This is a really high-end T20. The III-700 and 14" screen was over $4000 base (disregarding 512MB RAM and 12GB HDD upgrade), and the DVD drive was an $800 option at that time!
My first computer was a Thinkpad T21. Very similar hardware to that, but mine had a RAM fault as well as a suspected IDE chipset fault, as it ate HDD's for breakfast. It was very well built for its faults. Your video brings back many (frustrating) memories
The S-video doesn't need any adapter, It just have extra pins to use other externals video standards. You can plug a normal S video cable on it. By the way, I love the Thinkpads, they are just so reliable !
Your laptop is a little more powerful than the ones I acquired as throwaways from a prior job. I can’t complain though, as mine were free, but I’d say you got a good deal for the price. The IBM version of the Thinkpad is a definite keeper, compared to when Lenovo took over. They always had the best keyboards and were generally built to last. They just don’t make them like they used to.
i have 3 of these T20 laptops. I linked them all together to harness the power of their CPU's and RAM and turned them into an electric shaver. it's not very portable, but Wow, What a shave!!
James Hudson I'd love to provide them,,, however, shortly after posting the above message i received a knock at my door. Two men wearing black suits from the NSA confiscated my personal electric razor and all associated blueprints.. i'm now being 'surveyed' as my razor invention was apparently infringing on national security technology. psh... On the bright side, they gave me a tax deduction receipt for my "donation" and a $25 walmart gift card to purchase a new razor. and Yes! the NSA is sponsored by walmart. who knew?? :)
Nice. I wish thrift stores in my area sold computers, they just toss them because of security. I did get a Thinkpad 760EL for $5 though. Also just bought a T60 for $95 that comes with everything + a dock.
I remember paying £260 (US$500) for one of these about 7 or 8 years ago. I love the fact that the DVD drive can be replaced with an additional battery. Great video by the way!
windows 98 is abandonware anyway, theres keys for it all over the internet and i doubt microsoft is gonna care much about pirating an old version of windows that they cant make money off at the moment
WAIT A MINUTE... which country did you get this in? i know two people in NZ with a T20 and thier names are megan and tim... weird. I wondder if they still have it, or if that is it....
Im an a IBM fan too. R52, T41, T42, two T43 T61, T30, 600E , X61 and a 380Ed, all working well, and some I haven't gone through yet. They still are the best laptops of all time to me
There's something real cool about ThinkPads, I just dunno what it is. Their advanced for their time features, versatility, and durability. I mean heck, there are super old ThinkPads floating around that still work fine. I picked up a T43 for $30 with the charger in pretty good shape with a 1.86 GHz Pentium M, 2 GB of ram, and an 80 GB HDD. I put XP like it came with on it, but it runs so slow - and it's just maxing out the CPU. Wonder if Linux could save this old T43?
i am sorry mate but it looks like your old T43 is dying my old dell D505 with an intel pentium M 1.5 GHZ is super fast on xp with 60% MAX cpu usage so it looks like you T43 is almost dead sorry :(
inteli5gamer Hmm I've been around, I just think XP is a slow old dog - plus being so vulnerable to security risks I absolutely must run antivirus and firewall are really bogging it down I imagine. I think if I disabled those it would be fine. What you say doesn't make any sense though, a CPU doesn't use up more or less when it's "dying" - it either works or it doesn't. I'll guarantee you Avast and Comodo (AV and FW that I use) probably are made for dual-core or better processors and the old single core must do one before the next - so everything maxes out and takes longer. This is just real simple stuff here. This is why I said I wondered about Linux. No need for the AV or FW, but it depends on how much the Linux stuff draws off of multi-core. Since there are many distros, some that run on really old/slow PCs I think it might work - but I'm curious which distro would be the best match for this old T43.
Shintsu2 I have Xubuntu running on a Thinkpad X61t without problems (2GB ram, 1.8GHz dualcore), i think it's a good compromise between features it provides and ressources it uses but there are much more minimalistic distros like Lubuntu, puppy-linux or DSL (Damn Small Linux)
Well worth keeping at that price. the T22 was my first laptop and still by far the loudest and most robust I've ever owned nice find dude. My T22 was exactly like your T20 but the keyboard eventually failed and I stripped it for parts I wish I'd replaced the keyboard and kept it. it would have been a great hifi when I was in college
I use headphones and I found it safe for my own ears at a normal listening level. I actually reduced the volume of that clip by -1 dB compared to the original YT video I got it from.
