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... And she is soaking in all of the medical attention she has had from me over the past week like the total diva that she is.

For real though, she hid the wound from me for 1-2 days and it was deeply infected. Deep laceration across the tail almost to the bone. No idea how she got it but there is no evidence of the profuse bleeding that should have occurred anywhere around my property (outside time is restricted) and no video surveillance to be found.

It's been a long week. We're on the mend. Super cat dad is tired af now.

Long-winded excitement:

Before picking up this ThinkPad recently, the only laptop I have ever personally purchased was a (then) top of the line Sony Vaio back in 2011. That tank got me through technical college, and I have had a thing for keeping it alive/limping as long as possible, but, all things come to an end so decided it was time to find myself a replacement.

I have always had my hand held when it comes to hardware. Professionally I have been supplied with Mac, the only exception being a lifetime ago where I had to build my own PC on a first day. Not that I am the world's biggest fan, or a Mac supremacist by any measure. I don't personally own Mac/Apple anything and have been happy to sell off what I have acquired over the years.

But I have consistently been around ThinkPads, and the IT guys I know have always raved about them. I value build quality and *serviceability*, so had it in the back of my head that one day I would get one as a personal machine.

I'm also not loving the climate in the industry right now, and the thought occurred to me that if I needed something for me that I could use to get myself by in case I wake up tomorrow and the other shoe drops (a very real possibility, call me paranoid) – my trusty but rusty Vaio ain't it.

Was browsing Marketplace and scrolled past this unit that made me raise my eyebrows and think "ya sure, that's the one" so without really knowing the specifics about much of anything, went for a brief inspection and scooped up this T14 Gen 1:

• Intel i7-10510U, up to 4.9GHz

• NVIDIA GeForce MX330, 2GB VRAM

• 32GB DDR4

• 512GB NVMe SSD

• 14" Full HD/HDR Anti-Glare Touchscreen, 300 nit panel

• Dual stage backlit keyboard

• 53 battery cycles (basically 1 for every month it's existed)

• Fans cleaned, but very clean in general

• EOSL December this year and warranty expired (to be expected) 🤷🏻‍♂️

I do feel I maybe missed the boat on getting an AMD, but, I won't complain too much.

I don't know if it's fair to call this "new old stock" or not but I can't help but think this spent most of its life being maintained as a spare in a storage room somewhere, or something... The charger and power button still had plastic on. Not a scratch or blemish on the chassis or screen, some almost unnoticeable wear near the ports. It definitely needed a battery reset which came back at 95% battery health, which I think is normal degradation but someone feel free to sanity check me there. History shows it has been religiously updated.

Anything I need to know about this spec or gen in general? Any "gotchas" or items worth improving/swapping, considering 6 whole generations have passed since this was new-new?

Happy to be here!

/excitement