The last GREAT ThinkPad.

[@mdukasa]

ThinkPad videos ftw

[@martinszulc8192]

Facts, and I don't even use ThinkPads.

[@mdukasa]

@@martinszulc8192 I'm nearly on a 4th one

[@quiet_owo]

i love my thinkpad T480s to death. got it off ebay for 95$ with shipping without an SSD. dropped in a 512GB ssd and another 8gigs of ram. changed the wifi card and trackpad to a glass one and i unironically use this more than my ROG Zephyrus G16 for everyday workloads. its truly amazing how great thinkpads were back in the day. the repairability is insane

[@nicky9841]

what spec option did you get?

[@quiet_owo]

@@nicky9841 its the i5-8359U with 8 gb ram (mine had 4 gigs slotted in, so 12 gb of total ram)

[@siontheodorus1501]

why do you use it more often than your zephyrus and is it still fast enough for normal workload?

[@MrGhostyk]

​@@siontheodorus1501 Modern laptops do increase power efficiensy and gaming performance with new version releaes mostly so there is no much defference with 8 year old devices in terms of non-gaming tasks. I'm currently using t460p on i7 8700H and 32 GB ram. It performs prety much the same as best modern laptops up to 800 USD,

[@quiet_owo]

@@siontheodorus1501 i attempted to separate my personal and school/work laptop which entailed me to spend more time on the thinkpad. I am on nixos on the thinkpad while the zephy has arch installed. i'd say the thinkpad is fairly fast for its age. It holds up pretty well for work on the browser, browsing assigments etc. But would not be feasible for heavy workloads. NixOS rebuild takes a solid minute which i am guessing would take like 20 seconds on the zephyrus

[@novh4ck]

I was selecting a new work laptop this month and I really wanted to give new Thinkpads a chance but yeah... expensive, non-upgradable, tiny cooling, ... they really fell off. At this end I bought one from a less known company from Germany called Schenker who brands, configures and services TongFang laptops. Their XMG EVO 14 is a aluminium thin beast with 14" 2880x1800 120Hz IPS display, 8845HS, 64GB of SO-DIMM RAM, 1TB of Samsung SSD (and one more empty slot), non-soldered WiFi, great cooling and 80Wh battery and I only paid 1032 euros for it. And it has display hinges on the top just like old Thinkpads! Unbeatable.

[@cheese_are_cool3672]

I once visited a relative who lived in China. Qinghua Tongfang feels like an ancient brand, crazy to see that they are still around. Now that I think of it, other manufacturers are pretty old so I guess it's not that crazy.

[@tegathemenace]

Buying from a rare brand will do too much bad to justify the little savings. You'd sweat to find parts. If you do, they won't be cheap or locally available and involve all sorts of shipping

[@Garrettdx1988]

I opted for the XPS 9570 in 2018 and I'm still using it daily. I do want to add one of these to my collection though.

[@callmeJimmy]

Not for me, the GPU stopped working about 3 years in..

[@hannahb5210]

I've used an egpu with my t480. It's fine for me with a 1050ti, but the t480 wouldn't handle any "serious" graphics card, as it only has 2 pcie lanes going over it. For my use case it works beautifully, though. One cable and I'm hooked up to three monitors mouse keyboard microphone webcam etc. Great if youre on a budget like me, if youre lucky you can get an egpu enclosure cheap, some cheap used monitors etc and you've got quite a capable and flexible buildout without having to pay for both a laptop and a desktop!

[@tegathemenace]

Yes it runs the GPU on almost 100% easily on games. Maybe because I'm using emulators. How much is an egpu and does it use power a lot?

[@tobz1000]

Upgradable memory is coming back to Thinkpads on some lines. P14s Gen 5 has SODIMM slots, whereas at the previous gen was soldered. And the P1 Gen 7 is the first to use CAMM2 modules.

[@barknbryce6993]

ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 (16" Intel) Starting At £2,080.49 wow!

[@-Jakob489-]

@@barknbryce6993 the t480 also wasn‘t exactly Cheap when it was New

[@cryptopelgrim4751]

Watching this from my specced out T480. Absolute beast of a machine and with 64GB ram and 1tb NVMe SSD + 512 SATA 2242 SSD placed in the WWAN port. Love the video man!

[@axelrafn]

I used to work for Nýherji (basically IBM in Iceland) and was able to get a new Thinkpad T470 cheap due to staff discounts and oh my how I love that machine. Only a 2c/4t machine but I love it. First Thinkpad I've ever owned and it is still kicking all these years later!

