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sod this really thin laptops trend, I want like, two ethernet interfaces, 6 USB ports, RS232, a headphone jack, expresscard, smartcard, maybe something to read vhs tapes

I mean, look at this bullshit, it's a lenovo thinkpad something something and they put a proprietary port on the side for connecting a special ethernet adapter

JUST MAKE IT A FEW MIL THICKER AND PUT A PROPER PORT ON THERE YOU BASTARDS

@troubleMoney maybe use mini-VHS or cassettes, since laptops are supposed to fit on one's lap
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@Felthry @troubleMoney Tbh, I wish that was true about mine. It doesn't fit on my lap since it's a bigass one but even with his thick is, they didn't even bother to put more ports, instead I get three USB ports, a charging port, an Ethernet port and an extremely broken card reader and the end.

@troubleMoney I mean, an Ethernet port is way too thick for 2020 standards, but shouldn't USB(-C) suffice?
@troubleMoney On the other hand, I just remembered there's lots of laptops where the Ethernet port is semiclosed by default, you push it a bit, a door pulls down and cables fit in nicely, that way neither things are compromised. I've seen that done with USB-A as well recently too!

@troubleMoney my ThinkPad P52 is pretty close, but only one ethernet, nothing for tape backup.
I do have smart card, SDHC, HDMI, displayport, two Thunderbolt, headphones jack, three USB 3.1 .
Also has six core Xeon, 128 GB RAM, and a 4k display.
I much prefer this laptop over my employer required Mac

@troubleMoney I also have 3 terabytes of storage, and a slot where I'm planning to add 4 more.
Might sound like overkill, but my goal was to be productive without internet access, some I can't seem to focus any other way.
It's pretty good for that.

@darcywitchgang
I agree with everything but the install gentoo, which IMO took the awesomeness from it and turned it into a joke.
@bhtooefr @troubleMoney

@rick_777 @darcywitchgang @troubleMoney IIRC it was mocking the whole 25th Anniversary ThinkPad survey process and the community's reactions to it

there was also this
@troubleMoney @rick_777 @darcywitchgang IIRC there's a stage of z/OS installation on modern IBM mainframes that involves punch cards

...and a lot of z/OS job control involves punch cards, too

of course, the punch cards and their reader don't actually exist, but everything was written around using punch cards in the 1960s, and everything is still based on that old stuff, so they have to emulate all of it

@bhtooefr @troubleMoney that was what I thought but I had high hopes it was some kind of DAT tape, still a cool concept.

@bhtooefr @troubleMoney there was never anything stopping IBM/lenovo from building a rectangle full of ports/drives/batteries that connected to thinkpads via the dock connector on the bottom

I don't think the new models have dock connectors, so that dream's dead

@kai @bhtooefr @venko okay yes at one point I was rocking platforms like that (but in boot form with a bunch of metal) but I think that's unrelated

@clonejo @troubleMoney on the palmrest, of course, and it needs the second pop-out screen on the right side of the lid

(that’s an actual ThinkPad for those that don’t know, the W701ds)

@bhtooefr @troubleMoney Is it normal to be turned on by pics like this? Not because of the anime girl.

@troubleMoney of the laptops in my house, the thinkpad from 2008 is by far the favorite because it's so Big and it has ports for everything, including vga, displayport, and a built-in dial-up modem

@troubleMoney external PCI-E 4.0 and 10BASE2 connectors, please

@troubleMoney I've got a lenovo t490, it still have real ports.
I do miss the old IBM thinkpad tanks though.

@troubleMoney reading the replies I wonder if there's a fun raspberry pi + briefcase + soldering project in there somewhere

@troubleMoney I have an old laptop with a giant screen, very solid build quality, replaceable everything, a Blu-ray drive, and a docking station with every single imaginable port. I am never getting rid of this.

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