二手 ThinkPad 选购指南 (2019)

二手 ThinkPad 选购指南 (2019)
Used ThinkPad Buyer's Guide (2019)

原始链接: https://www.bobble.tech/free-stuff/used-thinkpad-buyers-guide

在升级或维护 ThinkPad 时，请考虑以下关键因素： **电池：** 原装联想电池性能可靠且容量达标，而通用型替代品虽然价格便宜，但往往存在电量显示不准、容量不足和安装不贴合等问题。 **性能：** * **媒体：** 老款酷睿 2 双核机型在处理高码率 1080p 视频时较为吃力，而第三代英特尔处理器机型（如 T430/X230）则能很好地支持高清内容。 * **游戏：** 集成显卡仅限于运行复古游戏和独立游戏；现代性能需求通常需要配备独立显卡或外接显卡扩展坞（eGPU）。 * **定制化：** CoreBoot 兼容多款经典机型，包括 X220、X230 和 T530。 **存储升级：** 请确保选择正确厚度的硬盘，以避免安装问题。较旧的型号通常需要标准的 9.5mm 2.5 英寸 SATA 硬盘，而更轻薄的现代型号（如 T430s 或 X230）则需要 7mm 的超薄硬盘。购买配件前，请务必确认您的具体型号。

这篇 Hacker News 的讨论围绕 2019 年的一份“二手 ThinkPad 购买指南”展开，引发了关于现代笔记本电脑硬件模块化程度下降的怀旧讨论。许多用户表达了对 T430 或 T60 等旧机型“可玩性”的强烈怀念，这些机型支持 CPU 升级、易于维修，并配有坚固的键盘。虽然一些参与者仍在维护和使用这些已有十年历史的机器作为可靠的 Linux 工作站，但其他人一直在寻找现代的替代品。对于追求模块化的用户来说，Framework 笔记本电脑经常被作为首选推荐，尽管人们对它们的制造质量和接口设计仍有不同看法。讨论的很大一部分集中在寻找现代“完美”笔记本电脑的挫败感上——用户抱怨当前的商务笔记本电脑往往存在内存板载、带有数字小键盘的布局或接口可靠性差等问题。尽管市面上有现代设备，但许多发烧友仍忠于旧款 ThinkPad，称赞其卓越的耐用性、标志性的设计，以及用零件组装“科学怪机（Frankenpads）”的乐趣。归根结底，该讨论凸显了市场上在高性能、用户可维修且可定制的专业笔记本电脑方面仍存在明显的缺失。

原文

Should you get a genuine Lenovo battery or a cheap generic battery?

It is tempting to cheap out on a battery for your ThinkPad. There are a few things to keep in mind if you’re thinking of getting a generic battery.

Generic batteries rarely have their advertised capacity.
The batteries usually come with 70-80% of the designed capacity of the Genuine battery
Can be a lot bulkier or have a different design
The battery meter isn’t very reliable but slowly gets better as you charge it more. For example; the battery will work fine till about 15% then instantly jumps to 0% and shut down.

So take your pick: a reliable, but costly (over $100) battery or a slightly annoying and shorter lasting battery for $30.

Can all of those ThinkPads listed play my high quality movies and TV shows?

720p sure, very high bitrate 10bit 1080p playback not guaranteed on Core 2 Duo and ULV CPUs. 3rd gen core I series such as present in the T430, X230, etc, have more graphics-capable CPU's.

Can I play games on a ThinkPad?

With an eGPU (provided it's supported by your model) or a dedicated GPU model, your results should be pretty good. Integrated graphics means don't expect much beyond emulators and indie retro stuff. Dolphin can run on Haswell CPU's and up, for instance - within reason.

Does CoreBoot work on a ThinkPad?

CoreBoot has been tested to work on the T60, T530, X60, X200, X201, X220 and X230 models.

Thinking about getting a Hard Drive / Solid State Drive upgrade?

Make sure you get the Correct size drive otherwise it won’t fit!

Regular Size 2.5" 9.5mm SATA Drive:

T60, T60p, T61, T61p, T400, T500, T410, T420, T510, T520, T530.

X60, X60s, X60 Tablet, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet, X200, X200s, X200 Tablet, X201, X201s, X201 Tablet.

W500, W510, W520, W530.

Slim Size 2.5" 7mm SATA Drive:

T420s, T430, T430s, T430u.

X220, X220 Tablet, X230, X230 Tablet.

T400s, T410s.

X300, X301.