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No.9056
im so fucking mad i didnt buy an x60 before covid hit
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No.9059
>>9055the market speaks
if people wanna pay a premium for more privacy compatible hardware, then so be it
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No.9060
>>9059found the guy trying to sell thinkpads to OP for $500
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No.9061
>>9056>x60Great form factor but it is severely underpowered
>>9059You implicitly acknowledge that markets do not operate according to human need.
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No.9068
I mean, it is kinda worth it considering that every processor made after 2008 has a backdoor built into it.
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No.9069
>>90682006 for intel actually
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No.9070
>>90682012 for AMD actually.
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No.9084
>>9068There's lots of cheap hardware from that vintage that's not a thinkpad. I don't get the x60 hype. The only reason you might want a thinkpad is if the OS is hardware specific, like >>/tech/res/8691.html
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No.9221
>>9099You will pay 400$ + tax +tip for a 15 year old laptop with a broken screen and no keyboard and you WILL like it.
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No.9222
out of the loop here, what do youtubers have to do with hardware prices?
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No.9469
>>9222Telling people to rush out and buy old Thinkpads, so the second hand market for Thinkpads has soared.
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No.9470
>>9469I mean it is the only system compatible with libreboot outside of a small margin of other choices.
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No.9513
>>9446looks like buying old thinkpads, flashing libreboot and installing linux-libre might be a decent way to make money
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No.9539
>>9513So how the fuck do you flash the bios then? I hear ypu have to connect hardware by pin to do it.
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No.9548
>>9539I work with electronics fam. but it's also not necessary for all machines, only if you brick the BIOS or the CPU is somehow prevented from writing to it. libreboot.org has the deets on this
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No.9557
>>9548Well I just mention it because you raise an interesting point that you can only trust YOURSELF to do shit like this with your machines no one else.
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No.9564
Are you that same retroomer who is always sperging out on /g/
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No.9695
>>9513Isn't it super easy to flash them again after they have been flashed once with libreboot?
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No.9807
>>9695this depends on the machine. again, check libreboot.org
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No.9879
Thinkpads are so popular now I'm actually scared of buying one now. With my shitty luck I'd get one that's been tampered with.