"If my house was on fire and I could only take one computer with me, I would take this one." It's a ThinkPad. Just leave it. Grab a computer that is actually susceptible to fire.

If only There was a laptop with modern specs but that legendary IBM build quality

@edloki3057

4 жыл бұрын

anything up to a Lenovo T480 is good. The new thinkpads without swappable battery are garbage.

@charlesballiet7074

4 жыл бұрын

@@elijahking7309 not sure what that is? link sure dont work though

@TheRailroad99

4 жыл бұрын

@@charlesballiet7074 a modding community, which made newer mainboards for those IBM machines, upgrading them to sandy bridge or even coffee lake CPUs

@kirisame1919

3 жыл бұрын

Charles Balliet 51nb.com is a Chinese thinkpad fan forum, and they built two classic thinkpad modded motherboards: “x62”,a motherboard with modern Core i5/i7 5th low voltage CPUs and exactly the size as the original x60/x61, and you swap it with the original ones, without the need to swap any other accessories of the original machine.

@kirisame1919

3 жыл бұрын

and ‘x210’, a motherboard replacement for x200/x201, with 8th Gen Low voltage CPUs or even newest 10th CPUs. and they also offer several screen modifications, including a 3:2 ratio 3000*2000 screen replacement for x210.

Still have my X201 after 8 years. Still loving it.

@strawloki7133

6 жыл бұрын

Nu ma asteptam sa te gasesc pe aici. Salut.

The song I played in Adobe Audition can be downloaded here: www.amstereo.org/files/80s%20test%20track4.mp3 Corrections: The ThinkPad X61 and T61 were also available with the IBM logo, although it is uncommon to find them equipped as such, and the X200 (the X61's successor) was the last ThinkPad to only have the TrackPoint and not a touchpad. (You could also get the X201 with only the TrackPoint, but most of them came with a touchpad as well.)

@vwestlife

7 жыл бұрын

It should now.

@KainiaKaria

7 жыл бұрын

I plan on using my Dell Inspiron 530S as a video editing system.

@cnerde

7 жыл бұрын

I had a number of T61's purchased in the first couple weeks of release, from a company I worked with. :)

@cnerde

7 жыл бұрын

I also remember the orange "thinklights" on some ancient pentium 4 (M) based model rather than white.

@LLCoolPass

7 жыл бұрын

Cnerde i never knew orange...thats clever

The X200s came in 2008 and only featured a track-point (NO track-pad). In my opinion the X200s is the "last" of the IBM Thinkpads, it was probably the last one designed by IBM themselves even if it came out with Lenovo branding. Had it for 8 years now and still running great! It was and still is a functional work of art. Take a look: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad_X_Series#/media/File:ThinkPad_X61_and_X200s.jpg PS: I still have an X24 and that's still running great though the hinge needed fixing in it's later years.

Excellent video review. I bought a ThinkPad x61 from eBay, and modified it with Middleton's BIOS, installed 8 GB of RAM (probably not necessary, but wanted to see if it could be done) and a 240 GB Crucial BX200 SSD. It runs Windows 10 flawlessly. While the 1024x768 display is somewhat grainy by today's standards, the compact size, nearly instant boot-up with the SSD, and fantastic office/web performance makes the x60/x61 family a winner. I liked this one so much, I bought a second one for my wife, who uses it as her daily driver. The lack of a webcam isn't a huge issue (no video conferencing), and I like the peace-of-mind in knowing that it does not have a webcam. Bluetooth 4.0 can be "added" to this machine by placing a mini PCIe adapter in the WWAN slot (since that slot has the USB signal), and then plugging in a suitable low-profile Bluetooth adapter ("low profile" enough that the palm rest will snap back into place). All I really need to figure out now is to replace the older CCFL backlight with an LED backlight, if it can be done.

I picked up on on eBay for 20$, put some ram and a ssd in it. Installed Windows 7 ultimate, it works flawlessly, no problems whatsoever I really suggest this laptop to someone even though it's over 10 years old.

I had one of these (X61) a few years back, was fantastic. Also had the Lenovo dock for it, just plug it to a big screen, real keyboard, mouse,...and leave it on your desk. I used to take the X61 to go to uni, and when I would come back at my flat, just drop it on the dock and bang, full desktop computer experience. Nowadays it seems easy, but hey, 10 years ago, it was mindblowing !

We still use some T60's at work in our production line, some still with XP (no internet access of course) and some already with Win 7 and you really can't kill them. We had one with a failing screen backlight for about a week but someone gave it a good wack and it works since years again. We had some HDDs failing but that's normal for the amount of abuse these things already got. Even the fans are fully blocked with dirt and so on but they're still running like nothing happened, all the dirt on the keyboard and it still works, the missing mouse knob, the super worn touchpad but still working, the broken cases and missing edges and still... working. Like nothing happened... These things surprise me till this day, and the fact that even with Windows 7 they're perfectly fast enough for production usage is amazing.

@EpicLPer

7 жыл бұрын

We had just one failing completely but that was due to the charging circuit inside breaking for whatever reason.

@Stjaernljus

7 жыл бұрын

yeah dying CCFLs are a pain main reason i stopped using my T60

@ZenPunk

7 жыл бұрын

clean them out ffs please and they'll run another 10 years

@mikee.

7 жыл бұрын

"no internet access of course"?

@britishcadet

7 жыл бұрын

Windows XP isn't updated or patched anymore, so I assume if connected to the internet they can be a risk to the business in case they're hacked or something?

I got a T61, same specs as this, just a different form factor, these things are great, much better than the laptops on sale now.

@NijiDash

7 жыл бұрын

I also own the T61 (with IBM branding), and I just love how sturdy they are compared to even most business laptops today. I do own a couple of newer laptops, but I keep going back to the ThinkPad because I type a lot and the keyboard is just much better. They are still very capable machines and it does everything I need it for. Ubuntu also runs very well on it, despite the Intel integrated graphics. The display is the only aspect I don't really like: 1280x800 wouldn't be a problem to me if the black levels and colors would be a little better. But the docking station is connected to a better external display, and that works very well too when I need a better display. PS. /)*(\ Brohoof!

