The school I work at just replaced all their computers. I showed up today barely minutes before the crew they'd hired to haul everything away. It turned out they were dumping all the tech they'd had in storage as well. I frantically clawed through it as they were carrying everything out the door and managed to score a working X60s, among a pile of other things.

@AndrewThrasher1987

4 жыл бұрын

Nice score dude. Have fun!

@jan5504

Жыл бұрын

what a lucky lad you are😮

@xmlthegreat

9 ай бұрын

Fuck me that's really lucky

"Distraction free" is a good way to put it. I recently picked up a very inexpensive low-spec laptop for exactly this purpose: A small linux box for focused development.

Better than crap with atom and celeron

@raycert07

4 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@mdukasa

3 жыл бұрын

Some intel Atom laptops have a hard time running Linux aswell

@OstapBrehin

3 жыл бұрын

ChromeOS solves

@someguy4853

3 жыл бұрын

@@OstapBrehin ChromeOS is not a real OS

Your love for Windows is admirable :)))) Reason to buy one #4: It can run 100% free (freedom) software... Even Richard Stallman himself uses one.

43-61 series thinkpads were a peak of sorts, for personal computing.

Closest to his laptop but still working with modern software would be X220, last model with old keyboard but featuring i5 CPU and can be upgraded to SSD, runs win 10 fine. You should consider that one.

@imagimation3238

4 жыл бұрын

I love my X220T, old keyboard feels so good. I run insider builds on mine and still runs smooth.

@1greenMitsi

2 жыл бұрын

I have the I7 220 :)

I love my ThinkPad X61 and it's capable of 64-bit OS

@pipe080910

4 жыл бұрын

I have a Thinkpad X61s with Debian 8 Jessie and It is my main workstation. Sometimes I work with 5 servers at the same time and this laptop never has let me down. This is the best generation of thinkpads.

@imagimation3238

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, same case with my X61, I use it as a management client to monitor my servers.

@AlexBoneChannel

4 жыл бұрын

A thinkpad T60 or X60 can handle 64 bit OS too. Just install a 5 dollar C2D T7200. Keep in mind the chipset on the X60 mobo cannot remap memory, so you still have 32 bit memory limitation which means 3.0-3.2ish ram maximum usable RAM even if you install 4GB or more and have a 64 bit os and cpu.

@em3876

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlexBoneChannel cant do it on the x series the cpus are soldered on

@em3876

4 жыл бұрын

You cant ita just very expensive

I used mine for wandering around, wardriving. Soooo comfortable !

I've actually got a Core 2 Duo X60 with an X6 Ultrabase & 64-bit Win7! I used to volunteer a bit with 2nd hand computer refurbishment and occasionally I would snag some freebies, this was one of them!

I think as a road companion, it is perfectly useable, i mean, i have a big laptop just for in the home, sitting on the couch of in bed with a big laptop is nice, but bringing it along is a no go for me. I rather have a very small laptop to take along, just to type some text or keep me entertained while i am travelling or visiting friends, most of my friends know i am into tech, and tech will be on the table when i am with them. So if they ask me a question like "can you show me this or that", it's nice to be able to wip out an x series thinkpad and show them how it is done. A x series thinkpad is a nice device like this. The X60 would be perfect for that.

Linux Mint LMDE will continue to support 32bit as it is based on debian. Its full featured and runs surprisingly fast and works out of the box. That being said the x60 is just kind of a novelty at this point, I just like knowing its still working.

@ContraIsBased

2 жыл бұрын

1-how good will ubuntu run in an x60? 2-no more ubuntu updates for the x60? 3-will linux mint still be updated for several years? 4-can the x60 runs 720 videos with no problems? 5-what is the best distro for the x60? sorry for asking too much but i found one dirt cheap and i want to buy it

This keyboard is the pinnacle of mankind creation.

Some X60 Thinkpads did have 64-bit Core2Duo CPUs. I managed to grab one off EBay a few months back :)

Awesome review, I am still using my Thinkpad T420S.

I use mine daily. Wifi works only with usb stick, there are no drivers for windows 10 for the original. Sometimes sleep mode does not work properly without removing the battery. I put used intel ssd that is very old, no problems with it. Its for a person that likes it very much.

