x230 was probably my best purchase to this day. You won't regret buying a memepad

sturdy as they come?

There are some issues, like express card slots springs a little bit if you press on top of it but in general sturdier than a samsung or any other brand that's on the same price range

shits gonna be carried around a lot

gotcha

And it has a matte surface

Scratches won't show up that much

So good for carrying around

went with the x lineup because shit seems portable as hell

fit in a backpack on its own

have you tried the msata port hidden under the keyboard with any ssd's and what not

I already have a ssd on it, so, no

kk

all the questions i really had

thanks for the help

No big deal

You can message me if you need to know something specific

So I'm looking to buy 5-6mm diameter, 1mm thickness plastic discs. It looks kinda impossible to find without a fucking hole in the middle.

Meanwhile, I can buy hundreds of bloody neodymium magnets in that exact size for pennies.

👍

I also have a thinkpad x230

they are great

I've been using them on fighting game tournaments for handling the stream

it's not optimal for this task but its better than nothing

the 2520m decent upgrade for me

using an old sandy bridge pentium

in my laptop

b950

I'm using the 3360m one

with 4gb ram and a SSD

i might have a reason to try out those external gpu docks now

some have express card versions

banggood sells them for around 50 bucks

grab an old 7850 or something and try it out

Could you connect the eGPU to the express card port?

mhm

here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dEgFrsAocY

https://www.banggood.com/Expresscard-Version-V8_0-EXP-GDC-Beast-Laptop-External-Independent-Video-Card-Dock-p-1009976.html?rmmds=detail-top-buytogether

Huh, it's Expresscard34 so it will fit in both x230 and t430

yup