[@mr.xharlie]

I was looking for the t480 in early march but it was hard to find in my part of the world so i went for the t495s and i love it. Thinkpad all the way

[@c.n.crowther438]

personally i really dig the x280. i got it as an ultraportable for school and i've just fallen in love with it.

[@bg0169]

Year ago I had the choice to get a T480 i5 12GB but got an EliteBook x360 1030 G4 i5 8GB just because it was smaller, lighter, has phenomenal audio, aluminum-built and had touch and pen. No changes, still holds like a champ with Visual Studio/Godot/DaVinci Resolve/KZbin.

[@BigTylt]

That's funny, because if you were in 2019 and asked the ThinkPad community what the last good ThinkPad model was, they would NOT say the T480. They would probably say the T420 or T440p.

[@kittenzrulz2314]

Idk I still think the T440p is peak Thinkpad, one of if not the last Thinkpads with socketed CPUs and completely modular.

[@張元隆-z9i]

I don’t about others, but sometimes I do forget to subscribe a great content creator, so the intro does remind me to subscribe, which I’m super glad I did

[@RenStrive]

Right on time I just recently searching for which thinkpads i should buy

[@erwintan4746]

I bought t495 at $245

[@DacLMK]

I got a used thinkpad X250 about three years ago. The model is almost 9 years old, but it works great for the tasks I want to accomplish. I mainly use it when I'll be away from home for some time like on a holiday, and with it's small 12.5" screen makes it very portable to carry it everywhere. Just needs new batteries though.

[@kamalgeorgesnoun4075]

About using eGPUs, but 1st: Thanks for honoring a great series of laptops which have sadly all but disappeared with the newer designs leaving behind a lot of what made the ThinkPad so great. I use Lenovo's own eGPU with my T570: the Thunderbolt 3 graphics dock, which you can still find (overpriced) on ebay. It has an Nvidia 1050 which allows me to play some games much more comfortably as well as help with multitasking more graphic intensive applications, run 2 large monitors and connect to a near desktop experience whenever i het back at my fesk without fiddling with so many cables each time. I love it ❤

[@Kenshlro]

im using a second hand thinkpad x1 carbon gen 8 and i havent had any problems yet, im happy with my machine i love how lightweight it is

[@themarksmith]

Jusst ordered a 16gb i5 T480s off ebay today, lol - got it for £150!

[@theryanthomas]

That is an absolute bargain

[@lutzmowinski9781]

@@themarksmith That is a steal you got there!

[@wall-e7179]

I'd happily pay that. That's the max I would pay. It's only great if the price is right.

[@KicstarV]

I was literally just rewatcing your old video on why you still use an old thinkpad and then you upload this today XD

[@AmanSingh-si4hc]

i copped a thinkpad due to that vid for 170 16gb t480s

[@kostka_bruhowa7848]

4:13 this is a nitpick, but, the "dock" part of the wide connector is actually just ethernet port. Rest of the dock would run off of the usb-c connectors, iirc.

[@Aygross]

Pretty sure it has direct pcie connection so more bandwidth for multiple usbs etc

[@trento7183]

Linux can be an option since the T480 has an extra drive bay. Give it a try and if it doesn't work out, just reformat it and use it as an extra SSD. My experience with Linux is it makes old computers into really fast machines as it's a light weight OS. It's a good way to keep those old computers alive. I currently run Linux (Ubuntu) on a Surface Go 2 Pentium, Macbook Air 2015 with fantastic results. The only downside is the camera doesn't work for Surface.

[@athuljithu4273]

I bought 380 for my brother last year and works perfectly. Even though it was refurbished i still got 1 year of warranty period. 5 years of warranty 🔥

[@chibha96]

I also have a ThinkPad. It's a good portable laptop. I use it for work but able to play some games using Steam. I'm surprised the laptop can run some game titles such as Burnout Paradise, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Saints Row 3, Sleeping Dogs and Split Second Velocity.

[@SoulBladeM]

I need the NumPad so I got myself the T580 for my private practice. Without the internal battery but with a new 65W charger it only cost me €225. The keyboard is the best one I've used on a laptop, no need to resort to using an external one. I don't think I'll ever replace it.

[@zelo6237]

gotta say i really appreciate your videos. easy to link to than once more explain what ive been saying for so long! wish titles were more descriptive but i get u gotta play the algorithm game. good luck!

[@samir2zk135]

T440p clearly still better. Unless you need a more efficient GPU/CPU. Keep in mind this is the last model with removable CPU and libreboot.