@someguy4853

3 жыл бұрын

There are WiFi cards that work for but only with Gnu/Linux or BSD

I’ve got a x40 for a bargain and it came with a ssd I love Linux on it it’s great and if the x60 is faster I will definitely get one btw I love collecting old thinkpads

just got a x60t for peanuts and love it

the "come at me, bro" nature of having a lot of ports lol

@AndrewThrasher1987

3 жыл бұрын

Dude you made my night calling out that line I'd forgotten about. 😁

Love the video 👍🏼

These are unbeatable for distraction-free writing and productivity. The comfortable keyboard and 4:3 aspect ratio are so easy to work on, and they are so horrible at going online, that you can achieve a lot with a 15 year old IBM. Mine's got a new battery that lasts for a few hours and an old SSD that honestly doesn't make any difference to performance (other bottlenecks keeping it slow) but stops it getting hot. Now running LMDE 32 bit linux.

@ContraIsBased

2 жыл бұрын

what distro is LMDE and how good does it run it? also,does that distro still has updates? and how good can the x60 run 720 videos?

@charleswhitney3235

2 жыл бұрын

@@ContraIsBased It's a lightweight version of Linux. You can try running Linux Mint LMDE 32 bit edition and see how you get on. I don't think it's great at watching videos at 720, the laptop is just too old, but it's great for specific tasks like data entry because the keyboard is one of the best ever made, and the 4:3 aspect ratio makes it feel like a big screen compared to modern widescreen laptops. It's not an all-rounder though and you'll need something more up to date for day to day tasks.

It's a testament to the great design and construction that it is still barely usable for modern tasks 14 years later. If you love the 4:3 form factor I'd pick the X61 or X61S, but the platform is limited to 4GB of RAM and that's the main thing holding them back these days. If you want an X series for a daily driver at least a X200 is needed with 8 GB of RAM and a SSD. And once you get used to the TrackPoint, man it's efficient.

@jiroyamada1139

4 жыл бұрын

The X61 supports 8GB RAM (2x 4GB), but 4GB DDR2 SODIMMs are rather expensive so not many owners undertake that upgrade. IMO the X61 platform's biggest limitation is the absence of the Expresscard slot, which makes certain upgrades like USB 3.0 ports difficult if not impractical.

@NiGhtPiSH

4 жыл бұрын

I know that these SODIMMs exist, but I've never seen one in person. For me the main gripe with the X60/X61 is the rather cramped keyboard compared to the X200, which may sound like heresy, but that's how I feel.

@jiroyamada1139

4 жыл бұрын

@@NiGhtPiSH I suppose it depends on how big one's hands are.

@mos6581com

4 жыл бұрын

I don't find the memory too expensive, both my T61 and T61p are running 8gig of RAM

Recently I refurbished an X60 Tablet in various stages over a long stretch. Windows 7 and Zorin works fine for pen drawing/non-touch tasks and I have a pocket computer emulator + QB64 coding as "the use" of it. The pen functionality is important in all of that and why I got it. What doesn't come across in videos is the cute size of those. I plan to get an X61 over time as I bought the wrong battery for the one above. The T60 models are also dear to me (for refurb projects and experiments). Up-to-date computing is something else and maybe not a part of the retro enthusiasm which some of us have. A likely scenario of watching videos is basically by using another computer eventually and you reveal that in the last part. There is no way that you recorded it with the X60 as well. :)

@EkuEdu

2 жыл бұрын

hello, does the rotation buttons and pen pressure work with Zorin?

Excellent video

@AndrewThrasher1987

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I want to thank you for this nice Interview. Very good job. Can you make a similar video with the t440p? I think it is also a very nice ThinkPad

I have x 61 tablet pc and still works great! No ssd 4 gb ram ! I love my x 61 t

Nice video, one correction - X60 is product of Lenovo (despite bearing IBM logo). IBM sold thinkpad to Lenovo in May 2005. Thinkpad T43p was the last genuine thinkpad sold that was manufactured by IBM. If you are forced to run on 32 bit anyway, might as well get T43/T43p, the last of the IBM thinkpads.

Hell yeah, Handspring!

I have an X60 with 32-bit Trisquel 9. Trisquel is based on Ubuntu, and is endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. I actually use a MacBook running Trisquel as my main work computer, where it works well for email, text editing, and researching on the web.

I run my 32 bit desktop from a usb with Mint loaded.Fantastic. Youtubing whole day.

My first laptop. I had it for 7 years until its screen and HDD died.

