laptop carrying alignment chart
lawful good: packed away in a padded laptop bag
chaotic evil: open, holding one corner of the screen
(lawful evil: holding it with both hands with a full coffee cup on top, as if it was a serving tray)
@halcy chaotic good: holding it by the extra-capacity thinkpad battery sticking out the back
@noiob @halcy gotta say, I don't think I trust the latches on the battery enough to do that on any of my thinkpads, at least not any more (the batteries slide out the back, and are held in only with some worn plastic nubs).
They usually had reinforced lids and good hinges, so holding one by the screen worked fine.
Of course, these thinkpads usually have drain holes in the keyboard, so using one as a tray for a drink *with the screen open* would be an interesting show of dominance ;)
@noiob @halcy ah, that's the trick - I got this one *new* with the intent of running Linux on it, so I picked the integrated GPU option :)
Some modifications have been made over the years - "Middleton" hacked BIOS, faster/newer CPU, WiFi 6. The screen is trash tho (CCFL backlight faded) and putting an LED backlight screen in this thing simply isn't worth the trouble.
@noiob @halcy oh, this isn't my regular use laptop, it's a piece of junk that I keep running and have hanging around for nostalgia and photography stunts :)
That said, my actual regular use laptop is a T440p which is still pretty old and isn't that much less bulky.