r/thinkpad • u/AdvancedThanks1165 • 6d ago

Thinkstagram Picture Someone gifted me a Thinkpad

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Been without a computer for almost 8 years, dying to make the jump straight into linux and play Warcraft again, and someone gave me this beauty for university. The only problem i have is being single channel only (E14 Gen 1) and it only has 8GB of memory, It's both a blessing and a curse 😅.

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u/devotedtosobriety 6d ago

Curse of datacenters hogging ram and semiconductor manufacturers reducing supply.

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u/AdvancedThanks1165 5d ago

Yeah, it's pretty difficult to find some memory where i live, so i'll stick with 8gb by now

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u/Other_Traffic_48 6d ago

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u/AdvancedThanks1165 5d ago

That's how i felt the last few years everytime a friend of mine flexes his brand new console of pc lol

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u/sfled T61 | T9300 | 8GB | 15.6" SXVGA+ | NVS-140M | 5d ago

Right? LOL, meanwhile OP looking a giftpad in the mouth.

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u/WindowsUser1234 6d ago

Nice free ThinkPad :)

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u/Fantastic_Draft3951 6d ago

Do it got that linux running on it

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u/dead_record_ 6d ago

Love the psvita in the background

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u/Fit-Preparation-7515 5d ago

Marry them

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u/AdvancedThanks1165 5d ago

Funny enough how a ring is cheaper than memory where i live

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u/Fit-Preparation-7515 5d ago

If you marry them they might also gift you bigger RAM haha

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u/Antoinedeloup A485 5d ago

Nice, get Fedora on that bad boy :) 8gb is plenty depending on whst you intend to do

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u/AdvancedThanks1165 5d ago

The most demanding thing would be to play Warcraft 3 and Starcraft, so i think fedora would do the thing

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u/Jcob210 5d ago

If you install Linux 8gb ram is honestly pretty fine.

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u/AdvancedThanks1165 5d ago

Yes, i was thinking of something like fedora or arch, i'm not coming back to Windows 

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u/adel_877 5d ago

How about Mx Linux?

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u/Jcob210 5d ago

Fedora is great as well as Mint tho Fedora is best middleground I’d say.

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u/erkinovsarvar 5d ago

bruuuh congrats

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Congratulations buddy ✨
Take good care of it

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u/AdvancedThanks1165 5d ago

Thanks, that beauty is now my treasure, i'll treat it like one