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mthrnite

mthrnite

So it goes.
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The man who cried "Ni".
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Um, yeeaaahhh... Family Guy, buying time.

"Hey, we could have a 5 second gag, five seconds is enough for people to get it"
"No, let's take that gag but stretch it to five minutes."
"Um.... Won't that be boring?"
"Nooo, repetition is what makes it funny."
 
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  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    basically you just screw off the bottom and bam everything is fixable
     +1
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    it also has an official
    hardware repair guide
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    as all thinkpads do
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    as well as an official parts list
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Even better.
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Glad you're happy about that.
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    They're called HMMs, or Hardware Mainte
    nance Manuals
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    they include diagrams of the system and an exploded diagram of the computer
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @Badcatalex, I know what those are.
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    ThinkPads are cheap btw
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    eBay is full of them and as long as they don't have Computrace enabled (computer tracking stuff)
    they are great
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    The ones that are parts and/or not working are from what I can see.
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    companies use them for three years or so
    before they are dumped on the market
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    nah you can find lots of working ones if you look carefully
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    but it depends on the gen
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    T480 for example is from 2018 and is common nowadays
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    I could prob look on a car boot to find any that is cheap.
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    I doubt it but who knows.
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    eBay is more of the way to go.
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    that's why I said eBay lol
     +1
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Exactly.
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    That's what I've heard.
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    also my T470s has a backlit keyboard
     +1
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    togglable via Fn + Spacebar
  • Badcatalex @ Badcatalex:
    with several levels- off, medium, and high
    Badcatalex @ Badcatalex: with several levels- off, medium, and high