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T420 would be perfect if it wasn't for the god awful displays manufacturers used. I'd still be using mine otherwise. Just going from a 1080p monitor back to it was a pain. After using my M1 MBP und my 4k monitor for the past year, I could never go back.

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T420s is the smaller version of t420; still modular and much more portable.

There were likely several versions of lcd panels with it - the t420s's I got were way better than the t480 and e580 I picked up recently, even though there's 6 years between them. I believe the ones I have are either 1920 x 1080 or 1600 x 900 (whereas the t480 is inexplicably only 1366 x 768 ; and e580 is 1080p but awful contrast or gamma or something)

Not sure about this model but I modded an X230 with a better display for $100. Surprisingly easy, it pops right open.

Nice, I've considered doing this... though then that would effectively double the amount I paid for the system. Are the improved displays from a later/different ThinkPad model, or are they something being newly-manufactured? Part of the reason I chose such an old computer is to purchase already-existing hardware second-hand, rather than put my money towards newly-manufactured stuff.

Very cool. I just picked up a more portable, refurbished T450s to use for when travel or general portability matters, as well as being less to worry about than my primary device.

Is there a good site for recommended upgrades by model? I'm pretty pleased with this as is for Linux use already. (8 GB RAM, 250 GB SSD).

Classic Thinkpad repairability/hackability.

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