Me and my brother used to try and fail to run games on it. He found this game online that was supposed to be this relaxing flying simulator, but the PC ran it at like 1fps and created a loud grinding sound. Not so relaxing.
There's just something special about vintage laptops... They were all unique, expandable, and well built. If only there were machines built like this with modern hardware...
As I was watching your video I was looking at the keyboard while you were panning the camera over it, and I noticed that your thinkpad actually has the keyboard light. If you hold the FN key and press the Page Up key, it turns on a little LED light mounted in the top of the screen, which is supposed to light up the keyboard. It's sort of the precursor to the backlit keyboards we have today. It's kinda cool. ^^
+TrickSilver theres actually a secret setting that only works on that laptop called superultramegaomegahighpoweramzind4khdawesomeness it runs at 64k and has 1 billion fps
thats one hell of a deal on a thinkpad. Kiddies these days are spoiled. If you load Win98 on it it and some old version of programs like office you can get pretty productive with the computer. Speaking as someone that grew up on 16mhz 286sx (thats megahertz not gighz) and 4megs of ram this is a VERY USABLE machine. if you can always use it to play old games that doesn't run under newer OS
Those were great machines back in the day - - these were the standard business laptops given to employees where I worked. A bit heavy but solid as a rock.
I like the old original thinkpad keys. I am typing this on a gently used T43 right now. The thinkpads were always the laptop of choice if you were a professional IT guy where I was years ago and the T series were well liked.
+Lucky Chicken Mine are Lenovo Thinkpads (are they the same?) and at least for me the battery is horrible so we always keep them plugged in when not in use.
katli10 I think plugging laptops in when not in use is a standard for every school, but ones w/ good battery life won't die immediately. Our thinkpads however are dead if not charged.
I have a IBM T43 from 2004, and I use the hell out of it to today. *It is a beast!* It has 2GB RAM, Integrated graphics, and 80GB hard drive, but it still kicks-ass! I have ran (and still do): Sony Vegas Pro 12; GTA V (lowest settings, 55fps); GTA III multiplayer and single; Minecraft; Paint.NET; Garry's Mod; Half life; Half life 2; Portal; Portal 2; Unturned; GTA: SA; Teamviewer; and basically everything! The laptop has even been somewhat on fire, when a IBM R450e below it overheated (That one works too still!). -The speakers panel melted a bit, so it is not close properly. IBM Thinkpads are beast. Laptops from today like Macintos ones are _terrible_ compared to them. *:D*
IBM Thinkpad was top of the line. You can't go wrong buying one for that price. I think bak then computers were better made than now. The rapid obsolescence of every device makes it unnecessary to build sturdy machines but these were still from the age when a laptop was a treasured possession.
I had one of these my first year of law school (2000). It was a kickass computer then...probably not so much now, but hey, if you get use out of it...not bad...and it looks like you're still using a tube monitor, so you probably like your vintage computer equipment. $7.49 for a geek like me would be a bargain, if for nothing else than bringing back memories. . :)
I recently bought at the thrift store a Compaq LTE 5300 with docking station and I bought a Dell Dimension E520. I also acquired a late 1990's router still new boxed from the thrift store as well. I paid 20 US Dollars for the Compaq LTE 5300 and I paid 14 US Dollars for the Dell Dimension E520. I see a IBM ThinkPad Pentium III laptop at the thrift store.
This would be great for something like 'Puppy Linux' or 'DSL' - I love collecting both old and refurbished laptops, I refurbish my own laptops as well when people give me their old ones, That's some nice music in the background :) What is it? Also Subbed!
This is one of the best laptops of its time. It had an incredibly long lasting battery. I still get about an hour and a half out of mine. One of the most durable laptops ever created, except for the Panasonic Toughbook of course. They just don't make them like this anymore.
As I said before, in 2002 they were selling laptops in the UK with only 128 megabytes of RAM to run Windows XP. That would have worked just fine with Windows 2000, but XP used RAM as cashe memory.
I have a t22 version of this notebook with a 900 Mhz P3. upgraded it to 512MB a 20GB drive and installed a internal wi fi card in the mini PCI slot with the antenna on the outside as the case block the signal.
