My fleet

This is where I document my current lineup of computers.

Laptops

Thinkpad T14s

This is my current main laptop. Its modern 8 core CPU does everything I need out of a laptop. CAD and 3D printing is super easy, and I can open plenty of tabs without it slowing down. The battery lasts a good amount and I can even play minecraft in class without issue.

Specs

CPU: Ryzen 7 Pro 4750U
RAM: 16G DDR4
Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD
Display: 1920x1080

Software

This one is interesting, as it happens to be a hackintosh. I primarily use Void Linux with Niri on it. Niri is a pretty cool window manager that scrolls as well as tiles, which I like very much. I prefer niri over hyprland, except for the fact that it lacks blur and layerrules. The hackintosh part is the more interesting part though. I used opencore to configure the EFI, and by god was this a chore. Originally, I was going to use OpenCore Simplify, but not only did it not work, but it turns out that nobody in the hackintosh community thinks that OpenCore Simplify is not a good tool, and I think I agree. Kinda like using archinstall while installing Arch. Anyway, I decide to just thug it out and do it myself. Surely it wouldn't take that long right? Boy, was I wrong. This shit took like a week of me staying up until midnight to finally get it to boot. I successfully installed MacOS Sonoma, and it worked pretty good, except for that my cursor would randomly just stop moving for no reason, and I couldn't use iMessage at school because Airportitlwm and Heliport wouldn't work on it. Because of this, I decided that I would try to upgrade to Sequoia. This took just as long as getting Sonoma, and it didn't fix any of my problems, so I guess fuck me. At least its a conversation starter. The usability is shit too so I don't use it for anything anyways. I'd like to get it working properly so that I can use collegeboard BlueBook and not have to use the school chromebook for AP testing this year.

Desired Upgrades

This laptop is super great and I don't really need to upgrade anything, except for that the screen does seem like it might be dying, as there are horizontal lines going across it and sometimes it does weird screen dying things, so a new screen might be preferable.

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Thinkpad R400

This is the laptop I use to work on the website. About as dated of a laptop as possible that's still usable for basic tasks today.

Specs

CPU: Core 2 Duo P8700
RAM: 2G DDR3
Storage: 1TB SATA SSD
Display: 1200x800 14"

Software

Currently runs Void Linux. Used to run FreeBSD, but I stopped for some reason. Can't really remember why. Using DWM on X11 for the window manager, mostly because of familiarity and it's a nice lightweight WM.

Desired Upgrades

Correct CD drive (Current one is for T400s, and leaves a gap.)
Upgrade CPU to Core 2 Duo T9900. Minimal performance improvements, but I'm trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out that I can.
Upgrade to 4G of RAM. Currently stuck at 2G because my spare DDR3 is the wrong organization.
Libreboot. Currently uses stock BIOS, want to have maximum security and also just like tinkering around.

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Thinkpad T480

This was my main laptop for about a year and a half. For its age and its relatively low-end processor for when it came out, it does its job nicely.

Specs

CPU: Core i5-7200U
RAM: 16G DDR4
Storage: 256GB NVMe Drive
Display: 1920x1080 14"

Software

Runs Arch Linux with Hyprland. This laptop was my second experience with Hyprland, and I'm a big fan of the software, although there is supposedly some issues with its developer. Hyprland itself is a nice, relatively light WM that is easy to make look great, and this is my proudest rice to date.

Desired Upgrades

Backlit Keyboard. Using this thing in the dark sucks. I have a backlit keyboard, but the trackpoint is broken, so it's a no-go.

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Thinkpad T41

This was my first taste of a pre-2005 computer. The IDE hard drive was annoying to swap out with an SSD, and the 32-bit i686 processor was a new experience.

Specs

CPU: Pentium M @ 1.6GHz
RAM: 2G DDR
Storage: 120GB mSATA SSD to IDE adapter
Display: 1024x768

Software

Currently running Gentoo Linux for i686 processors. Gentoo's unique package manager allows for the most optimized package compilation possible, which is very nice considering the age of the hardware at hand. Unfortuneately, because packages must be compiled, and because the processor is so slow, installing certain packages and updating the system can take days, if not weeks. Running DWM as the window manager, as it is very lightweight and is still usable on the older hardware. Web browsing is possible, although is not very usable.

Desired Upgrades

Screws. Currently this machine has just about zero of the screws holding the chassis together. I was still new to working with laptops at the time, and I misplaced many of the screws in the process, which when paired with the fact that many of the screws were already missing, has led to this laptop being entirely unusable beyond at a desk.
Wireless Card. Currently this laptop has a wireless card, but it is not detected by the OS. This card was intended to replace the previous one with the same issue, but there must be some other issue instead.
Battery. The previous battery was completely dead, so a new one would be nice. Will probably just order a 3rd party one and if it's no good I'll try to replace the cells.
CD-RW. Current disk drive is only capable of reading DVDs, and it'd be nice to be able to work with and burn CDs.

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Thinkpad T60

This is maybe my least used Thinkpad. It is newer than my T41, but its lack of a screen makes it very inconvenient, and the 32 bit processor is limiting.

Specs

CPU: Core Duo T2400
RAM: 1G DDR2
Storage: 120G HDD
Display: N/A

Software

My first experience with Void Linux. It has 32-bit support, and that was the only reason I picked it. Web browsing is doable, but its not a very good time, considering the lacking hardware, and usage at all is super annoying due to the missing screen. I only really use it for burning cds from time to time, but now my R400 has what I need. Uses stock XFCE as the desktop environment.

Desired Upgrades

Screen. I need one real bad. I got one a while ago but it was the wrong size because apparently this same model shipped in 3 different sizes just to piss me off.
Keyboard. This has a busted keyboard which I bought used, but the keys just keep falling off. The Fn key broke off like a bitch when I was taking it out of the bubble wrap, and I lost the stabilizer, so now it's attached to the membrane with superglue, which is super wobbly and just total shit. The T key randomly fell off, so I just gave up on the piece of shit keyboard and took the trackpoint for my SL510.
Upgrade to 64 bit CPU. I need this right now because this slow ass 32 bit processor is ruining my life. I have a rad halftop but it can't do anything for shit. Really ruining my day just thinking about it.
Max out memory. 1G is usable, but 4 would be super sick and would bring it to being pretty usable.
Upgrade to SSD. I am so fucking sick and tired of slow ass computers that have no business being slow as hell, and the sound of a clicking hard drive actually pisses me the fuck off. If SSDs werent a trillion dollars right now things would be fantastic but I have to sell my soul to an employer or something before I can get my hands on anything decent anymore so this might take a while.

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3D Printers

Ender 3 NG

This is a great project by RH3D which lets you convert your stock Ender 3 into a legit CoreXY printer. Mine is currently in a bit of disrepair, as I took apart the toolhead to redo the belts, and then never got around to actually fixing it. The project itself is fantastic, but I didn't take many precautions while building mine, so it has a few issues. I got my kit at Fabreeko.

Specs

Hotend: Trianglelab CHC Pro
Mainboard: SKR Mini e3 v3
Extruder: Sherpa Mini

Software

Currently running Klipper. Uses mainsail for the web interface, everything works nicely regarding this. Using a raspberry pi 4 right now, as my pi zero was having issues with the power connector.

Desired Upgrades

Getting it actually working. Right now, as previously mentioned, it doesn't work. I need to reprint certain parts of the toolhead, however as they broke during reconstruction.

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