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I also still use my ThinkPad X220 happily with Archlinux. Contrary to the author I've built in immediately an OEM IPS-Panel and a Bluetooth 4.0 chip from the next generation. I bought it very late in production cycle because I prefer to keep the classic keyboard with the blue enter-button. The only nasty thing is the USB 3.0 Port which immediately went into sleep states, workarounds are either to connect a device at boot-up or use powertop to wake it up. It is even possible to attach HiDPI displays via DisplayPort (always better than HDMI) but you will fallback to 30 Hz and the tiny GPU will have a hard time.

  Pros:  
  * Mobile with A4/Letter form factor 
  * Powerful, with a dock it replaces a desktop computer
  * Standard size keyboard
  * IPS screen is still state-of-the art
  * Replaceable battery
  * Works very well with Linux
  * With a i7 CPU even provides USB 3.0
  Cons:
  * Modern ThinkPads provide a tighter case, especially the palm rest

> the tiny GPU will have a hard time

If you move up to the X230, which your X220 keyboard can bolt right onto, you'll get a Vulkan-capable HD4000 iGPU.

But that touchpad though… you must be a track point pro.

Of course my friend :)

The TouchPad is the area below the palm rest? It requires users to interrupt the workflow. Probably some sort of design element or fidget? Never used.

Never had an issue using the trackpad of my MacBook with my thumb without leaving the keyboard. That of course only works with a great trackpad which click everywhere on the surface which is the case with ForceTouch trackpads

I wish I could learn to use the clit :( Every time I put my finger there things end up all over the place.

I had to force me to use it for a few weeks until it clicked on me. It's a pressure sensitive device, not a joystick. You have to get used to put the right amount of pressure for the speed you want to move the pointer.

Just turn off your trackpad.

I spent my childhood playing real-time strategy games with a ThinkPad TrackPoint. It's great.

Took me half a day to use it. Yes it's a bit sensitive but now I don't want to go back

For me it is a nipple. Anyone else?

Clit is generally considered to be the workplace-appropriate term, as some people have been offended by the “nipple”.

Really? I didn't know 'clit' had any other meaning than as a colloquial abbreviation of clitoris.

I would not use that term at work. I can only assume the parent is joking.

It does not

Which is kind of bizarre as nipple is also associated with breastfeeding while clit well… it only has one function

I'm offended by those people being offended by the word nipple.

4K works even on the X201, though also only at 30 Hz.

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