@t0xy22

3 жыл бұрын

You can get a screen and a faster ssd with around 70 dollarydoos

@t0xy22

3 жыл бұрын

@@plaane no

Debian 11 still supports 32-bit. I installed it on a Thinkpad T60 and its decent for an almost 20 year old laptop

The Thinkpad X6- form factor.chassis is still great. A wonderful compact travel laptop (although you need to get a good replacement battery - preferably the extended battery). The x61 is more than capable at running youtube, netflix and other video services - and can even manage 1080p on an external display without discernable lagging - although it does get quite warm when doing so :) The only downside is the less than amazing display - supposedly this can be upgraded if you can find the right IPS unit - but these seem very hard to get a hold off.

@ContraIsBased

2 жыл бұрын

how good does the x60 runs 720p videos?

These computers are gold for people wanting privacy. They are one of the last ones without intel and AMD cpu backdoors and can have their bios replaced by open source ones.

i have a x61 with ssd and changed whitlist and i have mounted a newer dell wificard , perfect companion, most of the lag is gone

regretting selling many of my thinkpads, I am keeping my x61s for sure

The X200 and X200s were the last X series thinkpads without a touch pad. Really nice machines and thankfully 16:10 displays instead of the useless 16:9 format that doesn't offer enough vertical space.

Got one for $7 at a thrift shop :-)

I came across your video on the Lenovo X60 Tablet. I had a X60 as well which I haven't been using it for years. The machine is still running on XP working fine except all software are either expired or outdated. I am thinking of update to Windows 10 as well for leisure use. Will this (X60 Core 2, 1.5GHz, 2GB Ram) work for Windows 10 upgrade? And can I install it from XP to Windows 10 directly? It is a solid machine that I feel bad of not using it. Thanks in advance for your advice.

Chrome OS by Neverware. Best for such an old hardware. Mine is T60.

Must of been at the very end of the 4:3 screens? I still have a t23 thinkpad I use. I have random uses for it. Spoke calculator, vcds (which is the Volkswagen diagnostic tool that plugs into the car) But mostly just sits above the stereo and stores and plays heaps of music via winamp.

I love the 60 series used them daily will in to 2014 till the got replaced with a z200 and and t510 till 2021 when the got replaced with a p50s and thinkbook y13 v2

My first pc. Except mine had a tablet screen.

you can actually play 1080p video relatively well, and 720p video without drops if you use youtube-dl to feed youtube's raw media URLs into a media player like VLC. browsers are not the best when it comes to media playback. check out a basic script i wrote to achieve this: fier.me/publicShare/ytc -- it requires python 3 (likely pre-installed) and youtube-dl, and works both in linux and windows with the correct adjustments (on windows, specify the full path to the vlc.exe). this one is especially written to work with VLC. syntax: ytc hit in ytc v kzread.info/dash/bejne/fYSbmLGanaTHlqw.html to play back this video, for example. i've configured it on default to cap out at 1080p 30 fps + best audio, especially for my T60, specced similar to your X60. if you edit the script-file, you can add your own formats. i've also supplied the "a" format, which is just the best audio, if you just want to play music. it's likely not the best solution, roll your own if you'd like. furthermore i would recommend using a more lightweight DE and turning off composition, to ease the load on the GPU (especially if your laptop uses the GMA graphics). for a linux beginner, i can recommend xubuntu, which is ubuntu, but just pre-bundled with the xfce desktop environment instead of gnome. it can be made to look and handle quite similar to windows, if this is what you enjoy, and the window manager (xfwm) is quite solid, too. if you want an distro that still supports 32bit, and is still relatively easy to use, have a look at debian. it should work relatively well out of the box, but you will likely have to wrestle with the wifi driver (lest you remove the wifi-card blacklist from your bios and switch the card), as it's proprietary, and as such doesn't come with debian, which can be a bit annoying to a beginner. but getting proprietary wifi firmware is relatively well documented. if you are willing to master this, this option will likely be better for the long-run than ubuntu, as abandoning 32bit does not seem to be planned; the last testing image was uploaded 2020-04-27, in line with other releases. just install via LAN or an android device with USB tethering enabled to make things easier on yourself. again, i recommend using the xfce desktop environment, which you can select within the install process. do mind xfce does have its issues, i'm not the biggest fan of thunar for example, make sure you try different DEs, see which you like the most. KDE is also something worth checking out from what i saw. i personally just do not recommend gnome, because it just isn't very optimized. there's also other options, and you can also upgrade to a 64bit CPU like mentioned by someone else, i'm just giving some pointers.

