I slapped a folding rechargeable travel mouse in one of the PCMCIA slots of my Dothan T40. The other has a USB hub with bluetooth and a retractable antenna…
Pretty much stopped using it after I found a T470s at a flea market for $100. Had 2x4GB SODIMMS and a 128GB NVMe. Bought a 16GB SODIMM (now have 20) and a 1TB NVMe for another $67.
The display is pretty shot on the 440 but I could totally have it do stuff headless.
Mini DisplayPort wasn’t introduced until 2008 (by Apple), and the T450 wasn’t introduced until 2015, so not exactly “Laptops in 2000.” But I get the sentiment.
or, more accurately,
Laptops in 2023: If you want ports, use a USB hub.
Laptops in 2000: Here’s multiple USB ports, VGA, Mini Displayport, a fucking smartcard reader, SD card reader, ethernet port and docking port
Edit: just as an FYI this is referring to the T450 (which is the one i have), also added docking port because those count.
CompactFlash, two PC Card/PCMCIA slots, a Kensington lock port, parallel, 9 pin serial, and a docking station port, a removable optical drive…
So basically just a screen and a keyboard for a thousand dollars.
If you’re lucky. The new hotness nowadays seems to be to get an overgrown tablet, and the keyboard is a fuggin’ accessory. This blows my mind.
I slapped a folding rechargeable travel mouse in one of the PCMCIA slots of my Dothan T40. The other has a USB hub with bluetooth and a retractable antenna…
My t420 has ExpressCard and i just slapped a 2xUSB3 adapter in it.
T420 here too! Added an SSD and threw on Ubuntu, gonna keep using it until it breaks. Which seems to be not anytime soon…
Have a T440p that I should do something with.
Pretty much stopped using it after I found a T470s at a flea market for $100. Had 2x4GB SODIMMS and a 128GB NVMe. Bought a 16GB SODIMM (now have 20) and a 1TB NVMe for another $67.
The display is pretty shot on the 440 but I could totally have it do stuff headless.
I swapped my 440 display for the Innolux (I think) from the T490, was easy, works great, better battery. Great for bathtime TV.
pre-dell alienwares had fricken digital clocks in the front
I love that my T490 has all those things, except HDMi in place of VGA.
Don’t forget the DVD slot!
Mini DisplayPort wasn’t introduced until 2008 (by Apple), and the T450 wasn’t introduced until 2015, so not exactly “Laptops in 2000.” But I get the sentiment.
Always used a hub even with my old T420, nothing changed for me. It’s even better, cause I got two display outputs and multiple charging ports now 🤷