touch") that became sticky.
A pleasure, glad you found the solution and thanks for sharing it! Well done
No I mean a USB C to Lenovo Square tip (the name of that Lenovo yellow plug) adapter, no USB A involved.
USB C PD charger > USB C - C cable > adapter > laptop. I've done this on many thinkpads, the only thing is if you use a small charger (45W or less) and have a big battery or the laptop uses a lot of watts, it might not charge or charge only when off. With 65W you're good, and with GaN tech they are tiny nowadays
This is also so you can also charge your phone tablet or anything else usb C while traveling with only one charger
Actually mate, I know it sounds ridiculous, but it has been demonstrated that, statistically, because of the extra amount of calories burned and the pollution due to food production and transportation in modern times, ebikes are greener despite the higher impact of their production.
Of course the specific case can be different, maybe someone already grows their own organic food and buys an ebike without doing any distance that they couldnt cover easily with their acoustic bike, and then proceeds after only a few months to throw their ebike off a bridge (stupid example, but much more important when studying the impact of electric cars vs ICE cars, if an EV gets into a really bad accident or fire in the first ~20-30k kms of its life, then it would have been slightly better for everyone that it wasnt built, compared to an ICE car)
As far as exercise goes, it has also been shown that ebikes results on average in more exercise by more people, because people cover much bigger distances, and/ore use it more often, and because it allows you to smooth out the ride (making some roads, especially climbs, cyclable to people who wouldn't have been able to do them with a normal bike), and to decide for yourself when you want to put more effort.