[@iMac81]

the last thinkpad with a removable cpu was the thinkpad w541

[@samir2zk135]

@@iMac81 oh I meant as in T series. But ya W541 also insane. Also libreboot!

[@NadirMuthu]

It is truly remarkable, I still have my X240. It was getting slow so I switched the OS to Chrome and it is fine now.

[@CatOnDeWall]

I got a t14s gen 3 and got to say it's not that far off from the t480 in terms of *thinkpad-ness* it's pretty repairable and modular yes the ram is soldered but there is reasoning behind it with being without it being soldered it can only reach 4800mhz and it being soldered make it capable of reaching 6400mhz other than the ram and the hot-swappable battery nothing much different

[@Aygross]

Lol so other than the two things that makes it special . Also camm reaches higher speeds

[@someone-mn8or]

I don't approve of the soldered RAM. AMD's chips advertise support for DDR5-5600, and I don't think the jump from 5600 to 6400 is worth soldering. And even if this is vaporware, I don't think 4800 to 6400 is significant enough either. And as @Aygross points out, this is ignoring lpcamm, which does 7500 today and is expected to hit 9600 in the future. I'll embrace soldered memory once we have M4 pro/max levels of memory bandwidth and sensible memory upgrade pricing

[@CatOnDeWall]

​@@someone-mn8or yea but I mean there is some kind of reasoning for it and they didn't just do it just so the user can't upgrade the ram

[@-Jakob489-]

E14 Gen2 has upgradeable Ram, but just 1 Slot, 8Gb are soldered to the Motherboard. And the battery is also not hotswappable, but to be honest - because the battery life is just better than the T470 with the dual Battery setup which i had before, i couldn´t care less. Also it has 2 NVME slots, so storage upgrades are easy and cheap - nobody needs a 2.5 inch drive bay in 2024 with NVME´s beeing that cheap and just soooo much faster.

[@x1xx1x1xx1]

Nice Video! :) The I/O is not identical though, the T480 has a smartcard reader as well, it can even be seen in your video at 4:00.

[@TechwithTonyUK]

Lovely video! Thanks :)

[@trento7183]

I use an egpu with my T470s with Thunderbolt 3. Yes, it greatly increases gpu performance just by pairing a gtx1650. Can play most games at mid-low settings about 50-60fps. A better gpu would of course get more out of it.

[@theryanthomas]

Really interesting. Thank you for the insight.

[@ccroy2001]

I have one of the modern ones, a TP Nano. It makes a lot of compromises to be as light as it is ~ 1kg! as in only 2 ports, 3 if you count the 3.5mm jack. I love it though, It's very easy to open and replace the SSD, the battery is easily removable, RAM is soldered. I have Linux and Windows on separate SSD's and swap them. I have dual booted but it's to me easier, cleaner to just keep the worlds separate. Of all the computers I've had its my favorite.

[@Forrest_O.]

My T490 has been nothing but reliable. It's fast, the display is nice, and the fingerprint reader works with fprintd (fingerprint drivers for Linux) without a hitch. It's held up nicely, and I'm actually thinking about downgrading to a X270 as it's the last X series with upgradable RAM and I consider the last great ThinkPads as the **70 series. I did buy a cheap X280, that thing has been nothing but problematic (issue with the laptop itself with the keyboard and one of the charging ports are broken), but if I can get it fixed, it will be my new daily due to it being max spec (16GB RAM 8th gen i7).

[@tetenc555]

just got one of these with mx150 and for me that likes to game witj something like gta v and overwatch on the low, it works so well, principally cause i have a lot of portability while gaming laptops sacrifice that😊

[@lutzmowinski9781]

Bought one half a year ago and so far upgraded the display to full hd, stuck 32GBs of RAM in it, a 2TB harddrive and the cooler from the dGPU model. Still need a glass trackpad, but since I use a bluetooth mouse pretty often, that isn't a priority right now 😂

[@theryanthomas]

This is what the ThinkPad life is all about. Hope you're enjoying it mate

[@lutzmowinski9781]

@@theryanthomas I certainly am. While it is sadly not the i7 model it nonetheless runs flawlessly although the batteries are showing their age and abuse a bit. Not more than two hours of juice left 😆

[@baguskusumaloka]

T480 user, i choose T480 because dual battery setup which not available on T490 Then i install Fedora its run like a charm

[@someone-mn8or]

