On 2017-02-27, Marcus MERIGHI <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] (Florian Obser), 2017.02.26 (Sun) 09:19 (CET): >> I need some help since I'm terrible with hardware... >> >> So my x201 main hacking laptop is getting old and benno@ is always >> mocking me for the amount of gaffer and stickers that are holding it >> together. >> >> Long story short, I'm in the market for a new thinkpad. >> Yes it has to be a thinkpad. I require the pointing stick and 3 >> physical mouse buttons. >> >> On the x201 I like the ease of changing the HDD and battery. I would >> prefer if that was the case with the new one. >> >> So what's the done thing here? I'm not a hardware hacker, so I want a >> kinda fully supported one. That means accelerated X and working wifi >> (this is probably not an issue with stsp@'s hard work). Also I'm happy >> with the size of the x201, I don't want to lug a brick around, so that >> means an x series laptop. As a first approximation assume that money is >> not an issue. > > A little late to the party... > > I love my x220 with i7 (only these have xhci).
Me too, though despite cleaning it's a bit hit and miss as to whether it boots, mine often fails with a fan error and I have to try a couple of times. The i7 ones also have AES-NI which is useful for FDE. (It's possible that the i5 ones may also do so with newer bios, not sure..) > I've heard bad things about the keyboards on post-x220 lenovo > notebooks... Some people like them, others don't.