@televisionandcheese

7 жыл бұрын

+Marvin P. Nice, my model is the 1440x900, but the screen is broken, I have to have it at a certain angle for it to work, but other than that, it's great, I got mine for £0.99! I had one with the worse graphic chips though, but I got a dedicated GPU for the ultrabay! The only problem is it is very loud, and the laptop's fan is even louder. But other than that, for the price and honestly everything else, they beat some of the newest laptop computers in all the ways. :) I still use Windows Vista on mine, the laptop if perfectly capable of its areo and things, and runs like a dream :) Brohoof to you too! /). :)

@windowsuser321

7 жыл бұрын

Sounds like screwed up video cable, could be the screen but I think it's the cable.

@televisionandcheese

7 жыл бұрын

+Jacob's Channel Oh it's the screen panel itself, something wrong inside it. I replaced the LDVS cable twice, and tried a 1280x720 panel from annother laptop, and it worked fine, so it's the panel that is the problem. It isn't too much problem though, I only have to squeeze the corner and it will go on just fine. :)

@NijiDash

7 жыл бұрын

That's kind of a shame, but still an exceptional deal... £0.99 o.o! Mine was more in the ballpark of €30 q_q Is it actually possible to put a video card inside the Ultrabay, though? I think you mean the Advanced Dock, because the Ultrabay is the slot on the right of the laptop where you put in things like DVD players and batteries.

I had one of these up until 2015 until I started using architecture programs. Despite 7 years of rough service, it kept on kicking while most friends had to replace their broken laptops every 2 years or so.

Great job. I'm inspired to refurbish my X60 and put it back to work.

merry Christmas to you and your family

@zhbvenkhoReload

7 жыл бұрын

Tommy Whitaker Likewise friendo

@zhbvenkhoReload

7 жыл бұрын

SPCdiabolical1134 Videos friendo deleted his comment :(

Memories. Bought mine new in 2006 - I still have it and it still works like a champ. Mine has the IBM logo. SSD installed long ago and it has gone from Win XP up the scale and is presently running Win 10 with no issues. What caused me to replace it (with another Thinkpad, of course) was the need to handle 4K video. Other than that, it would still be active.

Watching this on my T60 right now. Best computer I have ever bought. Dropped it a hundred times, spilled liquid on it on multiple occasions and it's still going strong.

Not even Mjölnir could damage a true Thinkpad.

Merry Christmas VWestlife.

@Connie_TinuityError

6 жыл бұрын

MegaBojan1993 says the person still using a nokia n95

Wow, that's surprising usability for such an old machine! I'd be interested to see a video on you switching to one of the latest ThinkPads, and your thoughts on how much better the experience is or isn't. Gotta love the faithful companion ThinkPads!

Awesome video! I received a secondhand(but in mint condition) X60s from a coworker a month or so ago. I decided to turn it into a project; upgrading the motherboard and a few other things to X61s spec for very little outlay. After tossing in an old Intel X25M SSD I had sitting around it's been a rather good machine. Just in time too, as my main laptop(a T430) suffered an unfortunate accident. Currently I'm daily driving the X60/1s until its replacement arrives, and I'm pleasantly surprised with how much I've been able to get done with it!

So my Core 2 Duo T7200 is definitely faster than an atom Z3735F. If only it was as power efficient.

@PoradnikiYakuza

7 жыл бұрын

yeah, i got a decent HP laptop, with a t7300 and a dedicated Nvidia gpu, and a single fan. Shit that things on full speed all the time (even though i got an "oversized" fan from a dv9000, and new thermal paste, and its clean AF). At least i got the ssd in there, its somewhat fast now (faster in loading times than the HDD with my i7 4710)

@MichaelFlatman

7 жыл бұрын

Yakuza which model is that? I've got an NC8430, and HP had the intelligent idea of having the heat pipe from the GPU just go around the fan, so the GPU can get hot

@PoradnikiYakuza

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Flatman the dv6500

@MichaelFlatman

7 жыл бұрын

Yakuza yeah the dv6 has overheating issues, undervolt the CPU using throttlestop, it makes it a lot quieter!

@PoradnikiYakuza

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Flatman its the dv6500, the newered version of the dv6000. Dv6 is a complete different laptop. It doesnt overheat, but its loud for sure

I am so bored, that watching a review of a 10 year old laptop seems like a good idea.

@humble2246

7 жыл бұрын

No shit its boring as hell, he probably doesn't even have a good laptop/computer to compare with hes just using his own knowledge saying "WELL MODERN LAPTOPS ARE SLOWER AND DOESN'T HAVE MUCH FEATURES! YA!"

@kristobaz2474

7 жыл бұрын

+Skeleton 11223 Bad parenting. I babysit my brother's kids and they've been raised on humility, couldn't be nicer. Juuuust a product of the time, I'm afraid

@greenbillugaming2781

6 жыл бұрын

its good to be bored sometimes, always being busy will kill creativity

@geraldhenrickson7472

6 жыл бұрын

Eggs-actly!

@EssenceofPureFlavor

5 жыл бұрын

If it still does the job, why upgrade? Computers are tools. Not things meant to impress your friends about how much money you spent.

Nice review! I still use a T60p with a 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo as my primary computer - plays HD KZread video fine, edits video in Premiere fine, and has a nice 4:3 15" IPS display that looks great. It may be a decade old but it does everything I need (I'm not a gamer) so I plan to keep using it for the foreseeable future.

@mistrotech8894

2 жыл бұрын

I bet it's still doing fine and fast...how is it now? For my second computer, I use a pentium M 1.8GHz Gateway M275 tablet, and KZread is still fine with Linux at 480p, and playable but a bit choppy at 720p.

That's a mind-blowing piece of work there. Well done!

I absolutely loved that you used the intro to "Sea Cruise" for ports. Made me chuckle.

how do you turn on the ThinkPad light? I own a 2010 Lenovo T410, and it is running Windows 7, please give me some help!

