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I would second this. By “older” it could be a generation or two from their outlet for $500 or an old T42 from eBay for $100, depending on your performance needs
by chrismeller 8y ago
I would second this. By “older” it could be a generation or two from their outlet for $500 or an old T42 from eBay for $100, depending on your performance needs. Either way it’s really, really hard to go wrong with a Thinkpad... that’s why they’re such a standard in big enterprise environments.
- aibara 8y agoIf you don't need something new for performance reasons, I agree. Just replaced the motherboard of my T420s. While waiting for the part to arrive I used a much newer laptop, which only made me appreciate just how great that beautiful old 7-row keyboard is. I suppose I'll have to give it up one day, but not yet.
- bluedino 8y agoThe non-IPS screens in Thinkpads are terrible - so that's basically anything that is 1366x768 or 1600x900 and not a tablet (So the X220 vs the X220T, which comes with an IPS screen) The 1080p, 1440p, and 4K screens in the Tx40 series and newer (T440, T/W540, etc) are fine screens. Don't forget the battery life also didn't get 'good' until Haswell chipset laptops came to be, which is also the x40 series for Lenovo. Before that, if you want any kind of battery life you need the extended battery that sticks way out, or the sheet battery which makes a not-so-thin laptop even thicker. Also, finding a battery that's in good shape for a 6+ year old laptop can be pretty tough.