# ThinkPad T60

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/thinkpad-t60/

6 people recommended ThinkPad T60 in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Lenovo ThinkPad laptop that enthusiasts still treat as a gold standard; people praise its solid build, keyboard and continued usability.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 7 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Enthusiast community's gold standard (2 comments in the sample): "The gold high standard in the Thinkpad enthusiast community was still the T60 last I checked." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46643493)) "golden age ThinkPads like my old T60, T420,x230t" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566049))
- Solid and still usable (2 comments in the sample): "Nice keyboard as you say. These things are solid." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49799132)) "It's actually still quite usable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49798918))

## Other laptops people recommend

- [Apple MacBook Pro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macbook-pro/): 593 recommend, 243 mixed, 586 criticize
- [Apple MacBook Neo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macbook-neo/): 488 recommend, 173 mixed, 295 criticize
- [MacBook Air](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macbook-air/): 475 recommend, 122 mixed, 163 criticize
- [Apple MacBook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-macbook/): 358 recommend, 110 mixed, 324 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "ThinkPad T60", https://hackerapproved.com/p/thinkpad-t60/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.