@windowsuser321

7 жыл бұрын

FN + Page up

@yuuja

7 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@woooweee

7 жыл бұрын

It's a built in hotkey, fn + the light symbol with down casting rays, pgup top right corner on the x60, dunno about yours.

@yuuja

7 жыл бұрын

wooo weee I own a Lenovo ThinkPad T410 from 2010.

I have a ThinkPad X200 with windows 7 and an ssd inside. It still performs beautifully. It can also run Windows 10 64bit decently.

I have a ThinkPad R51 from 2005. Mine has a trackpad, and I didn't realize it had a keyboard light until watching this! Thanks! (although mine is amber colored and does little to illuminate the keys)

I bought an X200 from a recycling shop for school presentations and such and the thing was amazing. Have only bought a new charger for it since the one that came with it broke down (although still works after a bit of fiddling) but otherwise the laptop itself is still 100% functional.

Keyboard drip holes, now that blew my mind.

Techmoan... you have a great taste.

Excellent presentation and still relevant. Thank you!

Got myself 2 T60s a week ago. Been loving it so far!

I got myself a T43 for about $35 and it has been doing really well. I need to upgrade it a bit since it shipped with a Centrino Mobile processor and 40GB of internal memory, but it is so easy to mod this machine. IBM knew how to leave their computers pretty wide open to modding, and that was especially the case with this model.

@MixerVM

7 жыл бұрын

Beware - you're stuck with a Pentium M. The fastest model available is the 780 - clocked at 2.2GHz - but beware that most of them are shipping from China. The 760, which is only ~200MHz slower, is readily available from US sellers, and at a reasonable price to boot.

WOW so many ignorant people in the comments this is incredible .... This is an ultraportable Thinkpad business machine ! 1.This is not a gaming laptop this is ultraportable business machine like i sad so integrated GPU is suitable. 2.Build quality and keyboard are superior to basically any new 11"/12" netbook today ( the fact that this laptop is working perfectly after 10 years is also speaking a lot about reliability ). 3. 4GB of RAM is plenty for WEB browsing , coding , gaming etc...on this machine and enough for moderate use even on desktop. 4.Business laptops tend to have these old and "obsolete" ports which is a good thing you don't have to fiddle with dongles to connect an old camera or printer/scanner/ext HDD. 5.This machine can handle 720p just fine ( this is a 1024x768 screen ). 6.Windows XP is lightweight and perfectly usable OS for light to moderate use today and it is supported by many companies with some tweaks you can still receive security updates + antivirus + "basic understanding of web" and you are fairly secure. 7. 4:3 or 16:9 is a matter of preference.... iPad has 4:3 screen...... 8.There is a docking station for this laptop ( which adds CD rom,and even more ports ). 9.Price for this Thinkpad is ~100$ sometimes even less. 10.X60 has a fingerprint reader. 11.With extended battery autonomy of 5-6 hours can be achieved even more with X60s. Compared to an average new 12" (~300$) netbook today this machine lacks integrated web cam, trackpad , Bluetooth , slightly lower resolution 1024x768 vs 1366x768 . Is this a deal breaker ? For web browsing , coding , text editing , old school gaming on the go this is an excellent choice for much less money. Web cam can be added via USB and BT via pcmcia slot however lack of trackpad can be a problem to some people but once you get used to track point , trackpad is not nedeed .

@MrSuperheterodyne

5 жыл бұрын

Great machines

@EssenceofPureFlavor

5 жыл бұрын

Thinkpads are tanks. People who talk down about them are usually clueless, don't really understand computers and are impressed by shiny plastic. Same goes for Latitudes and Elitebooks.

@matzmatz4148

5 жыл бұрын

I agree completely except the Windows XP thing... No virus software can fix holes and backdoors in the OS

@ccricers

4 жыл бұрын

The only thing I would need to add extra is a webcam because it it sometimes needed for remote work.

@mbk1251

3 жыл бұрын

They are bluetooth able

7:11 I remember when I'm like 8 years old that Drip hole thing is one of the most advanced things I see in laptops, yet I never see any of the modern XP laptops in 2011 and up that has that feature. It's a huge bummer that modern laptops are weaker to spills.

I only recently realized that you play classical music in the background while you're recording. I think that's cool. I love the way you make your vids, man. Keep up the good work.

"Windows 7 style gadgets" I love the Vista denial here

@vwestlife

6 жыл бұрын

What's Vista?

@decm8

3 жыл бұрын

@@vwestlife exactly.

I've been saying IBM was ahead of their time... Best Desktop I've ever owned was an IBM unit, those things take a pounding and still run amazingly.

The size, screen aspect ratio, keyboard and overall build quality makes me fall in love with this machine. Gonna probably get one of those by the end of the year but now I'm waiting a T430 workstation.

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X61 tablet laptop , batterie needs replacement , maxed the ram to 8 gig, i run Win 7 ultimate , what are the extra upgrades i could make on it ?

The X200 also only had the trackpoint so the X60 was not the last..

@deciocavallo

7 жыл бұрын

also the basic version of x201

@rkan2

7 жыл бұрын

By basic you mean x201s

@Folopolis

7 жыл бұрын

They still have the track point as of the P50 and T550, they just added a touchpad.

@rkan2

7 жыл бұрын

Folopolis Well we were talking about having "only" the trackpoint... ;)

@jamesvalentine925

7 жыл бұрын

My core i5 X220 still has the track point as well as a track pad, although the X220's track pad is so bad it may as well not be there! Also despite being a 16:9 screen ratio it still has the same thin bezel on the side of the keyboard and the non chicklit keyboard.

I still use my T60 for daily work, 12 years and working every day.

I have both the T60 and T430, both have served me incredibly well over the past year.

Awesome review. And yes, this particular model is legendary.

Pretty sad that a 2006 ThinkPad has smaller screen bezels than 90% of laptops produced today, including new ThinkPads.