@Pumpkin-Link

4 жыл бұрын

have you tried h264ify chrome extension?

@fierelier7691

4 жыл бұрын

last time i tried, that extension no longer worked, not on firefox at least. i don't use chrome.

I wish there was some kind of computer company that could make a spiritual successor chassis of the X60; sold as a fully customizable and modifiable machine.

@mkultrasoldier

2 жыл бұрын

Not exactly what you're looking for, but 51nb has made a modern motherboard that goes in the X60 chassis, giving you recent hardware, while keeping all the charm and build quality. They're not easy to find though.

@vers1fier

2 жыл бұрын

@@mkultrasoldier Wow, thanks for the info. I'll look into it!

Install the browser plugin h.264ify. It's available for both Firefox and Chrome and it forces h.264 video on KZread and other streaming services which works way better on Linux. You'll for sure get some better performance out of your 480p video, and might even be able to watch HD. It's an absolute ESSENTIAL for every old machine I've ever used. I'm watching this video and typing this comment on a 12 year old Thinkpad, so I can attest.

Did you use Ubuntu 16.04 ? Why would you still have Unity DE in 2020?

Reason 4: if you happen to find a tablet version, that's pretty cool to mess with

I think the bezels on the T21 are as thin, and it's much earlier model

recently i bought a T43 for just 5 quids, it's cheap and also for the 5x4 screen and keyboard, btw bon apetite, thanks

does this mean that no more updates for ubuntu for this laptop?

i have mint 19.3 cinnamon on it. it rocks.

Is there a screen available for this model in srilanka my screen is broken

The X60 has been offered with 64 bit CPUs and you don't have the top of the line CPU. The highest you could buy were the 64 bit Core 2 Duo T5600 and L7200.

How bright is the ThinkLight? Does it really help in total darkness?

@GhostRider5555555

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it does. Just believe me.

@Mark.Watson

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. It was a great design element.

@user-nx2sw7sx7p

3 жыл бұрын

it sure does but the more worn and shiny the keyboard is the more it gets in the way. you may want to replace it at some point for this very reason.

The R61 is slightly newer and is much more usable since it is 64 bit.

haha.. i have a 10 yr old thinkpad, and still works without any problems

!!! x60

This machine is a statement from a time when Computers were still cool and you could actually DO stuff with them, except just browsing the web. Because let's face it... the things they sell as modern day Laptops are just glorified tablets with a keyboard and that's it. No extra drives anymore, no Input Output ports except USB... no easily swapable & replaceable Batteries... no more socketed CPUs.... even the RAM is often soldered on... no dedicated hotkeys... no indicator LEDs... no switches to enable or disable certain parts of the hardware... no Video outputs.. no fullsize LAN port... What the heck are you even supposed to DO with a modern laptop when it lacks about anything that made older Laptops the amazing machines we love so much? Laptops today have become pure "Shut up and passively consume" devices. When i take a look at a laptop from the late 90s and mid 2000s i see a machine where i could write on, code, play games, make music with, record things via line-input, Burn CDs or DVDs for backups or creating copies or actually selfmade audio CDs and video DVDs or just playing back your movies or music on it from such disc and ripping them, plugging in a printer and print out text or pictures, connecing additional hardware via the PC cardbus expansion, being able to hook up an external Monitor or a Beamer / Projector, letting it run as a server, being able to use it as a diagnostics device thanks to its multiple I/O ports.. plugging in a DV / HDV camcorder via firewire and transfering your videos from tape to the PC or the other way round or using a DV interface Box which converts video from analog to digital and vice versa, in realtime and without intense compression .... All these things that made PCs seem to me like machines i can do anything with and only being limited by my imagination or CPU power and RAM. You can tell how much of a scam modern day laptops are when a 10 - 16 year old Laptop is still usable. And the only thing modern software does is consuming more RAM and CPU power for things the same software in older versions did with the Hardware provided by such machines like Thinkpads of that time. Is that Progress?

Doesn't the ThinkPad X60 support Core2 Duo's? They are 64bit and faster than the old 32bit Pentium M based Core Duo's.

@AndrewThrasher1987

4 жыл бұрын

Good call, not sure how I missed that.

