one thing everyone is overlooking is that he played it with a trackpoint. what a legend
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Haha. Thanks for noticing my efforts. 😁
@MF175mp3 жыл бұрын
It's actually good for playing in many cases
@Chaoticmass2 жыл бұрын
the trackpoint is great for gaming, it's basically a tiny joystick. way better than trackpad
@kickpublishing4 жыл бұрын
These definitely have a second life for people who intend to write a book or paper and want an awesome keyboard and zero distractions from the web and apps. Who can name me one single feature added to apps like word processors, spreadsheets or even basic design apps in the last 20 years that anybody gives a shit about? So why are they now literally 500x larger in storage and require 100 times more hardware resources to do the same shit. This makes for a great distraction free retro work machine.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Interesting way to think about it. I'm sure many will be looking for exactly that.
@MF175mp3 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective there are many features that are great but no one knows them 😁 speaking mainly about Excel.
@brassNvinyl2 жыл бұрын
This is actually a great point! I agree completely.
@gutter_onion78555 жыл бұрын
I just ordered a x220t, and now I'm watching all thinkpad videos on KZfaq in anticipation of it arriving. Great video as always. I miss the original IBM "RGB" logo on the lids of these beasts.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff. I hope you enjoy your tablet when it gets there!
@ugh.idontwanna5 жыл бұрын
It's a nice vintage you've got there. IBM released drivers for Win XP, 2000, Me and 98, as well as OS/2 and as long with that ATI chip, it's able to run a lot of software from quite a period of time.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Quite true. If it were mine I'd probably throw Debian Linux or some other variety on it. Just to get some modern use out of it. Or leave it as is and use it for older games with compatibility issues.
@MF175mp3 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective it's not good for anything other than retro programs, even youtube videos don't play any higher than 240 or 360p because the Radeon doesn't understand any of the codecs that YT has
@MF175mp3 жыл бұрын
I have a T43 upgraded with the mighty M780 processor and maximum RAM and win7. It's slow AF, I don't know if it's actually that bad performance or if I need an SSD for windows 7 to be faster. Anyway I might downgrade to XP Pro and downgrade my T21 to win98SE, their respective original OSes.
@DanijelTurina9735 жыл бұрын
I'm quite nostalgic about this one, had it for years running Ubuntu Jaunty and used it for literally everything.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Yeah I've read it runs older versions of Ubuntu with no issues.
@DanijelTurina9735 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective I tested something on a T43 recently, but I'm not sure which version; I *think* it ran Precise 32-bit, maybe even Trusty. I actually ran Win10 on it but it was so slow I don't recommend that to anyone. My T41 died from overheating and I gave up on T43 when the battery died and it was too slow for modern websites.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
@@DanijelTurina973 yeah these machines are awesome but when we go back this far, they start to show their age.
@hawkeye4545 жыл бұрын
😍 This Thinkpad is so aesthetically pleasing. GREAT VIDEO!
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
It's pretty awesome. I wished it worked better with modern stuff but that just makes me look forward to the T60.
@hawkeye4545 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective that's why I love my T60...has that old school look and feel but is running Windows 10 and is totally usable for light tasks.
@ProperlyPsychotic5 жыл бұрын
I love the older thinkpads!!! I have a T420 which is from 2011 so its not as old as this model but it's quite nice.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Yeah the T420 is still very usable.