3:54 Aww you naughty boy vwestlife. You made me jump of my chair because I had the volume set on high :) (BTW those are some quite good-looking boys there)
I have a ThinkPad T21, and it was made in November 2000, as far as I can tell; I think the last segment of the barcode label (in your case, 08/00) is the date code in MM/YY. The S-Video jack will seat a regular four-pin cable, but it needs some special software to work, and even with it I've never managed to make it work. The wireless card you saw listed in Device Manager is indeed external; only the T23 had internal wifi iirc. These laptops make nice Win2k machines, I'd take that over XP.
Great video! I believe with these older ThinkPads they have a keyboard light built in to the screen housing. You can turn it on by pressing fn and the top right button on the keyboard. I may be wrong but I've seen it on a slightly later T23 model. These IBM laptops were really quite a jewel back in the day.
Writing this from my thinkpad T42 running windows xp on the pale moon web browser, I must say, this is about the nicest laptop keyboard I ever used. Still need to get a new battery for this thinkpad, though.
I missed those days where you prize every electronics in your possession - because they were so expensive and you had to work hard to attain them. For instance, my Palm Tungsten, I paid $200 for back in ~2002 (equivalent to $261 in today's dollars using an inflation calculator) - and it was essentially just an advanced organizer. These days, you can get a brand new Amazon Fire tablet for $49 (!) and if you break it, you just shrug your shoulders and pop it in the trash can.
I use specialized applications which are not available for Linux. In fact, one of the programs I use most doesn't even run well on Windows 7, which is why I stick with XP.
I went to a goodwill some 3 months ago and manage to get myself a R51 Thinkpad and it was only 3 dollars. Which I later found out I needed a power adapter which was worth 7 dollars at the time. Both came to a total of over 10 dollars which includes taxes. It had widows xp preinstalled but needed a lot of updates and I mean a lot of it. I did some upgrades which included additional ram and another hard drive, 40 GB, to swap from xp to windows 2000. Though I could have just created another partition and dual booted. I later realized it was not worth it as most of all of those windows updates took a huge amount of space from that 20 GB hard drive.
My thinkpad is a Lenovo version of a Think Pad T60 and supports up to 4 GB of RAM. my dads work has so many old and broken laptops and works for a rental car company called Avis Budget group it also has a stuck pixel the bios is from 2007
Mechanical tabulating machines, not computers. Plenty of American companies did business with foreign dictatorships in the 1930s. It was the Great Depression and they were eager to make a profit wherever they could. Of course, they broke off business relations when the war began.
These IBM laptops are very stealthy and cool to collect. I only have the last one they ever made which was the T43 model but older ones especially in the T series were designed to last. The X series i belive were a cheaper more consumer household than buisness alternative. But yeah these ibms are lighter than my current laptop!
I'm sure the hard drive is way bigger than 12 GB. I got an old a20m for free back in '06, and it read as 2GB, but whoever at IBM had assembled it had partitioned it wrong. It was really 40GB. As for the RAM, it might max out at 1GB. My T23 did, so that one *may* as well.
I got an R500 with 2GB of DDR3, 160GB SATA drive and Windows 7 Pro COA for £20, sold as "won't boot, dead" - which was incorrect - VERY MUCH alive and booting, and in very good condition!
This is a really high-end T20. The III-700 and 14" screen was over $4000 base (disregarding 512MB RAM and 12GB HDD upgrade), and the DVD drive was an $800 option at that time!
Today that same "thrift" store would charge $70 for that...
My first computer was a Thinkpad T21. Very similar hardware to that, but mine had a RAM fault as well as a suspected IDE chipset fault, as it ate HDD's for breakfast. It was very well built for its faults. Your video brings back many (frustrating) memories
The S-video doesn't need any adapter, It just have extra pins to use other externals video standards.
You can plug a normal S video cable on it.
By the way, I love the Thinkpads, they are just so reliable !
Je m'attendais pas à voir ElectronikHeart ici ^^
I believe that is a TV-Port. Which has S-Video, Composite, and Component video built in
You also generally need the drivers installed.
Your laptop is a little more powerful than the ones I acquired as throwaways from a prior job. I can’t complain though, as mine were free, but I’d say you got a good deal for the price.
The IBM version of the Thinkpad is a definite keeper, compared to when Lenovo took over. They always had the best keyboards and were generally built to last. They just don’t make them like they used to.
win 2K is a hell of a lot better than '98
i have 3 of these T20 laptops. I linked them all together to harness the power of their CPU's and RAM and turned them into an electric shaver. it's not very portable, but Wow, What a shave!!