@haddadthemaestro2856

2 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@asmc1492

Ай бұрын

Not anymore, bezels finally caught up

I will agree that buying used laptops in the same price range as a cheap new one is a much smarter idea. Back in 2014 I bought a 2011-era ThinkPad T420 for $450 and it wiped the floor with anything new in the same price range (and probably still does). And now those are going for much cheaper and are excellent performers. Mine's equipped with the less-common i7 2640M 2.80 GHz CPU, 8GB of RAM, a 1TB 7200RPM HDD, Intel HD 3000 graphics and a 14" 1600x900 display. Got a 250GB Samsung mSATA SSD coming for it too, which will definitely bring some new life into it. One thing I'd like to add is that the T420 (as well as it's smaller sibling, the X220) were the last mainstream ThinkPads with the classic style keyboard, which is still a pleasure to type on. It's one of the reasons I hold that generation of ThinkPads up to a higher standard, because they were an end of an era.

@iAMaReaperGotprobZ

7 жыл бұрын

I got a lenovo g50 with the i7 for about the same price as yours and it has a hd 8500m, although it has many driver issues specifically with sound and shit mic quality it has done the job since and i can play new games on the go, ive played bf1 bf4 gta v at 30-60 fps (it slows down sometimes with stuttering since i only got 6gb of ram but it still works) and breezes through mainstream games like league of legends csgo and minecraft to name a few, although mine has a 15.6" screen with a lower resolution (1366x768). It has served me well and I will still use it because I travel a lot but I'm currently building an actual proper gaming rig so I don't need to deal with limitations anymore. Also it is quite and doesn't get too hot under load even with a max GPU oc (highest ive recorded was 58c)

@TheBcoolGuy

7 жыл бұрын

I mean, there's a difference between buying a 3 year old computer and buying a 10 year old computer. A huge difference, Jack. I mean, in December 2016, I bought a 2014 gaming laptop for about $550, and it was a better deal than buying new, but unless you can't afford anything more, I don't see why you'd buy a Core2Duo machine for everyday use these days.

@GeorgePerakis

6 жыл бұрын

Holy shit man, I use the same Thinkpad you do for work, same 2.8Ghz vPro CPU as well, except mine is the T420s model and also has Nvidia NVS 4200 graphics on there. Yeah man, it's a real bummer they got rid of the old keyboard style, it's real pleasure to type on. Moreso than a lot of desktop keyboards as a matter of fact. Really hope Lenovo brings that back eventually. For us that care more about function over style, chicklets a real pain in the rear.

@the123king

6 жыл бұрын

We have a bunch of T430's at work. I'll probably grab a few when they're decomissioned

@pilsplease7561

6 жыл бұрын

Lucky, I want to get a t420, I got one for my grandmother that's a rock solid laptop, my grandfather has a t440. Also a amazing laptop. I just don't use my laptops enough so when I buy new ones I'm not getting better performance cause I only check emails and do internet media consumption tasks.

I had a three ThinkPad's back then. One was a T60 in 2007 or 08 and it was a fantastic machine. Also had two T43's, purchased in 2007, which I still have to this day. I sold the T60 to a family member but still use both T43's. IBM made two different T43's. One was a little larger than the other but both used the same optional accessories (RAM, CPU, battery, dock, etc). I have two of the better docking devices. I say the 'better' one because IBM made two types of docking systems back then. The docking device made using your ThinkPad VERY convenient because when used with a compatible ThinkPad the PC could be used as a full-featured desktop and, at the push of a button, was a laptop again. The dock also had a single PCI expansion slot that permitted almost any type of expansion card to be used when the laptop was docked with it. The docking system I have came with a key and you could 'lock' the laptop in place if desired. The whole system was quite ingenious and I still use both T43's to this day, albeit, for less strenuous tasks since this is a single core PC. I replaced the battery a few times and the keyboard and CPU fan assembly once (so far). All can be found on Ebay quite inexpensively and except for the battery the other two components were genuine IBM replacement parts. These were top-of-the-line systems back then and I hated it when IBM sold this line off to Lenovo because the quality has waned over the years both in their portable and desktop line :>\

I just impulse-bought one off ebay. Thanks for inspiring me! Hoping the upgrades all go smooth :)

It's coming to the end of 2019, just seen this video and coincidentally had only last month (August 2019) retired my faithful IBM/Lenovo T60, due to a failed backlight and battery. Purchased at the end of 2006, It was my main driver then backup workhorse for the last 13 years. In that time, I have looked after it well and it did the same for me. I never spilt any liquids onto it, periodically cleaned it inside including fan and dropped it only once. During its lifetime I had upgraded ram from 2 to 4GB, cpu t5600 to T7600 and the most significant upgrade, a 240GB SSD. It's an amazing piece of well designed engineering and dependability. I'm already missing my sidekick. I will keep it of course and may replace the backlight/display. Who knows, in the future someone maybe able to mod it with a hacked modern cpu based motherboard with all the bells and whistles and even kickstart(er) a 4:3 display revival.

@KennyMong

4 жыл бұрын

Yes you should fix the backlight, get the newer LED one instead of the CCFL, last longer but its quite a job.

The T60 came with a Core Duo CPU in some models, so it had only 32 bit, and that isn't very recommendable today, since practically everything is 64 bit nowadays. But you could still swap it out for a Core 2 Duo CPU rather easily (unlike in the X-series, where the CPU was soldered onto the board, so it was much harder to change the CPU and involved some BGA rework).

@videotape2959

7 жыл бұрын

You say practically everything is 64-bit nowadays, and yet the only useful programs I run into are always 32 or 16-bit, and a 64-bit OS won't run those.

@Seegalgalguntijak

7 жыл бұрын

VideoTape I can run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit OS no problem - the keyword is "multiarch", it just needs the 32-bit libraries. As for 16-bit, these can easily be run in an emulator or a virtual machine running a 16-bit OS, no need to castrate the whole machine for that.

@videotape2959

7 жыл бұрын

Seegal Galguntijak Oh yes of course a 64-bit OS will run every 32-bit applications. Not 16-bit ones though. Last time I tried a virtual machine I couldn't get it to work with my USB floppy drive, and my PCI Express serial and parallel ports.