@wilou622 жыл бұрын
Hello, Nice machine and nice review ! :) Those T4x are wonderful machines. But not without flaws. The problems with the wielding of the graphics cards are very annoying over the years. And on the aftermarket, you don't how the machines were treated, so it's a lottery when buying one. :( I bought a T42 almost when it was announced. Always going strong (even if I had to change the screen twice - blacklight failure). I also have a T41p with an SXGA+ screen. I put an SSD in it, absolutely wonderful (and also running fine). And I received yesterday a T43 (the collection is now forty machines, yay ! :) ). I was expecting an SXGA+ unit, but the seller did a mistake and I received a XGA model. I think I will live with it, as the rest of the laptop is litteraly like new (and I still could install the T41p screen on it if I want). I hope to have a quick reply from the seller to find an arrangement. The T43 has a Radeon X300 and is a late model, manufactured in september of 2005. I think this machine will not risk much with the GPU failure (it was more on earlier models). But not a reason to use it like a savage. I will be as gentle as I am with my other laptops. I promise ! As you said, a nice machine if you love vintage, but it can be used for modern tasks as a server. I still use my T41p and my T42 daily to listen to music, one of my X31 has a 7 years uptime as a proxy server and I have also an X61t which serves as a Dokuwiki server (with an uptime of ca. 3 years). It would be a waste to let those machines unused just because they are too old. Oh, you forgot to mention the infrared sensor on the left front of the laptop. ;) Can be very useful too to transfer little files. :) Thanks for the video ! :) W.
@LaptopRetrospective2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the post and sharing your experience. That's quite a nice collection it sounds like you have! Yes, I did miss pointing out the IR module.
@shenanigan873 жыл бұрын
Hah, very nice machine and thanks for showing it! I can perfectly understand not wanting to remove any rubber feet from such a pristine unit. And I did actually play through most of Half-Life using only the TrackPoint on my father's T30...
@LaptopRetrospective3 жыл бұрын
Haha, that's awesome!
@joeyscleaninglady28775 жыл бұрын
I loved my X41 Tablet other than the PATA drive... The T41 was the business though back in the mid 2000s. Would love to see someone do a teardown of the old school Made in USA thinkpads vs the ones made in mexico/china/internationally etc
@Chronick0fee2 жыл бұрын
Song choice was immaculate
@briani78587 ай бұрын
i have one of these. i installed a pentium 745 and linux mint LMDE. its barely functional on modern internet but it does work. as a result i keep it around and use it from time to time.
@LaptopRetrospective7 ай бұрын
Yeah, probably a stretch to use it in a modern context.
@ted-b3 жыл бұрын
Very similar to my R50e, which I bought new in about 2005. It was the cheapest Thinkpad you could buy. It had a 1.4 Celeron M and 256mb ram. The XP experience was underwhelming! I upgraded it, over time, with a Pentium M 1.8 and 2 gigs of ram. I now have a 120gb m-sata in there in a ide drive caddy thing. Mine has the Intel Extreme 2 graphics chip. I recently got a NOS keyboard for peanuts off the 'bay. I still love it dearly and the battery even holds a charge. With the MyPal browser you can still have a surf. :)
@LaptopRetrospective3 жыл бұрын
Haha, that's awesome!
@voca-chan79534 жыл бұрын
I love my Thinkpad, I use it everyday
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@TechDave5 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the bile in ur voice when ur said "fun experience" hahahah
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
No acting here. You get the real deal.
@masterpeak40535 жыл бұрын
T43 in 2019 anyone ? I use a T43 with intel graphics as my mobile daily driver, it has Debian 9 installed, I use it for web browsing, schematics viewing, writing documents, light virtual machines and Linux gaming ! I think this computer is still capable of doing useful things today, if you set it up right you can watch videos in youtube at 1080p in Linux. Although mine has a weird problem, it seems like the GMCH has solder joint problems because when I try to turn it on I have to bend the laptop for it to start running, so I leave it on all the time. I dont know if I am unlucky because I read that the intel board is not prone to that kind of failure, I would like to know if someone has experienced this too. This was a really long comment haha, I rarely comment on youtube videos but today I felt like it xD. Good video and keep doing fine, thanks for your content, I would like to see you trying to do some real stuff with this T41 ;]
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Thabks for taking the time to comment and I'm glad you are getting use out of your T43. Any suggestions for this T41? I hope to hear from you more in the future!
