A few tips: - The T60 is a great candidate for Librebooting, and one of the last thinkpads you can do this with - Use a lightweight Linux distro for these old machines, it'll perform way better and most drivers for older hardware is already built into the kernel

"We're left with two choices." Was expecting you to say Windows 10 and Linux lmao. Still interesting to see how it performs with windows 10 though. I really wanted to get one of these old beasts. What stopped me personally was the battery life. That's one thing that these new age laptops really have over the old ones. And by a huge margin too.

Those T60s have beautiful IPS screens, which Lenovo swapped for inferior screens in subsequent models until popular demand forced Lenovo to bring the IPS screens back to Thinkpads about a decade later. The main problem with the T60 is the 3-gigabyte memory limit, which isn't a problem when using most applications, with web browsers being an exception. The T61 can use more than 3 gigabytes of memory, so many people took the motherboards out of their T61s and stuck them in their T60s, creating what is known as "a Frankenpad." The problem with Frankenpads is many T61s came with a defective Nvidia graphics card that would go dead after a while, making the purchase of any old T61 a gamble. Damn, it was so close. If the T60 hadn't had that 3-gigabyte memory limit, it would have been the perfect old computer. Even 4 gigabytes would be enough. If the T61 had had a reliable GPU (as more than 99% of computers and laptops do), it could have been used to make gamble-free Frankenpads. What a bummer. IBM made a handful of extremely-rare T60 motherboards which can use up to 8 gigabytes of memory (I have one of those, but I haven't put it in a laptop; I keep it as a collector's piece). An old T60 is also cheaper than a Raspberry Pi (a barebones unit can be bought as cheaply as £5, without memory, battery, or SSD), more powerful, and it comes with an integrated keyboard and a large, good-quality screen. Beats the Pi hands down. It can be used as a server for home automation or to host your own website, for example, or as a disposable travel laptop that you wouldn't lose sleep over having it pinched. I love the T60.

Why not use Linux? It seems perfect for such a machine. It is better supported in terms of old hardware and would run better than windows. For basically anything you use (web browsing, writing) it would be just like windows if not better. Great videos BTW!

That computer has EVEN MORE to offer! Windows has a lot of background processes that slowly but surly drain performance and ram, if one takes the time it's possible to disable them and make a very light Windows. A good thing is that Linux users are practically obsessed with Thinkpads, so support is specially well documented, so running Linux on it will make it even faster (and don't get me started on finding and tuning a linux for that machine, oh god!)

Honestly this is very accurate. I do think you do need at least a Core 2 duo (which is basically anything newer than 2007). I have couple old core 2 machines running around and while they don't run windows anymore I do appreciate the fact they can handle basic tasks when I am out and around.

Yep, I'm still rocking a T 61 running windows 7. And everything you said about the T 60 applies with mine. One sad thing though, is my fan seems to have a bearing going and I'm terrified at the prospect of getting it repaired at a shop as I'm not tech savvy enough to do it myself...the cost, and finding an OEM fan or some questionable replacement. Anyway, plan on running mine far into the future. 👍

Yep, I'm still rocking a T 61 running windows 7. And everything you said about the T 60 applies with mine. One sad thing though, is my fan seems to have a bearing going and I'm terrified at the prospect of getting it repaired at a shop as I'm not tech savvy enough to do it myself...the cost, and finding an OEM fan or some questionable replacement. Anyway, plan on running mine far into the future.

I still use my MacBook Pro 2008 early one at that 2.4 core 2.4 duo 4gigs of ram 256 vram and it’s running Catalina

I need to do something with my T60. I have a T61 which I use alot, but it is a 16:9 display, which I don't like much for general use of what I use laptops for. I am still using an old Dell Latitude D610 as my daily carry laptop, which runs XP. I have a T60, which is in great condition, and even the battery works well. I have Windows 7 installed and it works just fine, but I would really like to upgrade the CPU. It currently has a core duo T2400, which sort of sucks.

