I’m rather certain that you will come to the same conclusion, esteemed reader, as I did, namely that the Thinkpad X220 is the best laptop ever made, in consideration of the following points.
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This is fantastic and actually written more clearly than my own!
As for your point:
> You can’t watch videos on it
I don’t seem to have the same issue? Most videos on the internet stream/load fine without much struggle on my X220. Does your laptop heat up / spin up the fan?
I personally detest videos as a source of information and try to avoid watching them. I prefer watching video on a bigger screen several meters away, and I don't do much of that.
That being said, I have both i5 and i7 X220s, i5 and i7 T420s and an quad-core i7 W520. All play video just fine for me, and under Linux their performance is good and they don't run hot.
My i5 X220 is a battered old much-repaired much-upgraded thing, but still works fine. Currently it runs ArcaOS but before that Haiku.
My i7 X220 is like new, and works like it too. It is maxed out with 16GB RAM and two SSDs and performs well. I do wish the screen were a bit higher-res, though.
Never had a problem on YouTube or or similar, but when doing group calls on zoom I had severe overheating issues on my x220. I think the CPU was due a thermal paste replacement, but I never bothered.
Sadly the worst ones ever - ours had NVidia onboard GPU and they got toasted after 2 years of moderate non gaming use - company then switched to Dell after that debacle.
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Published on 10.05.2020
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I have 2 of them, and I love them dearly.