@masterpeak40535 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective @@LaptopRetrospective Well the first thing to do is to upgrade to 2 GB of ram (That's a must), you could try an IDE to mSATA adapter and put in an SSD as someone in the comments suggested, and you could also upgrade the CPU but that wont help much really, though I believe you can try overclocking it www.notebookreview.com/news/pin-modding-and-overclocking-a-pentium-m-guide/ It would be really interesting to watch a video about overclocking the T41 (Beware because you might destroy the motherboard and CPU haha) and maybe run Linux in it, Puppy Linux is a good choice as well as Debian with LXDE or Lubuntu maybe.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
@@masterpeak4053 Good suggestions. If it was mine I'd try it but I don't want to risk it with someone else's kit. Great info for others though!
@masterpeak40535 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective haha no problem !
@PolakeXD5 жыл бұрын
I use it with Void Linux. It's very impressive, how good this laptop still is. My T43 was previously owned by my dad, then it was given to me and I installed Ubuntu on it which was the beginning of my Linux journey 😂 The only thing that I upgraded, was the HDD and WiFi card. I also tried to hack the hardware so that I could connect my Nvidia GT 420 OEM GPU to this laptop but I failed to get the logic board schematics and I didn't want to experiment around with testing the PCB traces or do some experimental clusterf*ck that could damage this beautiful workhorse
@MF175mp3 жыл бұрын
I installed XP Pro a month ago and the Windows Update was back online. Only installed the Wi-Fi driver manually so far, it came with the USB Wi-Fi adapter I bought and worked great. Nothing like Windows 98 and older where even PC cards and USB don't work without installing a bunch of drivers.
@LaptopRetrospective3 жыл бұрын
Careful taking it online. Not a lot of protection for that OS left.
@MF175mp3 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective I used my phone to share the Wi-Fi, no sweat I don't think it can infect my phone and it doesn't matter much if the ThinkPad would get some viruses. Also I don't use it for any casual browsing as it's slow AF. Only download some files from trusted sources occasionally.
@PolakeXD5 жыл бұрын
I still use this ThinkPad and the battery is still very good. It's running Void Linux (based on Arch Linux)
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you've managed to keep it running and thanks for your distro info.
@hellbenthorse5 жыл бұрын
Nice one! I have a T42 with a Pentium M 765 2.1ghz cpu and 2gtb ram. It currently has a PATA ssd and runs Gentoo linux. Great fun little machines!
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Very nice indeed. I bet the SSD helps a lot.
@hellbenthorse5 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective Indeed it does! It is night and day on these older machines :)
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
@@hellbenthorse Working on one a machine with Windows 7 and a mechanical drive keeps that perspective fresh.
@FMeng4 жыл бұрын
My mom had one, I used to play red alert 2 on it, with that little red dot 🔴
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Excellent choice.
@daviditten28614 жыл бұрын
If remember correctly, the port on the left side is an s-video port (not ps2) which was used to connect a tv screen.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's correct. My error.
@TechDave5 жыл бұрын
One last thing: Google "snappy driver installer" it's about 15gb but its a godsend for installing drivers automatically on XP machines..... I almost feel Abit bad telling you... Also: ide to msata adaptor wud be a godsend also in this device Also: props for having halflife on disk!!
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like I should have talked to you sooner. But in this case, I didn't have the drive space, we are talking 6GB in the drive that worked.
@TechDave5 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective ahh fair, it only installs the drivers from the 15gb collection of drivers, good to know for the future tho I guess! I usually put the program/driver pack on a USB and install direct from there. Came across the software on a channel called Phil's computer lab a year or so ago
@catfree4 жыл бұрын
You should take a look at the IBM T60
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Hope to one of these days.
@catfree4 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective ikr, I've been trying to find a brand new one for months.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
@@catfree Best of luck on your quest!
@catfree4 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective UwU you too !
@tedarmavan5 жыл бұрын
This model, when I googling, has very rare reviews with hi-res image on every site, same thing on T42
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
It was well liked.
