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IMHO, the Thinkpad T430 was one of the worst T-series laptops Lenovo ever produced. Mine barely lasted 3 years and had to be serviced multiple times as the scre

IMHO, the Thinkpad T430 was one of the worst T-series laptops Lenovo ever produced. Mine barely lasted 3 years and had to be serviced multiple times as the screen hinges broke and the fan became super loud, among other things. The T460p which I use now is much better. I'm currently testing a T490 as a replacement, which seems quite nice as well but has some annoying features (glossy display, integrated smaller battery) that might convince me to stay on the T460p for a while longer. Also, CPU performance hasn't really increased in the last 4 years, the T460p has almost the same Geekbench score as the T490. The display is arguably better (nicer color rendition and higher brightness) and the laptop is 35 % lighter as well as signifantly thinner, on the other hand the battery is 30 % smaller and power usage hasn't gone down compared to the T460p, so it maxes out at around 4 hours of usage.

waiseristy 6y ago
Interesting you had such a bad experience with your T430. Mine served me faithfully for almost 8 years without a single issue. Even took quite a few hits that would have destroyed most other laptops. Upgraded to a t490 and also have had 0 issues with that, though it does seem to be a bit more fragile
- brewdad 6y ago
  I picked up a T430 from eBay for less than $300 about 4-5 years ago. It worked great for me for a couple of years until it developed a weird issue that would freeze randomly under Windows. I never had the issue when using Linux. Since I needed Windows for a few applications, I handed it down to my son. He's been running Arch on it without issue to this day.
  - waiseristy 6y ago
    I had that same issue, caused by a bad 3rd party HDD tray, though it froze on both OS's if I remember correctly. You should buy your son a cheap ebay 3630qm to install. Fun little project which really soups up the performance

waiseristy 6y ago

Interesting you had such a bad experience with your T430. Mine served me faithfully for almost 8 years without a single issue. Even took quite a few hits that would have destroyed most other laptops. Upgraded to a t490 and also have had 0 issues with that, though it does seem to be a bit more fragile

brewdad 6y ago
I picked up a T430 from eBay for less than $300 about 4-5 years ago. It worked great for me for a couple of years until it developed a weird issue that would freeze randomly under Windows. I never had the issue when using Linux. Since I needed Windows for a few applications, I handed it down to my son. He's been running Arch on it without issue to this day.
- waiseristy 6y ago
  I had that same issue, caused by a bad 3rd party HDD tray, though it froze on both OS's if I remember correctly. You should buy your son a cheap ebay 3630qm to install. Fun little project which really soups up the performance