James Hudson I'd love to provide them,,, however, shortly after posting the above message i received a knock at my door. Two men wearing black suits from the NSA confiscated my personal electric razor and all associated blueprints.. i'm now being 'surveyed' as my razor invention was apparently infringing on national security technology. psh... On the bright side, they gave me a tax deduction receipt for my "donation" and a $25 walmart gift card to purchase a new razor. and Yes! the NSA is sponsored by walmart. who knew?? :)
KingAndrew5000 That's a bit odd...
lol i use T420 laptop
KingAndrew5000 WTF BRUH NICE STORY NICE STORY
KingAndrew5000 LOL I'd bet the oil companies were involved in the confiscation of your alternative energy electric shaver.
I love the name of that DVD Drive company.
"MATSHITA"
My Computer has an matshita.
It's Panasonic
That's Panasonic.
Matshita ->Matsushita (full name) -> Panasonic
Nice. I wish thrift stores in my area sold computers, they just toss them because of security.
I did get a Thinkpad 760EL for $5 though.
Also just bought a T60 for $95 that comes with everything + a dock.
Original owner put a Dell OEM version of XP on it :D
I remember paying £260 (US$500) for one of these about 7 or 8 years ago. I love the fact that the DVD drive can be replaced with an additional battery. Great video by the way!
You got scammed
@@Bruh-hd4rj 9 years ago dude
1:52 pause video now to activate your copy of windows 98 se
Yeah, Windows fucking 98.
windows 98 is abandonware anyway, theres keys for it all over the internet and i doubt microsoft is gonna care much about pirating an old version of windows that they cant make money off at the moment
was xp
is oem that will not work because you have a different laptop
95 too
3:54 Scared the shit out of me XD.
12:06 Dell Solution Center
Dafuq?
looks like Dell found a solution - just get a ThinkPad.
I remember this being my dad's laptop in his little office back in 2005, a couple of years after the laptop got discontinued.
Thanks for the heartattack!
WAIT A MINUTE... which country did you get this in? i know two people in NZ with a T20 and thier names are megan and tim... weird. I wondder if they still have it, or if that is it....
Illuminati confirmed
+Niall Asher vwestlife lives in new jersey
+Niall Asher Half life 3 confirmed
It was my first laptop
@@themrenerd7384 NJ, NZ, same thing. I think vwestlife needs to give Megan back her computer! Otherwise Tim is gonna get mad lmao
"that's one stuck pixel there, no problem" ... after a whiler "and there's the stuck pixel between the a and d letters"
My family used to have one of these. Brings up childhood memories... It was about 10-12 years ago or so, but I remember this thing well.
Im an a IBM fan too. R52, T41, T42, two T43 T61, T30, 600E , X61 and a 380Ed, all working well, and some I haven't gone through yet.
They still are the best laptops of all time to me
There's something real cool about ThinkPads, I just dunno what it is. Their advanced for their time features, versatility, and durability. I mean heck, there are super old ThinkPads floating around that still work fine. I picked up a T43 for $30 with the charger in pretty good shape with a 1.86 GHz Pentium M, 2 GB of ram, and an 80 GB HDD. I put XP like it came with on it, but it runs so slow - and it's just maxing out the CPU. Wonder if Linux could save this old T43?
a light-weight linux distro would probably run just fine
i am sorry mate but it looks like your old T43 is dying my old dell D505 with an intel pentium M 1.5 GHZ is super fast on xp with 60% MAX cpu usage so it looks like you T43 is almost dead sorry :(
inteli5gamer Hmm I've been around, I just think XP is a slow old dog - plus being so vulnerable to security risks I absolutely must run antivirus and firewall are really bogging it down I imagine. I think if I disabled those it would be fine.
What you say doesn't make any sense though, a CPU doesn't use up more or less when it's "dying" - it either works or it doesn't. I'll guarantee you Avast and Comodo (AV and FW that I use) probably are made for dual-core or better processors and the old single core must do one before the next - so everything maxes out and takes longer. This is just real simple stuff here.
This is why I said I wondered about Linux. No need for the AV or FW, but it depends on how much the Linux stuff draws off of multi-core. Since there are many distros, some that run on really old/slow PCs I think it might work - but I'm curious which distro would be the best match for this old T43.