@groki95724 жыл бұрын
I have one here with me, it runs a PuppyLinux Beaver. It works quite well, navigates easily through the web --the only caveat is that you gotta stream videos with a dedicated program-- and won't crash or freeze at all. I'm using only 1GB RAM. Yeah, no joke. Amazing machine to run with Linux.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Never heard of that distro. :-D
@groki95724 жыл бұрын
It's a somewhat famous distro, Puppy Linux has been for many years synonymous with the Linux distro to go if your equipment is really old and you don't want to mess with difficult customizations. It works out of the box and has this interesting approach to data storaging, it runs the system totally on RAM and saves every change and costomization in a storage file along with your documents and whatnot. It has been losing popularity with the appearance of other distros focused on old machines like Bodhi, AntiX or Linux Lite. Btw, I tested with success in my T41 AntiX and Linux Lite, besides Puppy. Never tested Bodhi tho, but I'm almost sure it would run like a charm also.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Good to know..I wonder how old it will go?
@groki95724 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective Here in KZfaq you can check a guy running Puppy in a PIII machine without a HDD. It's said that it can run in processors as powerful as 600Hz.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@oinkey5 жыл бұрын
That XP install had to be painful! Good that it's not a Prescott Mobile Pentium 4 :P
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
It wasn't the most fun I've had with a ThinkPad.
@oinkey5 жыл бұрын
Yesterday, I installed XP on my 2004 ASUS laptop (typing it from now) and it's quite a capable machine nowadays.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
@@oinkey Find a good web browser?
@oinkey5 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective Old Google Chrome works fine. KZfaq playback at 360p on a 3.2ghz Mobile Pentium 4 was nice enough for me.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
@@oinkey Glad to hear it.
@ZakWilson5 жыл бұрын
I wish I could get a screen that tall on a modern laptop.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
I know right? The Surface line is the closest with 3:2.
@Ashton_7833 жыл бұрын
Same the display could be a literally blurry but overall good
@rcfriscoflyer5 жыл бұрын
This model just a bit antiquated for me I have t60 that is a good machine useable, fast, and clean for the stuff I do, I may put an antique Apple label on it just to see people’s reaction
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I want to try a T60 sometime.
@loulou63542 жыл бұрын
There's no need for an outdated and now kinda useless OS such as Windows XP. There are lots of good lightweight 32 bits linux options outthere that are not outdated softwarewise and allow you to use these machines as legit daily drivers
@LaptopRetrospective2 жыл бұрын
I hope to experiment more one day with a modern Linux OS on something like this.
@mikepxg64063 жыл бұрын
The reason I have one of these is just fun….
@LaptopRetrospective3 жыл бұрын
That's a good reason. 👍
@pixelPlex5 жыл бұрын
Ah the Pentium M CPU. My first ThinkPad was the T42 (the T41's successor) which had the horrible Pentium M CPU. One of the worst things about the CPU is that some of them didn't have the PAE CPU extension, which is needed to install and run a modern Linux distro. Unfortunately with the ThinkPad that I had the CPU extension wasn't present, which meant I was stuck with Ubuntu 10.04, unless I used Ubuntu 12.04 with a custom installer. Turned out that Ubuntu 12.04 was very slow and crash prone with the infamous Unity desktop, so rolling back to a earlier version (10.04) wasn't so bad after all.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Yep, I'm in the same boat with this one and to me these old devices really shine with Linux.
@hellbenthorse5 жыл бұрын
I've had success in using the forcepae kernel option in the past.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
@@hellbenthorse Yes, that is an option but since it was a loaner unit I wanted to play it safe.
@charles13moto5 жыл бұрын
Good video. However, this isn't the second T-series Thinkpad made, as there was the T20 series and the the T30 (which I had back in the day). Otherwise, this should work with Raspbian OS, as it was build on the x86 architecture and should be able to be run off a USB drive. Also, you I take it you didn't have another DVD or CD drive to replace it?
