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Re:Linux Has Largely Abandoned Still-Useful Near-Vintage Com... by creshal on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:22AM (#27063677)
X220 is technically 9 years old, that gives you USB3, two SSDs, and a whopping 16GB RAM.

The exactly ten years old X201 is limited to 8GB RAM, but you can retrofit USB3 with an ExpressCard adapter and it can take one SSD. Two with the optional docking station.

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Re:Linux Has Largely Abandoned Still-Useful Near-Vintage Com... by detaro on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:30AM (#27063821)
It's not 2020 anymore ;) X220 launched early 2011.

Not all X220 models had USB3 though, only the i7 variant did.

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Re:Linux Has Largely Abandoned Still-Useful Near-Vintage Com... by creshal on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:38AM (#27063938)
That expands your options even more. Workstation laptops of that age could take 32 GB RAM, unlike the shitty little subcompact ultrabooks that could only take 16 GB.

Man, imagine buying a laptop with only 16 GB RAM today.

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