Shintsu2 I have Xubuntu running on a Thinkpad X61t without problems (2GB ram, 1.8GHz dualcore), i think it's a good compromise between features it provides and ressources it uses but there are much more minimalistic distros like Lubuntu, puppy-linux or DSL (Damn Small Linux)
Shintsu2 alright i have said nothing master
Love ThinkPads have a t23 t43 t60 t500 2 t510s and a t510 best laptops
Although the t500 was the last good one in the t series
I had one EXACTLY like it. Loved it, upgraded it to a Pentium 3 1ghz.
Well worth keeping at that price. the T22 was my first laptop and still by far the loudest and most robust I've ever owned nice find dude. My T22 was exactly like your T20 but the keyboard eventually failed and I stripped it for parts I wish I'd replaced the keyboard and kept it. it would have been a great hifi when I was in college
i am watching this video with this laptop
Some guy tried to sell me this laptop for about 120$ dollars today
Lmao
Seems legit xD
+Smiley Dad LOL
I use headphones and I found it safe for my own ears at a normal listening level. I actually reduced the volume of that clip by -1 dB compared to the original YT video I got it from.
This is the only video I see on UA-cam or someone does not destroy anything! :)
did anyone else get jump scared when he plugged it up and showed that gif?
You mean "plugged it *in*", and that was a video clip, not a GIF.
marry me
I had headphones on when that happened it made me fly off my couch
Lol you fucks, why do you need to be nasty to him? He just made a comment. And that clip scared the shit out of me too.
a gamer used that, you can see the w a s d keys are all shinier and darker....
windows 98 gamer :)
@@namesurname4666 Quake 3 Arena for the win!
Me and my brother used to try and fail to run games on it. He found this game online that was supposed to be this relaxing flying simulator, but the PC ran it at like 1fps and created a loud grinding sound. Not so relaxing.
It looks to me the A, N, and L keys are rubbed off. They must have had a close friend named Allan or something...
There's just something special about vintage laptops... They were all unique, expandable, and well built. If only there were machines built like this with modern hardware...
As I was watching your video I was looking at the keyboard while you were panning the camera over it, and I noticed that your thinkpad actually has the keyboard light. If you hold the FN key and press the Page Up key, it turns on a little LED light mounted in the top of the screen, which is supposed to light up the keyboard. It's sort of the precursor to the backlit keyboards we have today. It's kinda cool. ^^
can it play fallout 4 at 60fps on ultra?
no only with 200FPS :'(
+AngryApple Damn
mani thought it was a steal. i found it on ebay for $3000 and i was hoping i could game.
+TrickSilver u can play it at 72p 500fps
+TrickSilver theres actually a secret setting that only works on that laptop called superultramegaomegahighpoweramzind4khdawesomeness it runs at 64k and has 1 billion fps
5:26 did you just punch that laptop
He did XD
Man, I love your videos. It is really cool to see your finds.
I love the trackpoint. That is much efficient and easier to use than a trackpad
3:52 You got me there! xD
thats one hell of a deal on a thinkpad. Kiddies these days are spoiled.
If you load Win98 on it it and some old version of programs like office you can get pretty productive with the computer.
Speaking as someone that grew up on 16mhz 286sx (thats megahertz not gighz) and 4megs of ram this is a VERY USABLE machine. if you can always use it to play old games that doesn't run under newer OS
I'm a kid i love windows 1.0 to windows 2000 possibly windows xp
Nice find. This could be a great distraction-free writing tool if Word were installed.
Those were great machines back in the day - - these were the standard business laptops given to employees where I worked. A bit heavy but solid as a rock.
Do you know if the new thinkpads from Lenovo are good? All modern laptops seem to come with these half-ass chiclet keyboards now :( .
They're good, but not as good as they used to be.
:( I was afraid you were going to say that. Thanks for replying man!
MacBooks still have amazing keyboards if you have the money for one.
$2,000 on up.
There not the same since IBM sold their computer division to Lenovo.
Plot twist, this was Meghan McCarthy's first laptop
11:31. Why is there a Dell Solution Center program?
Yes, my ThinkPad X60 has the keyboard light as well.
tried to post with no memory wth
3:53 this made me scared!
I like the old original thinkpad keys. I am typing this on a gently used T43 right now. The
thinkpads were always the laptop of choice if you were a professional IT guy where I
was years ago and the T series were well liked.
Education versions kind of suck.
man, your thrift store gets awesome stuff from time to time!