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Yes, you are correct. I added a text card with the correction. Thanks as well for the suggestions for operating systems. Also, you are correct that I didn't have a spare drive, this one is on loan.
@TechnoloG844 жыл бұрын
that's how I got through college......12 years later i'm on a Thinkpad extreme gen 2.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
That's awesome. There's something special about machines like that.
@TechnoloG844 жыл бұрын
Laptop Retrospective makes you wanna get work done and be productive. Like blackberry’s used to do.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
@@TechnoloG84 Agreed!
@v1ncend5 жыл бұрын
i use snappy driver for installing all drivers, even on xp
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, a few people have pointed out this miracle method and I wish I knew about it sooner. 😁 Next time.
@thearthisyours4 жыл бұрын
Hi. My T41 worked just fine before I dropped it from my bed, side fallen on the floor first. It does not turn on with power lamps blinking, but after i push some keys it is turned on and it works fine. But it’s turned off suddenly when it has impact on some part. What do you think is the problem?
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Was it plugged in? Does it do this both on battery power or plugged in?
@Audiojack_5 жыл бұрын
Stick a Linux distro on it and have a perfectly modern system for another decade :P
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Finding the right distro for the hardware is always key. Debian seems to be the one guaranteed option for a processor of this age.
@Audiojack_5 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective There are ways to forcefully enable Physical Address Extension support on these machines, which enables most kernels and distros to run normally. Google "forcepae" and I believe there's atleast a guide for Ubuntu based distros available.
@SalvageRestorationAndTechTips2 жыл бұрын
i have this computer, but dvd not working and i mus add more ram, have him about 20 years and almost dont use. Nice time machine
@iamdmc4 жыл бұрын
Aren't you forgetting about the T20 series?
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
I did yes.
@ps5hasnogames553 жыл бұрын
Letting you know: archive.org hosts restore images for the T41 so you can get the original IBM-customised install of Windows XP.
@LaptopRetrospective3 жыл бұрын
Yeah this machine wasn't mine but definitely good info for others.
@Benguiatboy3 жыл бұрын
Nice vid!! The T42 came out after this one?? Or T42 is older thank this?? Because it doesnt have a trackpad!! only trackpint.
@LaptopRetrospective3 жыл бұрын
T42 is newer. I think they were available in different palm rest configurations but I'm not 100% sure I'm remembering that right.
@Franeq09Ай бұрын
Found one T41 in scrap two days ago, and its working! Only thing is when i play sth on it after few minutes the screen is blurring. When you dont use it much, like listening to music - nothing happens with it. Whats the matter?
@LaptopRetrospectiveАй бұрын
Interesting, what do you mean by "nothing happens"?
@Franeq09Ай бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective nothing happens i meant everything is working fine. Just wanna add - if the blurring starts, then i just leave the pc idle for 2 - 3 mins, and everything is going normal
@LaptopRetrospectiveАй бұрын
@Franeq09 very strange indeed!
@TrenchReynolds5 жыл бұрын
Half-Life 3 confirmed!!!! Except it only runs on XP.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Lol. Shhh. Don't tell anyone.
@PhobosTK Жыл бұрын
Just got myself a T40
@LaptopRetrospective Жыл бұрын
Fantastic, what will you do with it?
@PhobosTK Жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective I'm not quite sure yet... A Win98/WinXP gaming device would be nice, but I'm also tempted to try the 32bit fork of Arch (as I was quite lucky and it ran almost perfectly on single core machines that I had to work with in the past) and maybe a flavor of BSD or two.
@LaptopRetrospective Жыл бұрын
Let us know what you decide. 😁
@Faded42984 жыл бұрын
Hi i just got a T42 for free. Its in perfect condition not one scratch, Also have the R52, T61 and Edge.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Wow, nice. That's a start to a great collection.
