Today's new toy

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 07/11/2018 at 20:13 • Filed to: None

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N othing fancy, just an older but fairly clean ThinkPad L420 with an i5, won on eBay for $27. The LCD was damaged, but I found a suitable replacement in my piles of junk. I also scrounged 8GB of RAM and a 120GB SSD replacing the 4GB and 160GB hard drive. It didn’t come with a power supply, but I had one laying around. I also discovered that the mini dock I found at the Goodwill Outlet (where else?) was compatible with this machine once I figured out how to slide one part out of the way.

Windows install is progressing, and then I can give it a little workout. I know it’s not a killer performance machine, but it’s a ThinkPad and that means it’ll soldier on for years. Perhaps it’ll make a nice upgrade for my dad; I think he’s still using the same old computer he bought 7-8 years ago.

For Sweden > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/11/2018 at 20:28

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Just FYI your address is showing

GLiddy > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/11/2018 at 20:30

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You did really good.  I’m using a T420 right this minute.  I paid quite a bit more from a refurbisher (about $200) but also put in an SSD and more memory and really love it.  The main reason this is such an awesome computer is that it has a real keyboard.  I cannot stand chiklet keyboards and that is the only kind of keyboard that is made anymore.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/11/2018 at 20:32

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This reminds me, I need to get around to finding a Windows 7 ISO so I can reinstall it on my old Laptop.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > For Sweden 07/11/2018 at 20:43

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Are you sure it’s mine?

For Sweden > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/11/2018 at 20:44

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I’ll find out when I get there

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > GLiddy 07/11/2018 at 20:55

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Agreed - the keyboards on ThinkPads are amongst the best, both in feel and in design. R emember the old butterfly keyboard on the 701C ? Engineering genius right there. I loved that little mac hine, but gave it to a friend that needed a notebook. Too bad he lost his temper and punched it out. Better that than his wife...

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/11/2018 at 21:05

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No biometric  reader = no buy

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/11/2018 at 21:18

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Even for $27? Yeah there’s a number of features I wish this thing had, but c’mon, $27...

punkgoose17 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/11/2018 at 21:28

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That is a nice tidy little machine.

facw > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 07/11/2018 at 23:05

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As long as you have your key, MS has you covered: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7?

Last I checked, even though the free upgrade program has officially ended Windows 10 installers (which you can also get from MS) still accept Windows 7/8 keys for new installs as well.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > facw 07/12/2018 at 06:53

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I do have my key however it's an Asus OEM key so it just tells me to go to Asus when I try to use it on Microsoft's site.