Nice video! I'm upgrading a T60 and changing the old Intel core 2 duo T2400 for a T7400 64bit processor. Also I was deciding which OS install, I already have a Linux mint wich works great but I need to install a Windows system and I would really like to install a Windows 8 or 10 but there was the problem of the drivers.... Where did you find the drivers for those Windows OS? Can you give me an advice on wich system runs better? Thanks and greetings from Argentina!

Very nice video man! I enjoyed watching the whole thing till the very end! You've earned a new sub, more videos to come!!!

I will say that having vp9 dedicated decoding hardware has been a godsend on my wyse 5470. Little to no cpu usage at 1440p or 4K KZfaq on a n1400. Truly remarkable. Upgraded from a t430. As I wanted better battery life. Used to get 3 hours on the t430. And over 9 on the wyse 5470. It’s not for everyone. But they were a steal on eBay a while back

that slide out screen is pretty dope one thing that could be improved is the HDD for sure, that makes it slow as hell on boot particularly

To be honest, I have pretty good experience with replacement batteries. Sure, they only have like 70-80% of the capacity compared to a factory original, since they don't have the same type of battery cells. However for the price (usually 1/3 of the OEM) you get a decent battery which will serve you for years. It might die sooner so in 5-6 years not in 10+ but for an old laptop I think it's quite good. In my region (EU) there is a quite good brand called GreenCell. I already bought replacement batteries for a T400 and T420 Thinkpads. Their capacity and price/performance are good. I can have a new well performing battery for my 13 year old laptop (T400) for a decent price. I think there is no point to by a 10+ year old original battery in bad condition which can hardly run the laptop for less than an hour, when for around the same price you can get a replacement, which run it for ~3 hours. Sure it's not 5 hours as it would be with a new OEM, but also did not cost a fortune.

Watching this right now on a T60 with a 256G SSD, running latest Debian with CDE and an XP dual boot. Still a great machine for many things, and a fantastic bridge machine with it's ability to run pretty much any 32 bit OS.

I recently finished my T60 upgrades by replacing the original Core Duo processor (T2500 @ 2GHz, 32-bit, 2MB of L2) with a Core 2 Duo (T7600 @ 2.33MHz, 64-bit, 4MB of L2). Although I still haven't changed the operating system to 64-bit version, the most visible gain is in the videos on yt, which were limited to 360p and now run at 720p30 (don't even think about 50 or 60 fps). The main difference in my experience is that I use Linux (Mint XFCE) instead of Windows on my machines. The main limitation is the low memory limit (only 3GB), which is more evident with the use of the 64-bit system (everything consumes more memory), which can bothers a little with my main use, which is the development of embedded systems with IDEs based on Eclipse, Netbeans and Electron. My other machines are a 13 year old Core 2 Duo (T9500 @ 2.6GHz, 6MB L2, 8GB RAM) and a 11 years old i7 2nd generation (2860QM @ 2.5GHz, 8MB L2, 16GB RAM).

I have Win10 Pro running on the R60 (128GB SSD+4gb Ram+T7400 CPU). I installed the ATI legacy drivers for the Radeon X1400 GPU and I can use an external monitor at full 1920x1080 resolution.

Bro I feel your point. I used a t42 as main laptop from 2014 to 2016 and it served me well. Then it became a secondary machine to run additional stuff while on the go I had an x301 (amazing machine but the keyboard was worse than a normal thinkpad). In 2018 I upgraded to a t410s and to this day is my personal laptop. The way I use it makes it faster tha I way newer machines that run bloated software.

my work tried throwing away a few of these, along with a few t61's t420's and t430s and i saved like 20 of them :3

Just bought a W520 with a 2960xm and 32gb of ram, man, its such a BEAST, and got it at only $299. It even outperforms my t490 that I paid $800 for back in 2020. I'd say its probably one of the best modern thinkpads to date, and you can even find slice batteries for them on ebay to give it more juice.

Lol, I'm watching this on my daily driver T60. I have no idea how long I've had it, but I use it more than 8 hours a day, every day, and it has never let me down once. Like 5 years ago I did change the harddrive for a SSD, and switched to Zorin 15.3 for the operating system. Not even kidding, I think it will outlive me. But my grand kids will love it, so no problem.

the 2000s anima aesthetics. makes me feel really nostalgic since it was the time I got my first computer with an internet connection. subscrizzled.

