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by don-code 1271 days ago
Is that, by chance, a T500 with the T60 keyboard swap? I ran with one of those for some time, before the lack of graphics horsepower (I think it had a Radeon 3650?) ultimately did me in.

If you're looking for another cool upgrade, I also did a 1920x1200 screen upgrade on mine. I wasn't able to find a Lenovo-native part, but I did find a pin-compatible screen out of a Dell mobile workstation that fit mostly perfectly, after sawing off some tabs with a Dremel.

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Yep, T500 with the highest (stock) resolution display, with original T60 keyboards (not the Lenovo T500 keyboards that flex too much).

(While deciding what to move to after T60, I tried a T400, T400S, T420, T520, T420S, T500, and some others, until I decided I wanted Coreboot, and liked the T500 display aspect ratio.)

I'm good for high-res T500 displays, but if/when I upgrade to a slightly newer ThinkPad platform, I'm targeting 1920x1080, and I'll probably have to screen-swap those, because that res. is a stock option, but rare.