 Yo, what's up? So you wanted thinkpads? You got thinkpads. There they are So in this video, I am gonna talk about a questions I get all the time actually because a lot of people will tell me okay I'm falling for the thinkpad meme people are always talking about how sturdy they are how reliable they are I want to get one myself, but I have no clue which one to get I get this email all the time I get the get it as a comment all the time so in this video I'm gonna tell you my experiences with different thinkpads and the kind of stuff You want to look out for or you know the kind of stuff that I guess or like what model specifically is the best for you? So I have four thinkpads all of them are different models Which might sound like a lot you might be like oh geez you're really obsessed, but like Given how much I paid for all of these. I mean I paid You know what a third of the price of a MacBook for all four of these together Actually, there's another one. I bought but I had given it to a friend. So there's actually another one But still it probably is no more than 500 bucks all together So these things you buy them used they're all pretty cheap So if you're watching this video, you might already know why you want to get a thinkpad They're extremely sturdy their business laptops that are made to last this model right here, right x60 These things have been around for 11 years like they came out in the bush administration Which it ends up that's a long time ago now So anyway, let me but I want to talk about specifically which kind of models you want to get because people always ask me that So I'll go ahead and introduce you to the ones I have here. So this one here is the t420 So there are two main series of thinkpads that people usually talk about There's the t-series and there's in the x-series. So this is my only of the t-series now the t-series They're the I want to say 16 inch I forget what exact inch the inch in inch inch inch inch inch inch inch I forget the exact inch inch But these things are the sort of mid-sized So the t-series are sort of if you want a laptop that's not ultra portable It's just sort of a normal laptop. That's the series to look at The other three here are the x-series And obviously by the fact I have three of these I actually prefer the x-series They're they're a little bit more portable, but they don't really come at a huge Like disadvantage in terms of processing power. They're pretty much the same as the t's just a little smaller Of course, they're gonna have less screen resolution or whatever So you know these are the main series of thinkpads t's and x's there are actually a lot of other ones But pretty much all the ones worth getting are either t or x's. They're also w's which are You know desktop replacements these things are enormous, you know, you have a couple other ones But these are pretty much for the ones you'll you'll see So when you're thinking about what kind of thinkpad to get the important thing to remember is that thinkpads have been getting bad as Years have progressed right so when IBM used to make these things. This is you know one of the classic this x60 right here This is one of the classic IBM thinkpads even has the IBM logo These are like tangibly a better quality than the later ones And one of the main changes that happened which hasn't you know didn't occur when any of these laptops were made But you know eventually when Lenovo about bought the thinkpad brand They switched from this kind of the classic keyboard here to a chiclet keyboard that you might be you know The kind of stuff you have on max or things You know more nowadays Which I don't know why because though there's kind of Excuse me keyboards are just terrible for like actual use when you're actually getting in there and like You know typing all day or typing for a long period those things hurt these kind of keyboards They're very tactile and it's one of the reasons that people like the classic thinkpads So the reason I mentioned that is all the models I have here This is the x60. This is the x200. This is the x2 20 and that again is the t4 20 all of the models here have this classic design and These two models here the x2 20 and the t4 20 are the last ones of their series that had that After that when you got to the x2 30 Those had the the chiclet like keyboards. So a lot of people will say these are the last good thinkpads So those are the ones if you if that's your only concern I want like an old, you know a good classic Thinkpad quality the x2 x2 20 or the t4 20 are the sort of chosen You know designs now the other thing about These two is in addition to being some of the last ones with the actual thinkpad Keyboard they're one of the first series that has i5 and i7 processors Now that can be good and bad for most people that's going to be good because you don't really care about anything else You want to have a faster computer, but it's bad in the sense that in case you don't know You know i5s i7s that's when the Intel management engine got to a point where it's hard to get rid of It is basically spyware. It's a backdoor on your computer. Basically every computer has them But the nice thing about the earlier thinkpads before this like the x200 and x60 is The Intel management engine was different. It was encrypted in