They have the newer versions of these at my school there terrible
+Kingcobra McDonald Same. They're ok, they run well, but have horrendous battery life.
+Lucky Chicken Mine are Lenovo Thinkpads (are they the same?) and at least for me the battery is horrible so we always keep them plugged in when not in use.
katli10 I think plugging laptops in when not in use is a standard for every school, but ones w/ good battery life won't die immediately. Our thinkpads however are dead if not charged.
They don't even charge like when you plug them in they don't charge and will die if someone doesn't plug them properly
+Anime and Games "Battery dies if it isn't plugged in properly"
OH shit! Someone phone the press.
Install GNU/Linux
hey i recognize that hentai face!
Knives he doesn't like linux
I have a IBM T43 from 2004, and I use the hell out of it to today. *It is a beast!* It has 2GB RAM, Integrated graphics, and 80GB hard drive, but it still kicks-ass! I have ran (and still do): Sony Vegas Pro 12; GTA V (lowest settings, 55fps); GTA III multiplayer and single; Minecraft; Paint.NET; Garry's Mod; Half life; Half life 2; Portal; Portal 2; Unturned; GTA: SA; Teamviewer; and basically everything!
The laptop has even been somewhat on fire, when a IBM R450e below it overheated (That one works too still!). -The speakers panel melted a bit, so it is not close properly.
IBM Thinkpads are beast. Laptops from today like Macintos ones are _terrible_ compared to them.
*:D*
To each his own... I can't imagine using an iPad for anything!
Just got one today for $3 at a garage sale. Came complete w/ windows xp, power adapter, good battery, ram, etc.
I had tons of these. Freakin awesome and strong machines! I love them!
My god... I just reminded that my father had one of these. I used to play arcade games on it when i was a child, and i think it still works :D
I just bought a cousin of this machine, the A21e, of the same vintage for $10. loading it up with retro games.
IBM Thinkpad was top of the line. You can't go wrong buying one for that price.
I think bak then computers were better made than now. The rapid obsolescence of every device makes it unnecessary to build sturdy machines but these were still from the age when a laptop was a treasured possession.
I just love those old machines anyway :D !!! Cool stuff, windows 98 etc. The best times.
I had one of these my first year of law school (2000). It was a kickass computer then...probably not so much now, but hey, if you get use out of it...not bad...and it looks like you're still using a tube monitor, so you probably like your vintage computer equipment. $7.49 for a geek like me would be a bargain, if for nothing else than bringing back memories. . :)
I recently bought at the thrift store a Compaq LTE 5300 with docking station and I bought a Dell Dimension E520. I also acquired a late 1990's router still new boxed from the thrift store as well. I paid 20 US Dollars for the Compaq LTE 5300 and I paid 14 US Dollars for the Dell Dimension E520. I see a IBM ThinkPad Pentium III laptop at the thrift store.
This would be great for something like 'Puppy Linux' or 'DSL' - I love collecting both old and refurbished laptops, I refurbish my own laptops as well when people give me their old ones, That's some nice music in the background :) What is it? Also Subbed!
I love these thinkpads
I like old computers. If you don't appreciate that, then don't waste your time watching my videos.
This is one of the best laptops of its time. It had an incredibly long lasting battery. I still get about an hour and a half out of mine. One of the most durable laptops ever created, except for the Panasonic Toughbook of course. They just don't make them like this anymore.
Little did I know, watching this video would lead me down the ThinkPad rabbit hole.
Today I would pay every money for notebook with square display. These old laptops were much better designed and solid than today's.
As I said before, in 2002 they were selling laptops in the UK with only 128 megabytes of RAM to run Windows XP. That would have worked just fine with Windows 2000, but XP used RAM as cashe memory.
Like I said in the video, all of the personal files were deleted by the previous owner.
It looks like a nice piece of... "Usable antique" to have
It has a 14.1 inch screen and can play DVDs. A portable DVD player costs a lot more than $7!
That compaq is a beautiful machine.. Imagine the price when it was first released!
I have a t22 version of this notebook with a 900 Mhz P3. upgraded it to 512MB a 20GB drive and installed a internal wi fi card in the mini PCI slot with the antenna on the outside as the case block the signal.
