I want to revive my ThinkPad X1 Tablet

I picked up a ThinkPad X1 Tablet used exactly three years ago. I suddenly remembered it today and pulled it out of my storage box. Hello, this is Hige Gadget Shokai.

This ThinkPad tablet was released around 2017, so it's been nearly 10 years since it hit the market.

Since it's a PC from that long ago, it comes with Windows 10.

And the CPU is a 7th generation Intel Core i5.

However, the screen aspect ratio is 3:2, and since it's a tablet, it naturally supports touch. Looking at the photo above, the display colors are still good, and it's a waste to just leave it lying around.

Since it's a ThinkPad, the keyboard cover also has a backlight, and it even comes with a TrackPoint!

It even has a fingerprint sensor. That's actually quite impressive.

By the way, it also has a built-in stand with a structure different from the Surface kickstand. It's a bit awkward to use, but it has character, which is nice.

Linux? No, ChromeOS.

At first, I thought about installing Linux Mint or something similar and using the Xfce window manager to make it snappy and comfortable, but then I suddenly thought, 'Why not ChromeOS Flex?' and eagerly started preparing.

That said, the preparation is incredibly easy.

Prepare a USB flash drive and add the Chrome extension from the site below.

Create recovery media on the prepared USB flash drive. The preparation was completed without having to think about almost anything.

The one plugged into the right side is the USB flash drive. When you boot from this, it says 'Welcome to...'.

By the way, just like other Linux distributions, you can also try it out without installing it.

This time, although I tried it out once, it shut down early on, so I decided to just go for it and install it.

Windows will be erased, but since it's a version that's already unusable, I don't mind losing it.

Yes. It's done.

I expected it to be easy to set up, but I was surprised that touch is fully supported and the keyboard works perfectly. Of course, the TrackPoint works too.

Sound and Wi-Fi, which are prone to issues when installing Linux, also work without any problems.

The only disappointing point is that the fingerprint authentication doesn't work. This was within the expected range, but I had a tiny bit of hope that it might miraculously work...

The performance itself is quite comfortable. It's not super snappy, but I think it's at a level where I have no complaints.

I want to save my Windows 10 PC that is currently gathering dust.

This time, I succeeded in converting my dormant ThinkPad X1 Tablet (Windows) to ChromeOS Flex quite easily.

With this momentum, I'm thinking of converting my other dormant devices to ChromeOS Flex one after another.

First, let's do something about the ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 3).

However, since the CPU is a fossil-like 5th generation Core i5, I'm not sure if it will run properly. I'm actually looking forward to seeing what happens.

I couldn't find the exact same one, but I think you can have just as much fun with the following ones as well♪