a different way. I forget these specifics I don't know at all, but the long story short is these computers you can put a Totally free BIOS on it like Libreboot And you can totally get rid of the Intel management engine and any backdoors So of course you'll see here. I actually have the Libreboot screen pulled up for for my x200 And I have a Libreboot on both of these machines So getting it on the x200 the x200 now Well, I should put it this way if you want a totally free machine if that's your priority You don't really care as much about processing power or anything like that You might want to go with the x200 because the x200 it has an Intel Core 2 Duo by default It's a lot faster than things like this the x60 It is the last Librebootable computer, but I'm saying that with an asterisk because right now a couple companies a couple, you know individual tinkerers have sort of been Finding the finding the final fix for you know later Intel management engines how to get rid of them how to replace them with totally free BIOSes so it might be in a couple months You can get Libreboot on the x220 and the t420 or get rid of the management engine or something like that So that you might want to double check if that's the case whenever you're watching this video But that said the x200 I can vouch for it's a great computer and It for the longest time it well I'll go ahead and say the the computers I use as sort of daily drivers or either the x220 or the x200 right now I had some firmware problems with the x200 so I'm using the x220 For the time being but I'll probably switch back. I prefer the to use the x200 just because it's all free software And the only other caveat about that is that? If you want to install Libreboot on the x200 you do have to have you do have to install it with a Raspberry Pi or a Beagle bone black or some kind of external programmer You have to actually open up the motherboard and you know do the whole thing with the flash ROM and all this stuff So it's a little more difficult of a process If you've been watching my videos for a while you might have seen a video I put up a couple months ago on Librebooting the x60 which is it a much easier process You can just do it in the heart the software So that's another consideration so The reason I have all these different computers is actually because they all sort of serve different niches in here Well, one of the reasons I have them is they're so cheap I mean just to give you this thing costs about 30 bucks. That's a little on the cheap end I always get them when they're very cheap. I don't get the medium prices I wait for prices to come that are really a steal, but I got the x60 for around 300 bucks I heard 300 bucks 30 bucks not 300 the x200. I want to say I got that around $200 which is a little much, but it came with Libreboot installed So I didn't have to worry about and that was worth it for me The x2 20 back there. I got that for less than hundred bucks. That was like 90 dollars I want to say and then this one here the t420. I got that for maybe a little over a hundred I forget exactly. I think the the actual price of it was like 200 something, but I had sort of a coupon So yeah, again, I've spent like less than $500 or I should do the math in my head I you know, I can't do math real-time, but that's less than 500 bucks. Whatever So yeah, this is just informational and so I should say I have all of these x-series laptops So you have the early one which you can install Libreboot on just using the software If you want a t-series, there is also the t60 Which is the equivalent in the t-series if you just want something like this that you can Libreboot But you know you want a larger laptop with a bigger screen you can get that and also the equivalent of the x200 is the t T400 yeah t400 which again you can Libreboot with a Raspberry Pi It's the last of the Intel Core 2duos doesn't have the later management engine So really if I had those other two laptops, there's sort of a symmetry to them in that like the series is series is You know sort of have all the same properties. They're just a different size So anyway, this is pretty much all the basic information. I would recommend if you want to check out a think pad Look on eBay. Don't be you know I get a comment from someone who says all people said think pads are cheap But I looked them up on Lenovo's websites and their thousands of dollars don't get a new one Don't get one. I don't recommend getting one after the x2 20 or t4 20 because these things are perfect quality They're still great. There's still so many of them on the market Despite the fact that they're they are you know what like six seven years old or something like that They're still kicking and if you want a modern processor if you want like the newest i7 You can still install them on one of those and they work great But then again all these computers work great if you have you know something like Solid-state drive or something else like that. You don't even need that, but anyway, so this has just been an informational So thanks for watching. I'm gonna do more in-depth reviews of This computer and that one which I haven't talked about on my channel before but I do have and they are worth talking about So check those out if you want. So anyway, see you guys next time