@jiroyamada1139

4 жыл бұрын

Even with a Core 2 Duo, the X60's 3GB RAM limitation severely curtails its usefulness especially due to Windows 10's heavy RAM usage. Also, the Core 2 Duo models run much hotter compared to the Core Duo. I'd suggest the succeeding Thinkpad X61 instead, which has a slightly tweaked X60 chassis, but with a newer chipset that supports 8GB max RAM (albeit still DDR2) and faster CPUs (the top end model is a Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.5GHz). Also, most X61's come equipped with a 5GHz-capable WiFi card (Intel 4965AGN); it's only 802.11N @ 300Mbps, but still much better than 2.4GHz-only WiFi.

@aleksandersats9577

4 жыл бұрын

@@jiroyamada1139 You clearly do not know a lot about windows. Windows limits how much RAM it will consume depending on how much is installed. I have 2gb's of ram installed on my thinkpad T60 and it only consumes 50% of it at idle. so it's very usuable for normal tasks Also a better cpu won't help much at all. all of these older thinkpads are being limited by their GPU which isn't that good anymore at all. I mean you can't even play youtube on 480p without lagging it out. though that's because youtube updated their standard 30fps to 60fps which increases workload a lot. Even linux won't help it much due to the fact that the GPU is limiting it. The only OS that will probably very usuable on these older laptops is android as it is designed for phones that don't have good hardware to begin with.

@MF175mp

4 жыл бұрын

@@aleksandersats9577 the better phones have damn good hardware now, maybe the OS will start getting heavier like happened with PC's also

@aleksandersats9577

4 жыл бұрын

@@MF175mp android kitkat (4.4) still supports many apps and the bare minimum would be android 4.0 today

there's no ThinkLight on the tablet variant of the x60 :')

Or you can get a x61 which is 64bit with everything else you already love with the x60

@grrkaa8450

9 ай бұрын

there have been plenty X60 sold with 64 bit Core 2 Duos

There is no problem with the 32 distros, just use Parabola GNU/Linux Libre

@ContraIsBased

2 жыл бұрын

1-how good will ubuntu run in an x60? 2-no more ubuntu updates for the x60? 3-will linux mint still be updated for several years? 4-can the x60 runs 720 videos with no problems? 5-what is the best distro for the x60? sorry for asking too much but i found one dirt cheap and i want to buy it

Zorin has a 32bit I run it on my T43

Is this not a 64bit CPU?

@vwestlife

4 жыл бұрын

Some of the low-end versions of the X60 came with the 32-bit Core Duo processor, but most have the 64-bit Core 2 Duo.

Hi sir. I have a x61s lenovo laptop

Anyone willing to sell the x60?

The CPU, ram and harddrive can be upgraded.

get your self antix my x31 is on that and plays 480p videos without issues

try xubuntu, linux mint, lubuntu

@DacLMK

4 жыл бұрын

Linux Lite is also a great light weight distro. I use it on a 2007 pc my mum gave it to me from her workplace.

2 years late but this review is poor. Not every X60 is 32 bit. Also, installing something like Ubuntu MATE as opposed to Ubuntu would help the performance. And you think it is unusable because it can't watch videos at 1080p? The X60 is special in regards to coreboot and libreboot, meaning the X60 is one of the few machines that support having an external bios without having to flash it. Programming on the X60 is also a treat with it's comfy/tactile keyboard. I urge you to reconsider your view, even if you already got rid of the laptop

@ContraIsBased

2 жыл бұрын

1-how good will ubuntu run in an x60? 2-no more ubuntu updates for the x60? 3-will linux mint still be updated for several years? 4-can the x60 runs 720 videos with no problems? 5-what is the best distro for the x60? sorry for asking too much but i found one dirt cheap and i want to buy it

@icxcarnie

2 жыл бұрын

1. The X60 would not run too well in normal Ubuntu running GNOME, so I advise installing something like Debian (which my X60 runs) or Lubuntu (which is Ubuntu just with the LXQT desktop environment) 2. Depends, if you're using a 32 bit processor (the Core Duo series, as opposed to Core 2 Duo), there will be no more updates for the 32 bit processors, so you need to use (L)Ubuntu 18.04 LTS as that will still support 32 Bit Processors. 3. I'm not sure about Linux Mint 4. Also depends on your processor, I have one with a Core 2 Duo T7600 and it runs nicely. 5. Anything is good with the X60, Arch, flavors of Ubuntu, Debian, so go with what you want.

Jump to Lenovo x220 or x230

Ubuntu is bloated, install arch Linux with Libreboot and you will fly.

I rather use Windows 95 than Linux...