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Re: Lenovo T450

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Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
> About a week ago or more I popped my Lenovo 14" laptop out of my back
> pack to update the OS. When I turned it on I saw a line of white pixels
> stuck on. This is a TN display of 1600x900. I hated the display
> something awful and thought about trying my hand and replacing the
> display. I've never done so on a laptop. 
> 
> So I found a company that sells compatible panels. I bought a 1920x1080
> IPS panel to replace my TN panel of 1600x900. My friends warned me this
> might be a problem, but I said, I don't think so because the laptop
> offers these other resolutions already. 
> 
> So I order the panel, it arrives, 5 minutes to get the old panel out and
> about ten minutes to clear the sticky tape and do a reasonable job and
> replacing the tape to reapply the existing bezel. 
> 
> What I got was a row of red dots, almost in the same location as the
> white dots on the prior panel. What are the odds I asked myself? I
> checked BIOS, I swapped the memory, I altered how much ram was dedicated
> to the shared graphics memory just in case. Nope, nothing. Same old
> problem. In the interest of time I ordered another panel while starting
> a trouble ticket on the first panel. 
> 
> Second panel arrived today. Pealed away the bezel, removed the prior
> panel and installed the new IPS matte 1920 x 1080 panel. 
> 
> perfect. 
> 
> So my favorite little laptop now has a shiny new IPS 1920 x 1080 panel.
> No more viewing angel issues. 
> 
> So I visit the Lenovo web site to see what's new. And I end up ordering
> the T460p. This time I am getting a Quad core i5, basically the same
> dimensions. Just more power. And I ordered it with a 1920 x 1080 panel
> and a cellular modem board same as my 450. That will be my new Manjaro
> laptop. And I think what I will do with the T450 is put Windows back on
> it and then install the Adobe suite on that. Then I will not have to use
> that Dell 15" XPS with the with super shallow keyboard I hate so much. 
> 
> I priced out a Dell Latitude 13" with cellular option and it was about
> twice the price of the Lenovo T460p. And I get the keyboard I really
> like. And this time, I ordered 3 years of service on site. 
> 
> The replacement panels by the way are cheap. I am tempted to buy a
> replacement IPS panel for Dell M4800 now that I know how easy it is to
> change these out. Changing the keyboard on a PowerPC Mac laptop was much
> more difficult than replacing the screen on the Lenovo. 
> 
> This is what I like about Lenovo. Fixing this thing is easy. On my Dell
> m4800 I screwed up originally and didn't get exactly what I had wanted.
> I didn't get backlit keys and the DVD was a tray drive and DVD-R only.
> It was easy to replace the keyboard with a backlit one and replace the
> DVD-R with a DVD-RW that was slot loading. I replaced the WiFi with a
> better intel model as well. 
> 

My lenovo w520 now has a logitech wireless keyboard sitting on top
because a column of keys died about a year ago.  This week teh DVD
drive stopped working, so I guess I'll have to hang a usb dvd off
the side now.  As long as it's still breathing I'm content.

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Lenovo T450 Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-12-05 21:20 -0600
  Re: Lenovo T450 deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-12-06 03:44 +0000
    Re: Lenovo T450 Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-12-05 22:13 -0600
      Re: Lenovo T450 deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-12-06 05:12 +0000

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