@Faded42984 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective I also known the ThinkPad pretty much its whole life. Remember seeing it when I was still in elementary school (Same exact T42 I got).
@Faded42984 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective Thank you btw!
@Faded42984 жыл бұрын
I just found the documents that went with the ThinkPad when it was new.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
@@Faded4298 Nice!
@Jimmycozad19804 жыл бұрын
I have the Same Unit Running my Fav OS of all time Windows ME 80gb hdd added a new battery waiting on a Optical drive as the current one is Borked.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Very cool, what do you use it for?
@Jimmycozad19804 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective MAinly DOS gaming. My frst laptop was an IBM Thinkpad windows 95 I think the PC was a 386 or 486 was not a Pentium had less then 16 mb ram no sound driver loaded pc speaker only. when you ran game like Blood or Duke Nukem 3d you had to run it in Smallest size possible or it would lag.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Those were the days.
@deejagers716 Жыл бұрын
my first laptop, i have it stil ... sleeps in the box :)
@LaptopRetrospective Жыл бұрын
Cool, I'm guessing it still works?
@deejagers716 Жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective afcorse, works perfect but dvd player not and missing 1 key ... I start to look for it, but they are expencieve
@miskoma38825 жыл бұрын
Neat
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
It is, when you get it working. 😁
@ArunNarasimhan_arun19971075 жыл бұрын
My dad had one of these several years ago and used it until the CMOS battery died..it was a good laptop
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Shame that it stopped getting used after the CMOS died, very easy fix.
@Abszurdista-fatalista Жыл бұрын
I have one of these. It doesn't want to start up. Warm environment helped for starting up, but now it will not start at all.
@LaptopRetrospective Жыл бұрын
Any signs of it getting power? What troubleshooting have you done?
@pedrofrutuoso65645 жыл бұрын
Well I love this video , I am holding 5 T42 , and I use them to test old Linux Distros , also got my hands on a X200s which I am going to libreboot , also have a T60 , X240 ( I'm selling ) , a T430S ( Maybe will sell , want a X230 instead of a X220 ) and my most up to date is a T13 Skylake ..( and I don't like the ultrabook thingy , so Ima sell) Love your vids can't wait for the one about express card to gpu
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the awesome comment Pedro. Sounds like you've had some great successes. Hope to have that video out in the next little bit.
@pedrofrutuoso65645 жыл бұрын
U man , u are awesome , I've been around for a while and whenever I comment u answer , love dat , keep it up
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
@@pedrofrutuoso6564 You're awesome Pedro, don't forget that part. It's folks like you that get me excited to see a new comment roll in.
@TechDave5 жыл бұрын
Also: XP.... I feel ur pain in a very real way lol
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
It was a real lesson on how spoiled we are by modern operating systems.
@voca-chan79534 жыл бұрын
I was lucky to have my laptop with the hard drive working, and has not been formatted so I can use the IBM restore thingy. Because finding, downloading, and installing every driver is tedious. I have the same laptop in the video
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Haha, nice. Thanks for sharing.
@infimus95593 жыл бұрын
i have a quastion I have a T41 model aswell but cant install any drivers (i install them but no effect) and cant connect to the internet (ethernet/wireless doesnt work) any idea why?
@LaptopRetrospective3 жыл бұрын
Does it detect the wireless card? Have you confirmed one is on there?
@infimus95593 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective there is, there was an ubuntu os installed before and it connected to wifi just fiine but i decided that i wanted the old xp experience and installed Xp on it
@infimus95593 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective and im stuck with xp desktop with no internet connection and trying to find drivers that will work for past 3 hours
@LaptopRetrospective3 жыл бұрын
Do you have the latest service pack?
@infimus95593 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective yes service pack 3 (im not sure now if its the latest)
@niewolnikprowadzacego953711 ай бұрын
T41 vs t42 who better?
