Should you need any horsepower I would go for a i7 X220/IPS/SSD combo; mint examples are available with sensible prices and as far as my experience can tell, they can get quite abuse taking only minor scratches. They are not low-voltage machines so can get warm; fan is louder and batteries drain fast, but its CPU is still faster than my T460s i5. I don't like X230 and newer because feel a little like underpowered pigs.
For those price-conscious people a X200 machine is a very capable machine (if you don't mind loosing the touchpad). I've dropped it dozens of times, and runs smooth! Regards! 2017-07-12 12:18 GMT+02:00 J. Misc. <jm...@gmx.com>: > Hello, everyone. > > I'm here to ask for input on a hardware purchase that I believe seasoned > OpenBSD users could provide some valuable insight into. > > I am looking to purchase a ThinkPad to exclusively run OpenBSD on. The > intent here is to have a dedicated machine to explore and play with > OpenBSD, and eventually promote it as my primary day-to-day workstation. > > A little background: I own a T460s, and it's an excellent machine, but I > feel it to be too fragile to use in harsh environments, like outdoors or > hackerspaces with a lot of rough objects around. > > The factors for choosing a ThinkPad to begin with is that I own one > already, I've heard good words about OpenBSDs support for them (apparently, > stemming from the fact that developers use them themselves) and really, my > inexperience with a lot of the fancy new things from other vendors. > > So, the characteristics I would like the machine to posses, first and > foremost, are a strong outer shell, so it can sustain a fair beating > (unintentional). Weight and size small enough that it doesn't become a > burden (I also have a Dell Precision 3510, and it's so heavy/big that I > would never purchase it myself on these factors alone). > > It doesn't need to come with the best and latest 7th gen Intel i7 - I > don't plan to do extremely heavy loads on it - I have other machines for > that. Nor does it have to have things like a fingerprint scanner and all > the other bells and whistles. I don't care about a touch screen either. A > decently sized ssd or spindle would be preferred. A reasonably low power > consumption rate, or support for an extended battery, would be very > preferential, as I travel and don't like to become stationary for charging. > I don't abuse my equipment, so I would like it to not suffer from > continuous hardware failures due to poor physical characteristics, like bad > air circulation. > > I understand that the above description is vague and leaves a lot to the > imagination, but that is intentional. I don't mind looking into other OEM > products either. If anyone has personal experience to share, or point into > the direction where I could get informed, I'm all ears. > > -- > J. Misc. > >