@Seegalgalguntijak

7 жыл бұрын

VideoTape Most 32-bit OSes can't run 16-bit applications either. The USB floppy drive however should be some sort of legacy device. The host hands it through, and the guest must recognize it - so the guest OS (the virtual machine) must know USB floppy drives and have drivers for them. Which of course doesn't apply to DOS, if you're on to a 16 bit OS. But I've just tried connecting my USB floppy drive to an ancient (32 bit) XP VM and it automatically recognized it, while when not handed through, it is recognized by my host OS automatically as /dev/sdc, so it does work. I don't know whether there is a wrapper to tell your virtualization software (i.e. QEMU, VMware, VirtualBox) that it should use a folder (which is where my USB floppy was mounted on: at /media/username/xxxx-yyyy with the last being some unique media ID) as a virtual disk drive. But you can definitely copy an image of the disk into an image file, which can then be used as a "virtual disk drive" by your VM software to hand it through to the virtual OS. So no need to play disk jokey any more, just change the disk image on the fly (in case you have 16-bit software that requires more than one 3.5" floppy disk).

@Folopolis

7 жыл бұрын

A 64-bit OS has to use emulation to run 32-bit software. It hardly affects performance because it doesn't involve translating instructions, only inserting a fixed prefix to all instructions and is done in hardware on all AMD CPUs and starting with the second generation of 64-bit Intel CPUs. 32-bit OS and CPUs never used that emulation for 16-bit software because the limit of 16-bit memory addressability was so crippling that everyone wanted to redo their applications for 32-bit as soon as it was available if they were still being actively developed..

I don't have a ThinkPad, I have an HP 15 Notebook with i5-5200U I got a year ago. other than upgrading hardware parts, how can I keep it in shape? if I were to look for replacement parts, where should I refer to? or to get educated on what I will need?

Ah, the Thinkpad, one of the true greatest. One of my personal favorites as well, I used one for about 4 years as well as the T60. I'm typing this on my Yoga Pro 3 from about 4 years ago, still an amazing device, love it.

Why do most modern laptops have no VGA screws?

@vwestlife

7 жыл бұрын

Because it's cheaper and takes up less space.

@Reegareth

7 жыл бұрын

it is my opinion that the screws are more intended for a more of a long term connection and most people these days don't plug in extra monitors for a long term.

@wildbilltexas

7 жыл бұрын

A lot of laptop makers have gotten rid of the VGA port for HDMI or micro HDMI ports.

@Xenon777_

7 жыл бұрын

***** Some laptops don't even have disk drives.

@vwestlife

7 жыл бұрын

But sometimes you need the screws just to make a good electrical connection.

22:49 Of course gonna be faster because that Intel Atom is crap.

@R3Cat

7 жыл бұрын

so what? the atom still costs more

@acdbrn2000

7 жыл бұрын

I owned a core2 duo laptop (t7200) with discrete graphics (radeon x1600) and I also currently own a tablet with the atom z3735f chipset. From running games in my steam library that I had back then I can say the actual performance is very similar. I wouldn't run a z3735 laptop as a main computer since it is more of a mobile chipset (power wise) then even a laptop chip, but the atom line did get much better from the early D and N series and honestly the performance changed quite a bit from the 32mn and above Z series to the newer 22nm process and the newest 14nm "goldmont" chips are getting really close to some core i processors (mainly the lower powered u variants)

@acdbrn2000

7 жыл бұрын

***** Agreed. Though the moment convertible laptops became a thing (the original kind that had the screens that flipped not the glorified tablets with a better keyboard then the surface thing) it was pretty inevitable that this would become a thing. You could also say the early netbooks also paved the way for mobile class hardware in laptops. It is slightly better then the laptops that don't even try at all hand have rockchip processors, and probably slightly worse then a $1,200 machine with specs that are really not much better at all. (cough macbook 2015 cough)

@MichaelFlatman

7 жыл бұрын

GAMIR_GTA adjust your expectations lol, this core 2 Duo probably has a TDP of 30w but the atom has like 3 w

@MichaelFlatman

7 жыл бұрын

yeah, for chrome os for example, a nice high end phone cpu would be good (Cortex A73+A53) would deliver good performance and amazing battery life, since most phone cpus don't consume more than 2-3w

This is why i love ThinkPad. still using my X201 and T510 and works like a charm for multimedia editing and other needs.

Great video, happy new year.

So cool. Thanks for the video. One question for you. Why did all the computer companies change to chicklet laptop keyboards? Like it was some great big thing to do.

@Thorpe

7 жыл бұрын

IIIJFRIII Because Apple and looks modern. Functionality comes second these days to looks.

@IIIJFRIII

7 жыл бұрын

I hate that crap. I miss the old think black bulky laptops of the 90's. They looked cool. Most laptops don't even come with CD drives anymore, so you can't even pop in a DVD and watch something, donn't even get me started on how they are just ignoring blu ray to. Slim, flimsy, feel like they can bend and snap mordern laptops. And I can not stand these chicklet keyboards. Full travel cheepo membrane keyboards are better then these fucking chicklets. Been eyeing a Lenovo 17.3" Y700 laptop that goes for about $1,200, hope they keyboard is "okay". Wish it came with an internal DVD drive, comes and a add on in the box. At least it looks old fashioned.

@cloud9821

7 жыл бұрын

Buy a Cherry MX. Problem solved. Nice keyboard, good colors, clicky. 70 dollars I think.

@IIIJFRIII

7 жыл бұрын

I'm typing all this on my k70 cherry mx blue lol. But that's for my desktop.

@jamesparry88

7 жыл бұрын

Lol, for me I like the old CRT monitors they were my style.

Good video, VWestlife! You're videos are very interesting. I'm only an 12 year old. However, I know a lot about computers. You should make a video of you trying to get custom OS'es on old computers.

@yesto9676

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel Ledank what do you mean by custom?

@fluffyhoitydino

7 жыл бұрын

Yesto Sorry for confusing you. I meant different, standalone OS'es that are less heard of.