@voca-chan79534 жыл бұрын
You should've just burned restore CDs, Thinkwiki and Lenovo hosts the images
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Will do in the future. Especially if it's one of mine.
@voca-chan79534 жыл бұрын
@@jontyspeaks4037Cool, I have a T41 too I love it and use it all the time. I just wish it had better graphics and faster processor
@voca-chan79534 жыл бұрын
@@jontyspeaks4037 Yea, but the graphics can't be upgraded since it's soldered to the board, I already have the ATI Mobility 7500 anyways
@voca-chan79534 жыл бұрын
@@jontyspeaks4037 Maybe, I could be wrong
@groki95724 жыл бұрын
@Jonathan Adair, would you mind to share the links for download with us. I have one, but never was able to find those restore CDs in Lenovo's webpage.
@eddieoconnor44665 жыл бұрын
Can you do a full blown "expose'" on the T410 / T420 / T430 series/sets?.....
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
I have done a few T430 videos. I haven't had the chance to look at the others yet. Anything specific you are looking for in an "expose"?
@eddieoconnor44665 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective Not in particular no....just wanted to know all the specs and ins-and-outs of those devices. I plan on looking for a T-410 and a T-420 for someone...and even though I have my own (T-420) I never really delved into all the specs (Like...can the processor be upgraded from an i5 to an i7?....what's the man RAM it can take?...does it have a secondary SSD drive somewhere inside?) just things like that. No rush either...I guess whenever you get the opportunity. Great video by the way!...LOL!
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
@@eddieoconnor4466 glad you enjoy my content. Go check out the T430 and T530 videos in the meantime. I go over upgrades and even do a few.
@eddieoconnor44665 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective Will do!....thanks!!!
@v1be20072 жыл бұрын
for some reason every time im trying to install ati graphics drivers it says "setup was unable to find components that can be installed on your current hardware or software configuration" i dont know how to fix it, can you help me?
@LaptopRetrospective2 жыл бұрын
Are you certain you have the right driver package?
@v1be20072 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective yes, im trying to install the same drivers as you on your video
@LaptopRetrospective2 жыл бұрын
Have you been trying the drivers from this page? thinkpads.com/support/Thinkpad-Drivers/download.lenovo.com/lenovo/content/ddfm/T41.html Be sure to read each description carefully.
@v1be20072 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective i have downloaded the setup from this exact website... right now im in the process of reinstalling windows xp, ill let you know if it helped
@LaptopRetrospective2 жыл бұрын
And you've confirmed you grabbed the right driver package for your specific GPU?
@sandrataveras5242 жыл бұрын
My name is Sandra and I want you to do me a favor can you tell me how do I do to get all that information about my IBM thinkpad laptop please
@LaptopRetrospective2 жыл бұрын
Lots of ways but if you're just starting out I can give you a hand. You can reach me on Twitter or via email on the About page for the channel or visit my website and fill out the contact form.
@sandrataveras5242 жыл бұрын
Okay I will contact you tomorrow around 2:45 p.m. and that find for you
@sandrataveras5242 жыл бұрын
and my ibmthinkpad T41 is from the years 2004 and I want to know how many memory ram is used
@jinxider9510 Жыл бұрын
Hey dude where can I get those drivers for my ibm t41 I’ve looked everywhere
@LaptopRetrospective Жыл бұрын
Are you just looking for T41 drivers?
@jinxider9510 Жыл бұрын
Yes.
@jinxider9510 Жыл бұрын
May I get a link ?
@LaptopRetrospective Жыл бұрын
download.lenovo.com/eol/index.html
@jinxider9510 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Chaoticmass2 жыл бұрын
that is a s-video port not a PS/2 port also not sure why you couldn't run linux on it, Debian should be an easy install. Still a great video. Thanks
@Chaoticmass2 жыл бұрын
ah, I just saw someone else already commented about the s-video port. Anyway, don't want to be negative. Glad to see so many thinkpad appreciators here.
