ThinkPad T60
Shares rank 43 of 51 laptops by recommenders
Lenovo ThinkPad laptop that enthusiasts still treat as a gold standard; people praise its solid build, keyboard and continued usability.
6 people recommended ThinkPad T60 in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 8 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 7 of those comments still count.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 0
The record
Recommended in 2 of 12 months
In 4 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
- Recommended in 4 threadsNeeds 5 or more, not met.
- The biggest thread supplies 33% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 6 of the 7 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Enthusiast community's gold standard
“The gold high standard in the Thinkpad enthusiast community was still the T60 last I checked.”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “The Myth of the ThinkPad” “golden age ThinkPads like my old T60, T420,x230t”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14: Lenovo's Most Repairable Ultraportable” Solid and still usable
“Nice keyboard as you say. These things are solid.”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “Used ThinkPad Buyer's Guide (2019)” “It's actually still quite usable.”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “Used ThinkPad Buyer's Guide (2019)”
Other laptops people recommend
The four most recommended other laptops, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple MacBook Pro | 593 | 243 | 586 | 50% | 12 | 5 yrs209 people | — |
| Apple MacBook Neo | 488 | 173 | 295 | 62% | 8 | — | — |
| MacBook Air | 475 | 122 | 163 | 74% | 12 | 4 yrs109 people | Approved |
| Apple MacBook | 358 | 110 | 324 | 52% | 12 | 9 yrs71 people | — |
| ThinkPad T60This page | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
Also compared with Framework Laptop 12, Apple M1 MacBook, Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon and Lenovo ThinkPad T480.
What people said
6 of the 7 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Nice keyboard as you say. These things are solid.”
“It's actually still quite usable.”
“Thinkpad T60 was probably one of the last ones without spy tech.”
“Best laptop I ever owned was T60”
“The gold high standard in the Thinkpad enthusiast community was still the T60 last I checked.”
“golden age ThinkPads like my old T60, T420,x230t”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.