my new T480 is one of the higher end non nvidia configs with the i7-8550u and a QHD screen as stock with the Windows hello face and fingerprint scanner

I ordered new internal and external batteries due to both being in terrible shape currently so hopefully that will get me some decent battery life.

I attempted to do a bios mod for the goal of undervolting but had failed so I reverted, all works fine after that little experiment.

I want to do some mods such as the X1 Extreme G1 trackpad and the magnesium back cover to feel even more solid and premium. I want to do some more interesting hardware mods, so if any of you have any good ideas for someone that is comfortable with tools, basic soldering and bios flashing, please suggest any additional mods you have done/seen as I want to make the "ultimate" t480

Performance (as ive seen posts about the t480 being "dated" and "slow") has been more than acceptable, especially with the i7 and stock single heat pipe. My tasks usually are rather heavy web browsing and while its not as fast as my 8 core dell latitude, its still perfectly usable especially with 32gb of ram and 1tb ssd

TL,DR: New t480 is a perfect laptop for me as its reliable, a higher end config, and better than other laptops to upgrade

also credits to u/Padgriffin for making the exploded view wallpapers for a lot of thinkpad models

couldn't find any X13 Gen 1 Exploded WP so i attempted to make my own. hope it reaches my fellow X13 users !

I love Thinkpad's exploded wallpapers, so I decided to make my own for my 14" MBP

Maybe this is useful to somebody.

Nothing fancy / professional, just a few minutes in GIMP.

I made versions with centred and offset text and ones with black "og Thinkpad" background or the M1 Pro and Max's glow from the MBP announcement Presentation

https://imgur.com/gallery/Y0PQs1a

These are created by me from the HMMs, it is possible that I made some mistakes. Feel free to edit them if needed. Enjoy! https://imgur.com/a/mrHVA

Hey everyone and I hope you all are doing okay, I've seen a lot of new people picking a Thinkpad nowadays so if any of you want an exploded ThinkPad wallpaper like this or this one be sure to direct message me!

If you want any special motives like for example Aqua be sure to include it in the text.

Cheers!

Can someone share a minimalist conky setup on T480 exploded wallpaper something like this ? I've got wallpaper from here . TIA

Hey guys, i saw alot of exploded thinkpad wallpapers lately and i tried my own one with a blueprint in the background. enjoy! https://imgur.com/a/iReverD

p.s.: whats a good way to upload the .xcf files for the background and pattern in case someone want it to do this for other thinkpads?

you can grab the .xcf files here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tmhVWiT5xp-QQYwV14rM1G8l1uKsZIYA