You've lost your bed frame. Did it run away?

Any chance you sauce the wallpaper sources from your thinkpad wallpapers? They're all heat..

how did you get the windows taskbar to only show the time?

Damn dude!!! You are the man!!! I love your video BRO!

I gave this a like mainly because you said you love windows 8 and I'm always happy to see another fan of it

You can probably transplant to the latest internals and it can run Windows 11 right?

Commenting this at the beginning of the video - I've had a T60 for a little while now, the model with the 1400x1050 IPS and the X1400 GPU, fantastic little machine, I use XP on it.

does it work obs? I want to use it as a second pc for streaming

still cant belive this guy made a video about a 16+ yo thinkpad and did not install linux, lol

2 options for operating system? what about linux tho

I have one of these somewhere, maybe I should try to revive it 🤔 Found it! But it’s actually an R60, so Centrino and no Core2Duo, sadly 😅

I have restored my R61 ThinkPad and installed Linux Mint on it. Runs like a charm. 17 years old. Upgraded 2 GB Ram to 4 GB. Changed the crashed HDD. But haven't installed SSD. Still runs fast for coding, music and browsing.

Did you know there's a crowd funded project that consists of a custom motherboard equipped with a 10th (or 11th?) Gen Intel i7? I'm so tempted to get one but it's expensive! In the meantime, I'm just gonna build a frankenpad and attempt to use it as a daily. It'll probably be a similar experience to yours though. Good video!

would love to see a mainboard upgrade to xy tech t700

Wow what a great video, you just got a subscriber!

I find it interesting you are an 8 connoisseur. I had 10 running on a single core pentium a couple years ago but it was a light weight variant you have to google to find. I have a t420 and a t43 planning on getting one of these to do the linux setup on.

watching on my thinkpad t60 (15.4 inch) w/ 3GB RAM and 240 GB SSD running on LUBUNTU 20.04 it runs very very smoothly. Thank you for this Bro. keep it up.

Still have some (with the IPS high-res screens) still use them, Great keyboard, very affordable and no one's going to steal them ;) Got a couple of Frankenpads :)

I have this same machine but with Celeron chip, 3Gigs of ram and 120G SSD. I use it as a time machine, I installed Win XP with no internet connection, and filled it with old shows like Cowboy Bebop and Serial Experiments lain

I loved my x60 and my t6o and i have z61t I love that machine

I still use an X230, great machine with a lot of mods and upgrades.

I still use a T60 as my main computer, when home docked with an external Nvidia 1030 gpu, and when on the go I have an ultrabay battery and two 9 cell main batteries still in great shape. But as far as I know you can't find batteries in good shape any more, I bought mine about 5 years ago, and take really good care of them (when not in use I keep them at 40% charge in the fridge). I also have Windows 8.1, best Windows version ever, I have no idea what people keep crying about it (usually most of them are not even aware that win 8 and 8.1 are two different versions). Also I am certain you have a T60 with either 1400 x 1050 or 1600 x 1200 IPS screen. Those panels are amazing, but if you come across one with the standard TN panel, your eyes will bleed out looking at that piece of garbage. Thinkpads that had the standard TN panels installed were notorious for having pretty much the worst quality screens available on the market.

nice channel broski subbed

I always love seeing old stuff that people throw out turn into something useful as I always hate seeing computers that are still useful go to junk, either the components get saved or it just stays in that junk filling waste and polluting the world.

I have an X201 as my main laptop, I love it.