@Xaviermartinezlopez

7 жыл бұрын

There's a KZreadr who uploaded a video on downloading react os onto a old computer, that you might like, his name is druaga1

@fluffyhoitydino

7 жыл бұрын

X. M.L. How did you figure out one of my most favorite youtubers? :) he makes cool mac videos/pc videos.

@Xaviermartinezlopez

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel Ledank I watch him as well, and I agree he does make excellent content. :')

will a thinkpad t60p be able to use a 257gb or 180gb ssd from ocz, intel, or crucial?

I just bought my first thinkpad (T440p) this week. It's such a good feeling to know that most reviews about thinkpad I found so far are positives.

i have a Compaq EVO N610c that i still use and it plays youtube videos fine at 720p as long as i open the video in vlc player it runs really well i think i will updated the 40gb hdd to an ssd soon to make it even better

@themaritimegirl

7 жыл бұрын

I also have one. Just finished refurbishing it with a new display!

@crustycorollas

7 жыл бұрын

i have an N600c, with the slower 866mhz pentium 3

@MrJ0mmy

7 жыл бұрын

nice

@Wasmachineman

7 жыл бұрын

Evo N6xx's are the SHIT. I fucking loved my N620c and never should have sold it! Shame it never got a 533 FSB CPU :(

It's a shame that these older chipsets are so power hungry, because the design of the entire computer is superior to that of modern laptops. The atom's benchmark may be inferior to the core2's but it has incredible performance per watt. With the push into ARM-based processors on laptops, we might be close to seeing a great compromise between the versatility and resilience of older computers and the high power and high efficiency of laptops today.

@bibasik7

Жыл бұрын

These Intel Core 2 Duos use much less power than a Core i5 or i7. Back in the day, the 13" MacBook Pro had a Core 2 Duo and an Nvidia GPU, and the single fan kept temperatures very low. When Apple switched to the Intel Core i5/i7, they got rid of the Nvidia GPU in an attempt to keep temperatures under control, but the CPU still thermal throttled, with the exact same heatsink and fan as the previous models.

I just got 2 IBM Thinkpads x60's w/ the IBM logo on them yet they have Lenovo written on the stickers on the back. The tablet part swivles and the backs look nothing like your or any other (x60) I have seen. What I think is where the battery should go is a square with a L shape on one side. The other missing part is rectangular with 2 screws for the screen. I Goggled images for x60's and only saw 1 picture that looked the same, when I clicked on it Ebay said it was gone. Any thoughts?

@vwestlife

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's a custom mounting bracket for a police car or something like that.

this was a great video mate.

13:24 Lol Ubuntu 6.04 is from '06!

Wow! That's really fast for a 10 year old computer! It only takes a little bit longer to boot up than new gaming laptops!

@Krisztian5HUN

7 жыл бұрын

keywords: SSD and min 4gb ram

@yuuja

7 жыл бұрын

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@TheGunman889

7 жыл бұрын

and windows xp

@windowsuser321

7 жыл бұрын

Because Windows XP on hardware past when it was released runs great, even with a regular hdd. Windows XP is an outdated OS though, and despite vwestlife's stubbornness to upgrade you shouldn't consider running it today.

@themaritimegirl

7 жыл бұрын

"you shouldn't consider running it today" Why not?

whats the total power on hours on both disks? if you have access to the smart data of old disk

Damn man, that's nice, I love seeing old stuff going strong. I also would like to thank you for pointing out the Tablet versions of these, I was going to make a drawing tablet by mounting a screen infront of my drawing tablet, but I like the idea of getting something that exists and using it instead. Just have to Jury rig it to work and hope it uses USB.

I have a fairly newer thinkpad, maybe 2012/13, or something. And it's awesome! I have no issue with older thinkpads, the main reason I use a newer one is for the gigabit ethernet and USB 3.0 support. But other than that, thinkpads really have not changed much since the old days. They still have great build quality.

@sadface

7 жыл бұрын

I'm also thinking of throwing an SSD in my thinkpad because despite it being a newer model, mechanical hard drives just don't cut it anymore!

@KonataIzumi777

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew McLaren My Lenovo T400 from 2009 has gigabit Ethernet, and to solve my USB 3.0 problem I just used an ExpressCard adapter for it.

@rolandhatton2668

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew McLaren i did as well definitely worth it

@sadface

2 жыл бұрын

Randomly browsing this channel and found one of my old comments lol.

18 second startup Pretty good (My ssd laptop will turn on in 5 seconds....... although this is 10 years older than mine..... )

Thanks for the great video! I have a x230 with a i7 and an SSD (just got a bigger one on black friday). It has worked great and I have no complaints. I didn't realize the x60's were holding up so well, and now I'm thinking about getting one for my godson and maybe even my parents.

Hi, my laptop is a Dell Latitude D410 from 2004, still with original PATA HDD, it's still not bad, but it's getting pretty slow and loud, would you recommend upgrading to an ssd. Thanks

19:10 "AustinTechTips"

I wonder if osrs runs decent on it.

@ducciboi

7 жыл бұрын

I have a X61T and it's capable of running OSRS pretty well actually. But keep it on the fixed window mode since changing it will make the framerate tank.

@artthefarter

7 жыл бұрын

DUCCIBOI Good to know thank you.

Thanks; I haven't felt nostalgia like this since I discovered the AVGN back in 2006 on my old second hand Think Pad.

Bought one of these this last weekend at the Lisbon flea market - it cost me less than 10€ since that’s what I paid for the laptop and a Samsung laptop power adapter. It included the docking base and I guess that it was the combined height of the x60 with its base that kept buyers away - it looked like a heavy, old laptop. This is a hell of a machine! Small, sturdy and super expandable.

The Core 2 Duo laptop processors are great for basic computing until you try to play x265 (HEVC) videos at 1080p. Even my Core 2 Duo P8600 struggles very hard to play back some high bitrate 720p HEVC videos.

@911Salvage

7 жыл бұрын

Tommy Whitaker I don't know. The only games I play are Zuma Deluxe and Plants vs. Zombies.

@windowsuser321

7 жыл бұрын

Do you have a dedicated GPU? It really helps the core 2 duos to have a dedicated gpu...case in point my E6400 which is a side laptop that I pick up from time to time for random uses, it has a p9500 and an nvidia graphics card.

