On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 9:19 AM, Florian Obser <flor...@openbsd.org> wrote: > 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.
I'd go for a refurbished X230 (Sandy Bridge, so fully working accelerated X). Then you can upgrade it with 16GB of ram and a SSD harddisk. CIAO! David