Bro help i have same laptop but no one is ready to repair my laptop it's showing only z icon help

I have the same model Thinkpad T60. I just installed yesterday a new install of Windows 10 Pro 64bit in WD HDD with 5400 rpm. Speed is normal. I know I can get faster speed with SSD but it's the only harddrive i have on hand. I never had problem with audio and video drivers. These 2 drivers just installed by the OS automatically. I can watch 720p KZfaq video smoothly. The only problem is 1080p video not playing well. Last year I tried SSD with Windows 10 with this machine, very fast speed.

for me I would replace the hdd with an ssd for photo editing and go for at least 512GB of storage but all the rest is okay tbh, I still own my old computer from 2008 and with an ssd its extremely fast in web browsing and in editing documents (its an acer aspire 8930g) screen is awesome too and it has some discrete graphics (9700m gt) the core 2 duo also p8400 also handles some retro gaming just fine so yes you CAN survive with older hardware and maybe linux

I used an R61i for the better part of a year, it would run windows 10 fine but I have been running ubuntu on it for the better part of a few years

what is the soundtrack one at 1:40 ?

Great video. Posting from my main laptop, a ThinkPad X200 :)

I think if you add an extra gig of ram, it would be a lot more smoother. Love the video!

Perfectly OK for everyday use. I'm running a Dell Inspiron 1545 every day, although with Linux rather than Windows. Windows 10 does run fine on a Core 2 Duo as long as you have enough RAM, though. I don't run higher than 900p on any 15.4" display. Anything above that is pointless unless you have a larger screen.

I use my computers for years. As long as it runs well and does what you need.

4:53 I take it 'Hanoka' isn't you real name? lol. Couldn't help but notice that.

xp driver are still support on windows 10...does u ever heard about backward compatibility?! even some xp driver still can be install with windows 11!! like my thinkpad x61 graphic driver

Sadly as I seen you can't upgrade to Windows 11(24H2+) because it won't start because Windows 11 now supports only SSE4.2+:(

For whatever reason, I love projects like that. I used a C2D T5470 (so, even less powerful 1,6GHz CPU from that era) laptop with 2GB of RAM for more than a year during our human malware crisis. With Lubuntu (couldn't find any better distro for 32bit CPU), I had no issues browsing the web, 720p youtube was okayish, there was no issues with connecting 1080p monitor, and PSX and SNES emulators ran flawlessly. Honestly, the experience was comparable or better than e.g. with a Raspberry Pi 4. And I had no SSD in it, but it pretty much only affected startup times. And, sure, it was noisy under load, but not annoying. My current, modern laptop is buzzing all the time, and it kills me XD Honestly, if I wouldn't need plenty of computing power for work (thats why I now own 5800H/RTX3060 model), I'd be perfectly happy with something like i5-2520M or 1st gen i7 in a laptop, just pair it with more than 4GB of RAM.

Aftermarket batteries are sometimes good, they're definitely not all bad! But really good video more people need to see this! Windows 11 is better than Windoes 10 for Core 2 Duos. I can watch 720P60 videos since I updated on my Core 2 Duo T9300! Noticeable improvement! In your case with a T7400 720P should play fine... except for videos filmed in 50 or 60 FPS! Use Chrome and h264ify extension for best performance!

Bro that thing goes more fast than mi laptop whith a celeron, I want to buy in the future a thinkpad t420

My 12 years old Thinkpad W520 with Windows 7 works just fine, for Solidworks, AutoCAD, etc. Even though I am using a Dell Precision 5770, the keyboard is not at the same level.

my main laptop is a dell latitude E6510 i7 820QM 1st gen and 16gb ram and 512gb ssd and 2tb hdd from 2009-2010 :)

As you seem to have a healthy skepticism when it comes to so-called "computer advances," I thought that you might be a good person to ask about this. We presently have a need to run two separate 32-bit utilities, one was written for Win XP and the other for Win 7. Due to space limitations, we will also have a need for a laptop to run said utilities. Do you happen to have any thoughts about a good ThinkPad that might be able to handle this situation? By the way, I commend you on replacing your spinner with an SSD. That truly was a "advancement" in computer hardware. In fact, I really don't ever want to go back to HDDs (except for external archive storage), so that would also be a nice "want" in the ThinkPad I asked you about. I've both liked and subscribed now, so please keep up the informative video work!

Impressive jump in quality man

great Shin Sakura Wars wallpaper, my dude

That machine is way better than many today modernized celeron or AMD E1 1200 machines used to fool the new users by adding shiny screens.

Bro song background title?