@LaptopRetrospective2 жыл бұрын
Hey no worries. I make mistakes and appreciate it when they're pointed out in a respectful manner. 👍 I need to learn somehow.
@coelhocoelho-qn4tx4 жыл бұрын
try the zorin lite linux
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
🤔
@s12015 жыл бұрын
Hi! I've just got myself a T41, and did a clean install of XP. I'm using Snappy Driver Installer, but wireless doesn't work. Linux is working perfect. What else can i do? Thanks, sorry for my english...
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Double check to make sure a wireless card is present. What OS are you trying to use? Grab drivers from the link in the description/check Device Manager to see if you have any unknown hardware needing drivers.
@s12015 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective I'm using XP Professional SP3. It has a wireless PCI card (Intel). Linux detects it automatically (download speeds are great), but i can't get it to work under XP. Thank you, i'll tinker a bit
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
@@s1201 gotta love Linux when it comes to drivers. Most of the time anyway. If you know the card, drivers from the link in the description should be fairly trivial.
@s12015 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospectiveI'm using Bunsenlabs Distro, it works fine, but it uses a lot of CPU... By the way, i have some spare parts of a T42, so i replaced the T41's processor with the T42. Is this ok, or i should have kept the original one? Thans again!
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
@@s1201 if it works then I don't see why you wouldn't.
@picchioknossus80965 жыл бұрын
Try Pixel, Bodhi, Debian, or even the fat lubuntu. They all run ok.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info.
@picchioknossus80965 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective if they complain about missing PAE support you can either use a kernel that doesn't use PAE or simply force the PAE option in the grub configuration. It always worked for me even on old think pads from 1998. Have a good day.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
The thought crossed my mind to force it, but when it's a loaner I play it safe.
@mikebuck36245 жыл бұрын
I have a Lenovo 3000 c100 it had a Celeron 1.5the which I upgraded it to a pentuim 760. I have found the following linux distro will work q4os, salix os, surprisingly Ubuntu mate 16.04 worked ok, sparky linux and the one I finally settled on peppermint linux 9.
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
@@mikebuck3624 Thanks for the suggestions Mike.
@lainamitclaire Жыл бұрын
Why would you black out the XP product key?
@LaptopRetrospective Жыл бұрын
It wasn't my machine, so it isn't my key to film.
@LaptopRetrospective Жыл бұрын
It wasn't my machine, so I didn't want to expose the key.
@jim2var23 жыл бұрын
Peppermint OS 10 32bit , one ps3 controller + mame ,, nostalgia ,, i usally play street fighter hahaha 😂
@LaptopRetrospective3 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@DanielDJCRO5 жыл бұрын
4:28 that's s-video not ps2
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
Yep, the correction was noticed right after I uploaded.
@daniidelrey4 жыл бұрын
I have one... the ram sucks and the battery too and I need a video for the battery :(
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
What kind of video? Battery replacement is trivial.
@daniidelrey4 жыл бұрын
@@LaptopRetrospective I just found one... sorry for interrupting:)
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
@@daniidelrey no apologies necessary! Glad you have it sorted.
@minungindah89172 жыл бұрын
How to bios. Thank
@LaptopRetrospective2 жыл бұрын
Are you asking how to update the BIOS?
@EvertvanIngen4 жыл бұрын
Thats some huge background noise your mic is picking up.
@LaptopRetrospective4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, can't remember what was going on that day. I'm still looking for a better solution for audio than the mic built into the camera. Open to any suggestions you may have.
@mikv85 жыл бұрын
It's not retro in any way, it's just old, outdated and retired. A laptop can be considered retro if it was released before year 2000. Well, okay, not beyond Pentium III era. In IBM lineup the latest models that were true retro are 770Z, 600X and 390X
@LaptopRetrospective5 жыл бұрын
I suppose it depends on your criteria. For me it's mainly if can still be used for current day computing tasks.