depends on apps you run can run better & not everyone is built like a programmer. People need a system that works w out programming . Win 10 only supports updates now w paid updates. Ziron os seems like the best alternative 4 these old "Systems".
Ordering 2x T460 ThinkPad for my home office, i5 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD. They come with Win 10 Pro but I will install MX Linux KDE 64-bit AHS. Dirt cheap now as refurbished, the best laptops ever. I was an IBM reseller since 35 years ago. Thinkpads were unbeatable always, especially the T400 series.
Happens I did the RAM & SSD thing on a Lenovo T-500 followed by Linux Mint / Cinnamon. I works so well that then got new batteries for it. Having loaded the entire Baen free library, it make a great EBook reader thanks to Calibre.
I have a T470. We got it used when the company my wife works for upgraded to new laptops. I keep Windows since she uses it for work. I installed a second SSD and installed Linux on it, for me. I had issues installing Linux, specifically when creating the UEFI partition, but after that it's been a smooth experience. The SSD I installed was: Dogfish M.2 2242 SSD 250 GB 3D NAND TLC SATA III 6 Gb/s
Yeah I don't know specifically about the t470 but I've had issues with pre-intel 6th gen cpus and UEFI. Its "supported" but I've largely had problems getting it to behave well.
I had a similar experience with Windows 10. Regardless of configuration or registry settings, Windows would just consume the CPU if left idle for a few minutes, making the fan sound like a jet taking off. I moved to Linux and never looked back. Couldn't be happier. I now run Linux on all my laptops. No Windows in my house today.
Gparted and wipe the partition. screw grub you don't need windows. Lenovo ThinkPad T400 series are excellent laptops. I've owned three and just sold two. Still a viable machine even by today's standards. I've had the i7's and i5. either way a tight square body Linux machine. You totally nailed it on the selection fer sure!
Thanks for the tip on slimbook, I have a couple laptops to try it on. Also, try sticking your phone charger cord in the the charge port, I think it will work...my HP has one...
Ram and ssd. What else could you upgrade on that old thing apart from those two items anyway ? Its not worth the hassle and you'll probably break something if you try to replace that screen.
Linux is good for servers, media centre, casual browsing and watching youtube. If it was more widely supported by most software companies like Photoshop, AutoCad etc, would convert all of my machines to different distros. And nope, I am not scared to use Terminal, pretty familiar with Backtrack years ago, Kali as well. Currently I have 7/24 hosting with 5 websites in my house, done and maintained by myself.
Largely what I do. I also do some content creation and I too thought I needed photoshop - but Krita or gimp can takle the edits I do and these days Shotcut can do basic video editing for me.
If you're that unhappy with the screen, search for a possible replacement. Seems like a lot of thinkpads can take more than one. Edit: You should've shown us the system resource consumption under Mint.
Nothing wrong with using the terminal. Linux has alot of GUI tools these days one doesn't "need to" but one certainly is welcome to use whatever they desire
Im trying myself to switch to linux, rn running a dual boot with arch linux and windows, only keeping windows because i have no alternative for photoshop im comfortable yet, and I need sharing screen with audio, sadly linux doesnt have a reliable way to do so, even the flatpaks that say they can do that, usually give a really laggy stream because of video encoding or something... if anyone got sujestions of a discord alternative that works with screen sharing + audio i would be happy to try
Written by Mistral ollama AI from my input. I responding to an RU-vid video. Can you add some humor to it. >Thanks for not being AI much appreciate a real live human voice. Its a rare nowadays.>Absolutely, here's a humorous response: "Ah, the simple pleasures in life, like hearing a real live human voice instead of a robotic AI! I mean, who needs advanced technology when we have good old-fashioned human communication? Next thing you know, they'll invent something that can make toast without burning it. What a world!" 🤓🍞 #HumanVsAI #ToastJokes #KeepItReal
@@CitCatComputingI think ventoy is still better because it's simpler to replace things. It would also prolong the life of a USB drive since it doesn't need to be formatted with every OS.
@@Truck-This-56 it's smaller, faster, and more focused than 7. it doesnt have Aero, but i dont use Aero on 7. 3rd parties are still releasing updated versions.
Windows 7 was bat crap top heavy and the 64-bit Ultimate wasn't compatible with any of my peripherals. I simply don't understand the global love for that brainless system. Linux always has been the much bette option.
I am watching this video on a Lenevo 430t from 2013 running Ubuntu Mate 20.04 just fine it uses about 2.5 GB of memory and 10-15% of the CPU its a third gen i5 with 8gb ram and an ssd drive btw when it is idling it uses about 800mb of memory so firefox plus RU-vid takes a lot but it is almost as fast at booting up as my newer AMD Ryzen5 desktop pc from 2022 also running Ubuntu mate 20.04 that i use for gaming I've been using Linux for over 24 years now and old gnome 2 was the thing I used for many years and distro-hopped a lot in the beginning from Red Hat to Debian to Ubuntu and many other distros its amassing to still have basically the same DE after that many years even though I like Mint as well these days I can run almost any Linux version in a virtual machine without installing it witch is great and the compatibility is also much better these days even the built in web cam works out of the box I bought this old laptop a couple of years ago in a recycle shop for around $80 US and it came without an os on it It has been my RU-vid watching PC connected to my 40" TV for many years now without any issues
What are you talking about? I'm currently on linux mint on my desktop and my laptop, both with no driver issues, using spotify, youtube, obs and playing my steam library with no problems.
I would argue against that one, but it completely determinate on what you are doing. I myself am doing content creation, gaming and basic document work at home. Sure at work trying to run Solidworks would be a pain so I leave the corporate IT to manage my windows machine for work.
