13/07/26: you got mail.
"That is one big pile of thinkpads," ~ Jeff Goldblum (1993).
The L14 at the top of the screen is my personal machine. It's a "modern" laptop, meaning it's a last-generation machine running Microsoft Bloat 11, but which has the nice bonus of being able to play Lionhead's Black and White from 2001, which - scientifically speaking - is the only reason anyone should have a computer in the first place.
Now, the laptop which might appear to have been haphazardly decorated with whatever stickers my brother had to-hand is, in fact, an X230i which I decorated with whatever stickers my brother had to-hand. It came from an abusive household which forced it (presumably through some Satanic ritual) to run Windows 11. Since being rescued, I've installed Linux Mint on it and I use it as my "writing" machine.
Now the interesting part. I'd thought to stop at my real laptop and my project laptop, when these two entered the picture. One is an X220 with the classic 7-row keyboard. If you aren't aware, the X230 (my bestickered project build) was the first to move-away from the classic chunky ThinkPad keyboard - instead coming with a decent but boring chiclet array. The X220 was sold for spares, and I intend on swapping the keyboard with my X230.
Finally, the X131e. This little laptop cost £14 on account of having no HDD. I suspect the CMOS battery is also dead. Why did I buy this? Well, to fix it up, of course! What will I do when it's working again? Probably install some lightweight Linux distro onto it. What will I do with it THEN? Uh... let's cross that bridge when we come to it? Interestingly, this appears to have been a school or college machine, as it has some kid's nametag on the lid. Despite this, it's in very good nick, with very few blemishes or scratches compared to the other ThinkPads. Whoever you are, "Scarlett", thanks for taking care of this laptop.
I've been bitten by a bug. No, it's not one of those tick-bites which makes you allergic to meat, or whatever. I'm having an adverse allergic reaction to the existence of homeless thinkpads.
