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  • Agree, but I think the X230 is slightly better as it runs cooler, has a better iGPU, has USB 3 and you can classic keyboard swap anyways :)

    I snagged one in decent condition for £60 recently and plan to mod it up when I can, namely:

    • Quad core/i7-3612QE mod
    • 16G RAM DDR3L/2133Mhz
    • AVC Fan (quieter/cooler)
    • X220 Keyboard mod with X220 Palmrest
    • 720p IPS Screen (can do 1080p but that requires soldering)
    • Libreboot/me_cleaner (already ivyra1ned it).
    • A new 9 cell battery from Greencell.
    • Intel AC/AX wifi
    • A nice 1TB ssd!

  • I had a libre-booted X220 through college, and absolutely loved it. BUT it eventually couldn't keep up with my desire to be able to use Blender, Code::Blocks, and other more demanding software. Still miss that laptop.

    • My nostalgic laptop is the X200/X201. I owned a couple of them and from the pile of parts put together my dream machine with AFFS panel and deleted palmrest i7 with maxed RAM and Thai keyboard. Running OpenBSD.

      I owned it and it was my sidekick for years. Took it to four different countries. At some point, I don't know why but I sold that thing for like $75, 7 years ago.

      I have another one now, same AFFS panel mod and all, but it was built by someone else so it's not the same.

    • Similar situation here. I held on to mine until it couldn't run Godot 4 then finally moved up to a newer Thinkpad. I still miss that keyboard...