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If buying a ThinkPad for personal use, buy one second-hand. Why? ThinkPads are mostly used by large corporations with procurement policies meaning they are re
by zhte415 10y ago
If buying a ThinkPad for personal use, buy one second-hand.
Why?
ThinkPads are mostly used by large corporations with procurement policies meaning they are replaced every 2-3 years. They're treated with care by (most) employees as it's company property. And spend most of their lives in air conditioned offices - little harsh environment.
The same of printers (you probably don't need a monster sized Zerox, but smaller colour laser jets can also be picked up). The same of mostly any corporate hardware. Procurement managers often don't know what to do with 'outdated' machines.
If you don't need the latest, go second-hand corporate turnover. And spend the $500 saved somewhere more useful.
- veddox 10y agoSounds like good reasoning. What older models would you recommend?
- verganileonardo 10y agoX1 Carbon is amazing (not that old!). I just do not recommend the Yoga models, the specs look great, but they are insanely slow with huge presentation decks or big excel models.
- NeutronBoy 10y agoThe T4xx and the X2xx lines have been pretty much the go-to for corporate IT over the last decade. Solidly built, upgradable (except for perhaps the bleeding-edge models), and heaps of spare parts around if needed.
- verganileonardo 10y agoYep! My former employer even sold most of them to the employees. The only piece we needed to buy externally was a hard drive (for client's data security).
- TurboHaskal 10y agoBut most used Thinkpads on eBay have cracks, scratches or look nasty. As a person that compulsively cleans his keyboards, I'd happily pay those extra $500 if that means I'm getting a new device and knowing nobody was eating nearby or touching those sacred 7 row keyboards after jerking off to pictures of riced Linux desktops (pardon my French).