@911Salvage

7 жыл бұрын

Jacob's Channel It doesn't matter. Only current (i.e. modern) GPUs have hardware HEVC decoding support. Mine has a GeForce 9300M. High bitrate 1080p x264/h264 videos play smoothly, but high bitrate 720p HEVC videos are mostly choppy. 1080p HEVC videos are unwatchable. My cheap Linux lab PC at home, on the other hand, plays 1080p HEVC videos just fine. It has an Intel Pentium G4400 processor (2C/2T), Intel IGP, and 4GB of RAM.

@QasimAli-ry2ob

7 жыл бұрын

are the Intel 7xxx's the only chips with HEVC support (or did they manage to get HW decoding somehow back ported to old chips)?

@dgillies5420

7 жыл бұрын

You cannot "back-port" hardware decoding. you either put in the transistors and logic gates when you built the chip, or you didn't. ALL thinkpad laptops from 2007 and earlier FAIL to decode 1080p and 720p MP4 videos at reasonable rates. I have tried very hard with my T60p which has a T7500 (extremely powerful core 2 duo) cpu. MPEG-4 just cannot be decoded in software at decent frame rates.

I have an old x60 sitting in my office closet. Guess I need to get it out, dust if off, and see what it can do now.

@Dad_a_Monk

7 жыл бұрын

my bad...it's an X61...someone gave it to me as payment to fix their other laptop and desktop. Haven't touched it in years. May be fun to see what I can get out of it..except this 61 has god awful Vista on it.

@JohnNNJ

7 жыл бұрын

Just look around on the Internet for a lite version of Linux you like. I still have a HP PIII that will do whatever on Puppy. Pretty much the only limitation on any PC now is the RAM, 256MB and below tends to be slow, but anything that can except 512MB or up should be game with most small versions of Linux. I have been thinking about trying to put DSL on an old Toshiba 486 laptop that still has the original Window 3.x on it; the developers claim it can be done.

@Dad_a_Monk

7 жыл бұрын

JohnNNJ I've had good results out of DSL. The non-profit I run, takes in old computers and we refurbish them and set them up for students of families that can't afford a computer. We had several PIIIs and some early P4s that we got in 2 years ago and I tried DSL on them...worked really well and still gave them a web browser, word processing and video and music applications with no issues. They can't play modern games, but we set them up to help them with school. DSL takes care of that pretty good on a PIII with 512 RAM...which luckily all of these had. They came from a bank that was still using them with a proprietary linux-based OS, up until then (2014).

@JohnNNJ

7 жыл бұрын

Dad_a_Monk I was just about to post to the main comments that I also have a T22 I run with Puppy. That there should be no reason for anyone to be without access if they have electricity and a connection. That the obstacles are knowledge and all the computers that get smashed up for recycling. When Goodwill stopped selling computers in the storefronts because of some recycling agreement with Dell, I wondered if it was fear that people would figure out they didn't need to buy knew ones. I had not purchased a new computer since 2004, and did purchase any computer after 2007 when I stopped using Windows, until I recently bought a Pad. What is the name of your organization and where is it based?

@HBC101TVStudios

7 жыл бұрын

Dad_a_Monk lol Vista isn't that bad on a laptop from 2006/2007. Especially if it's has 2 / 4 GB of RAM and a decent processor.

Does the Ideapad 100s have better onboard graphics than the x60? I am in the market for a netbook sized laptop and this point you brought up about the processors being roughly the same between these two is really going to help me a lot. I was going to get something like an ideapad 100s but I found a thinkpad x201 for 130$ I think I am going to get. If the x60's core 2 duo processor is on par with 100s then I would assume the x201's 1st gen i5 processor would blow that away.

I still use my IBM Thinkpad t43 that I bought in 2005 almost daily. It still runs like new, boots quicker than most new computers and is still good for basic web surfing. Mine also has a finger print reader that works great and it still holds good charge! I will continue to use my thinkpad for hopefully years to come for word processing.

Business-class Thinkpads are still great. I'm talking about the T-series.

@donaldduck4526

6 жыл бұрын

Not the new ones. T520 was the last good thinkpad laptop.

Back when they had the build quility of IBM Thinkpads and didn't tried to mimic apple.

Things to watch out for after this time: The lubricant in the hinges can gum up. Replacement hinges should still be available though. The fan can start ratteling due to a worn out bearing, which isn't a problem in the first place and can be remedied by extracting the fan, opening it up and putting a drop of bearing oil onto its shaft. If it becomes worse, the fan might be in danger of breaking electrically, then it would need to be replaced. Regular cleaning of the fan grill + replacement of the thermal paste on the CPU and GPU is also recommended (about once every 4-5 years), but I'm sure you'll have done this at least once already.

I've got the IBM Thinkpad X61 aswell, still doing lots of schoolrelated things on it. And it still works like a charm! I'm currently running windows 7 on it, and boy it works perfect!

Thinkpads have always been among the best of laptops.

As an avid old Notebook user, I find that you can use them as long as you have enough RAM, ssd, and a supported relatively decent videocard that is supported by the OS. The T400 with intel graphics for example becomes useless with windows 10 because intel (!) didn't make a driver for it.

@cee128d

7 жыл бұрын

My T410 with onboard Intel graphics works just fine with Win 10. No graphics problems at all.

@mipmipmipmipmip

7 жыл бұрын

cee128d Well, also yours is probably only running a generic driver. Only the Core-series chipsets and later have fully supported win 10 integrated grahics incl. hardware accelleration. It could be that the processor in your T410 does a better job compensating for it, but on the T400 watching Netflix in the browser became a deplorable experience after upgrading to windows 10.