3:54 Aww you naughty boy vwestlife. You made me jump of my chair because I had the volume set on high :)
(BTW those are some quite good-looking boys there)
I have a ThinkPad T21, and it was made in November 2000, as far as I can tell; I think the last segment of the barcode label (in your case, 08/00) is the date code in MM/YY. The S-Video jack will seat a regular four-pin cable, but it needs some special software to work, and even with it I've never managed to make it work. The wireless card you saw listed in Device Manager is indeed external; only the T23 had internal wifi iirc.
These laptops make nice Win2k machines, I'd take that over XP.
Anyone else like the smell of thinkpads? Older models like this or the 600 series have a distinct smell that comes out of the fan exhaust.
About stuck pixel thing, delicate massage of the affected area often helps, I had this issue in my monitor and it helped.
What do you mean by "massage"?
Also,I need your solution.
I have the stuck green pixel too.
I wish i had an old laptop they look so cool :P
Great video! I believe with these older ThinkPads they have a keyboard light built in to the screen housing. You can turn it on by pressing fn and the top right button on the keyboard. I may be wrong but I've seen it on a slightly later T23 model. These IBM laptops were really quite a jewel back in the day.
I noticed that can also get a docking station for it on ebay for £5 which gives you even more IO
I have an IBM X20, still working fine EXCEPT it does not have a CD drive :( And the battery is dead too. But these IBM are like rock solid!
Writing this from my thinkpad T42 running windows xp on the pale moon web browser, I must say, this is about the nicest laptop keyboard I ever used. Still need to get a new battery for this thinkpad, though.
I missed those days where you prize every electronics in your possession - because they were so expensive and you had to work hard to attain them. For instance, my Palm Tungsten, I paid $200 for back in ~2002 (equivalent to $261 in today's dollars using an inflation calculator) - and it was essentially just an advanced organizer. These days, you can get a brand new Amazon Fire tablet for $49 (!) and if you break it, you just shrug your shoulders and pop it in the trash can.
I use specialized applications which are not available for Linux. In fact, one of the programs I use most doesn't even run well on Windows 7, which is why I stick with XP.
my grandfather used to have one of these. it was running windows 8 when he gave it away.
I went to a goodwill some 3 months ago and manage to get myself a R51 Thinkpad and it was only 3 dollars. Which I later found out I needed a power adapter which was worth 7 dollars at the time. Both came to a total of over 10 dollars which includes taxes. It had widows xp preinstalled but needed a lot of updates and I mean a lot of it. I did some upgrades which included additional ram and another hard drive, 40 GB, to swap from xp to windows 2000. Though I could have just created another partition and dual booted. I later realized it was not worth it as most of all of those windows updates took a huge amount of space from that 20 GB hard drive.
Most high quality video from 10 years ago
Did you try a Google search?
i do have to agree that i absolutely love thinkpad keyboards
The reason why thrift stores do that as opposed to just a regular price tag is so that people will not walk in and put there own price on it.
No, it's working fine. Older drives are noisy, and always have been.
My thinkpad is a Lenovo version of a Think Pad T60 and supports up to 4 GB of RAM. my dads work has so many old and broken laptops and works for a rental car company called Avis Budget group it also has a stuck pixel the bios is from 2007
Why does your thrift store write the price directly on things with a permanent marker? What thrift store is it?
Thank you! Always been wondering what these slots with locks by it were.
Nice find, I just bought one at a garage sale today for $3.50. It didn't come with a charger so I have one ordered and on the way
My T30 had the same Svideo connector. If you plug a standard Svideo cable into it, it will fit just fine and work
Mechanical tabulating machines, not computers. Plenty of American companies did business with foreign dictatorships in the 1930s. It was the Great Depression and they were eager to make a profit wherever they could. Of course, they broke off business relations when the war began.
These IBM laptops are very stealthy and cool to collect. I only have the last one they ever made which was the T43 model but older ones especially in the T series were designed to last. The X series i belive were a cheaper more consumer household than buisness alternative. But yeah these ibms are lighter than my current laptop!
I'm sure the hard drive is way bigger than 12 GB. I got an old a20m for free back in '06, and it read as 2GB, but whoever at IBM had assembled it had partitioned it wrong. It was really 40GB. As for the RAM, it might max out at 1GB. My T23 did, so that one *may* as well.
I know right, I was surprised he didn't mention that....
I got an R500 with 2GB of DDR3, 160GB SATA drive and Windows 7 Pro COA for £20, sold as "won't boot, dead" - which was incorrect - VERY MUCH alive and booting, and in very good condition!