flor...@openbsd.org (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). I think I'm not the only one as these are getting rare. I've heard bad things about the keyboards on post-x220 lenovo notebooks... Marcus