@mipmipmipmipmip

7 жыл бұрын

cee128d If you show me a download link for windows 10 drivers I'd be happy to check it out! But on the official intel table of supported chipsets it's not mentioned as supported under windows 10: www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/graphics-drivers/000005526.html?wapkw=cs-034343

@TheRailroad99

7 жыл бұрын

i have the T400 with switchable graphics and the intel card does work perfectly fine with windows 10. Just use the older windows 7 driver from intel and install it manually with the device manager

@TheRailroad99

7 жыл бұрын

downloadcenter.intel.com/de/download/22166/Treiber-f-r-den-Intel-Grafik-Media-Beschleuniger-f-r-Windows-7-64-Windows-Vista-64-zip-?product=81507 (64bit) downloadcenter.intel.com/de/download/22163/Treiber-f-r-den-Intel-Grafik-Media-Beschleuniger-f-r-Windows-7-Windows-Vista-zip-?product=81507 (32bit) whoops sorry i linked the german intel page... But i think the files are still in all languages

I've got a Dell Latitude D630 that I JUST retired yesterday, and I feel the same way about it. I kept it in use for so long because it still had a serial port with which I could "console" into routers.

What a machine! Great vid man!

If you put an SSD in almost everything, it feels brand new. I just installed an SSD in my 3 year old laptop and it feels 10 times faster and boots 10 times faster.

@fuenzahuhu6609

5 жыл бұрын

In what?

Hey! A video where you simply mention Linux in a neutral tone instead of dumping on it.

@vwestlife

7 жыл бұрын

I've given up on doing videos about Linux. No matter how many good things I say about it, if I mention *even one negative thing* about it in the video, people will accuse me of "bashing" Linux.

@farhanatashiga3721

7 жыл бұрын

VWestlife yeah they "try to defend" linux like its they're king

@marshallleevalentine

7 жыл бұрын

To be fair, when you are Linux user, you tend to get attacked a lot by people for using Linux. So I really hope you understand why we get so defensive.

@vwestlife

7 жыл бұрын

Crystal the Glaceon And 99% of those attacks are from *fellow Linux users* who think you're using the wrong distro!

@marshallleevalentine

7 жыл бұрын

VWestlife I am not going to disagree with that.

I have owned a number of thinkpads or been issued them in my work. My first thinkpad laptop was issued to me in 2004-5 time frame when I was lucky enough to be issued the excellent T41p model. After leaving that job I was lucky enough to find a T42 laptop at a pawn shop for cheap and bought it right away. I then was issued other thinkpads at work and recently found on ebay a thinkpad T60p in fantastic shape which I'm using as a daily driver today. Love it. I would like to find a T61 with a 4:3 screen thought but they seem to be tough to find given that laptops had begun a wholesale switch to 16:9 screen ratios by the time of the T61...

I love your enthusiasm !

I still use Microsoft Office 2003, and I am running WINDOWS 10 on my PC!!

@deneb_tm

7 жыл бұрын

John Mack Why. Friggin Google Docs would be better.

@TheBcoolGuy

7 жыл бұрын

We use Drive at school. We would never use Office 2003. Hell, we have the latest Office and barely use it.

@JonnyInfinite

6 жыл бұрын

NEX H5 Google Docs is shit

@the123king

6 жыл бұрын

just use openoffice.You'll feel right at home and have modern compatibility

@JonnyInfinite

6 жыл бұрын

Josh Rice openoffice isn't bad, very much a Microsoft Office clone. To be fair you can pick up copies of office 2007 and 2010 for not much anyway

A great little laptop indeed, I miss 4:3 laptops 16:9 was a horrible idea.

@catlover10192

6 жыл бұрын

Not if you use your laptop to watch movies and KZread in full screen.

@SSC3034

6 жыл бұрын

catlover10192 16:10, best of both worlds. Same width for media, greater height than 16:9 for productivity

One thing, I really appreciate about my x240 is, that it is exactly the same size as an a4 sheet of paper. I'm not sure, if that is a coincidence, but it is really nice for fitting it in bags.

Thank you, that was most interesting and informative !!

Would have installed windows 7 or 10 for personal use, but XP likely still works for most things!

@totallycarbon2106

7 жыл бұрын

Or ditch windows and go light weight with a linux distro, perfect for a thinkpad.

@chrisoakland8036

7 жыл бұрын

+TotallyCarbon LOL Why?

@BebxOfficial

7 жыл бұрын

Because linux is a fast OS. Look at mint, the entire mac os, the entire android os, those are all linux based.

@lordawar857

7 жыл бұрын

bestiebest you mean unix based/inspired

@lordawar857

7 жыл бұрын

bestiebest but ai loved XP with a passion it was light fast and fairly stable 7 was/is good but not as good 8 and 10 have more bells and whistles but do not run as well on the same specked hardware even the newer stuff. I have a mate with a Surface and he installed a business version of XP on it which is still supported by MS runs like a dream even the touchscreen works great!

I miss 4:3 screens. 16:9 and 16:10 suck for anything but gaming or video consumption.

@KuraIthys

7 жыл бұрын

16:10 is still better than 16:9 Whoever came up with 16:9 wasn't thinking about anything other than watching DVD video... For some purposes a 16:10 screen in portrait orientation is actually the best option, but you wouldn't see that in a laptop, and it's rare on desktops too, even though that's far more plausible there... XD

@intensellylit4100

7 жыл бұрын

what are 4:3 16:9 16:20?

@larrisAWSOME

7 жыл бұрын

you're kidding, right? try doing audio production/editing or video editing on a 4:3 screen, you'll want to blow your fucking brains out.

@stevemayvisuals

7 жыл бұрын

aspect ratios. 4:3 is the box shape seen on old CRTs and SD tvs, 16:9 is the standard today where videos, movies and games fill up the whole screen without black bars and is typically HD. 16:10 is like 16:9 but taller and is better for productivity but has black bars on the top and bottom when watching video

@RubenKelevra

7 жыл бұрын

+larrisAWSOME it's pretty neat to have a 4:3 Monitor for that, it just have to be a bit bigger than the showed one. You can watch the 16:9 Videocontent and additionally have all bars and tools around it with no loss of video-width. Since 16:9 and 16:10 monitors are that common today, everybody starts to fix this with a larger monitor and then with a second monitor beneath the first one.

just curious, what was the short audio clip you used for the SSD section? its been in my heas for days.

@vwestlife

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/mXuKqJWkpM3OfMo.html