Only 1 hour of charge, damn, I have a good handful of t61 type batteries with like 6 hours of battery life

nice i use have t40 now i have t410 i bought used about 7 months ago

I have one of these and Windows 10 is torture on it, any linux distribution is by far a superior experience on it

song name please

I run windows 10 on 2 laptops with core2duos. They run great.

i tried windows 11 on amd turion 64 x2 laptop with 4 gb ram and even with a ssd and 4 gb ram will run slow

What song that at 4:10 ?

Windows 8? Are you insane?

I use a machine running i7-2600k, 8GB RAM and GTX 660 Ti as my daily driver, it can game even!

I gonna install windows 10 on a 1990 PC coming up in 2027

put a ssd in it u will be amazed how fast that old t60 will be i have a t61 withe the high res screen that a got at a thrift store for 20$ it didnt have a charger or a hard drive so i chucked a ssd in it and it works great except i accidently killed the lcd cable because i accidently stabbed a pair or twezeers but imma fix that very soon

Not gonna talk about ThinkPad laptops but about old hardware serving its purpose in modern times: two years ago I donated one of my nephews my old 14in Asus x45u so he could get something to mildly multy task during his online middle school classes. Such machine has an AMD vision E2-1800 cpu, with an upgraded crucial mx ssd, topped out 8gb of ram and windows 10. It is not a powerhouse by any means - and it wasn't when new back in 2013-, but definitely serves him better than the 9in tablet the government gave him. Windows 10 and chrome work fine even with such an old an slow processor. Going ssd really infused new life on that trusty machine and will likely last him until 12th grade for sure.

man thats cool notebook respect

0:51 *How?* I have a T400 at home, can I replace the CPU for something like that ? EDIT: nvm it's a W710

The T60 is great don't get me wrong but I think for serious work it does fall short with low ram and slower drives. For me the bare minimum for modern use is a fully decced out T61. With middletons bios mod. Truth of the matter is while these laptops are great some hardware is getting a bit too old to comfortably use and unfortunately I would consider the T60 outdated. The best classic thinkpad to me is a t420 or a t430. Absolute peak of these machines along with the X and W series counterparts. Perfect mix of classic design and features and modern connectivity and perks. Plus these processors get much cooler with the ivy bridge models.

Why not Linux?

Perfect linux based retrro gaming station hooked up to external crt

I have an original t60 and it does not have an i7 processor. It has an Intel Centrino

I have right now this

Why not Linux???

Psivewri is your teacher?

Una super cachangaaa

W700ds!!!!!😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 I am f***ing jelly right now. Great vid btw!

I love the idea of taking a old pc (which seems dead nowadays) and turn it into something actually usable and decently good. Even with 3GB Ram and a CPU with meh stats the ssd helps a lot of these pcs ngl. sad you couldn´t find the drivers of the graphics card. oh well.

I do everything on my gaming rig, but for my mobile needs, like typing a text document, looking and reading stuff online, i still have my thinkpad x31, it's a pentium m machine running windows 7 ultimate! "But windows 7 is out of date man you are going to get virusses and sh1t" . . . I know that windows 7 is out of date, but with a lightweight antivirus, you should be ok, and no, i don't go on dodgy websites like "click here to download this program for free!!", i have all the software i need, my thinkpad suits my needs well and why should i upgrade? Because microsoft wants me to? I am looking for a lightweight linux distro, but i didn't find any yet that made me go WOW, i need that! I will keep my thinkpad x31, i don't need anything newer, i have a lenovo g580, but this thing is SO bulky, my x31 only weighs 1.6 kilo, which is very light! My X31 will continue to serve me well! I revived a not working battery with new cells and the battery works fine now! If it works for you, you don't need to upgrade, no mather what people say!

Bro has programming socks guaranteed.

A+ for being a man of culture alone, take my saki and rice 🍚 mate 😂

Gotta love the dedicated waifu screen

Or, just go with Linux, BSD, Haiku, MorphOS, really theres hundreds of options. I have Lubuntu 16.04 running just fine on an old IBM Thinkpad x41

I was surprised how good is windows 10 on this old geezer.The laptop is good enough.I highly recommend this over an athlon or celeron.