Honestly, I think dual battery is an outdated feature these days. Power banks are cheaper per Wh than laptop batteries, can power things other than your laptop, and can be charged separately from the laptop using USB. It's not worth the extra battery wear and charge time penalty anymore. The main problem I have is that they dropped the overall battery capacity from about 100 Wh to about 50 Wh when they removed it

[@baguskusumaloka]

@someone-mn8or for someone who work outdoor, have dual battery feature is game changer Imagine when you do your work but you must tether to power plug. Just grab the second batery and change it is much easier and quicker than plug the power

[@alalchemist]

@@someone-mn8or Strong disagree, the dual battery is simply more convenient than a power bank. They are also user replaceable and don't have to hang off of the device in any way. It even provides a built in riser for your laptop to help with air circulation on the bottom of the laptop. It was literally the reason I stopped using Thinkpads, the dual battery setup was just such a dream for me. Was very sad when they got rid of it.

[@alalchemist]

I have the T480 and an eGPU!

[@itsfkf6106]

T480 user here. It is simply amazing

[@aaronplays_]

I see that LinusTechTips screwdriver

[@ZhengZL69]

I got two of T490S (i7 8th // 16g ram) for 250 each on different timeframes, honestly great laptop for uni, that's what I use it for, I do carry a tablet but their usecases are just different, so it's nice to carry a fully fledged os with me all the time. If I had money I'd honestly just replace both my desktop and thinkpad with a zephyrus G16, (I'd go with the MP16 if I could actually daily macos, which I can't), but because that's not the case, thinkpad ftw it is.

[@zanzabar7878]

I have a t520 from 2011 that i still use on a regular basis . I use it when i need to type out w few pagrs , much much better keyboard then my new t14

[@ny_hai]

The last great thinkpad changes every few year. it was the x50, x220, t410, t480, and soon to be t14g5 probably.

[@TechDave]

my T480 (i7 8550u/16gb ddr4) paired w/ RX 6600 8gb in a lenovo legion booststation is a pretty hench setup for gaming, usable for editing, but the u-series CPU is a bit of a bottleneck for editing as its sits down around 2.6ghz when rendering

[@motherboardbroken2305]

I just jumped the gun and bought the s10e - I hope its a W. And also, really love the way you make videos and specially the topic you cover. And honestly its perfectly the niche I look for on youtube. oh and ye Looking to buy that too xd. t480s are really something.

[@oussama4629]

are you using the S10e as your main device ? if so, is it worth it to downgrade to ? importantly battery life

[@Spiderman3ist]

I'm torn between the P53 and T480, the P53 seems a lot better but man is it HUGE. Love your content btw, keep up the good work!

[@treinenliefde]

Not sure if the p53 is about the same dimensions and weight as the p52, which I have and is I'd say, decent. It's definitely a brick of a laptop, but if you don't carry a lot in your backpack it's fine. Definitely not comfortable holding it in your hand or laying it on your lap though. Laptops of that type are more portable desktops than laptops in terms of usability.

[@Spiderman3ist]

@@treinenliefde Noted, I guess I'll go with the P53 - I dont plan on carrying it around.

[@treinenliefde]

@@Spiderman3ist if you don't really plan on carrying it you should be fine yeah. I bought my p52 as a cad machine for school, which was quite doable even though I was carrying it on my back almost every day.

[@Aygross]

Apples and oranges t480 standard biz laptop p53 workstation/desktop replacement

[@kittenzrulz2314]

I personally use a T440p, tbh while Linux is great I wouldnt reccomend it to anyone.

[@nathanielcargile7135]

I have two used think pads. Still awesome machines.

[@cosmins3268]

I still use a L480 . Small form factor , touchscreen , usb C charging , fingerprint, decent battery life . The only gripe i have with it are the speakers . The ones one my nothing phone 2A are better 🤣 .

[@JamesMincey]

Are you able to get Framework laptops in the UK yet? I bought one (the 13" model) a couple of years ago with the intention of making it the last DJ laptop I'll ever need since it's completely repairable and modular. If it's available in your part of the world, I highly recommend it!

[@tegathemenace]

I just got one for about $150. Perfect working condition. I wish I could afford the i7 with dedicated gpu but the performance gap in CPU didn't justify the price. Maybe the GPU would make gaming better but that's not my priority. Its great for basic design work. I feel the GPU bottlenecks the CPU. Forget anything 3d lol Overall great keyboard, struggling touchpad(maybe because it's used). And excellent battery. 10hours of movies. The sound is a bummer because they put the speakers underneath 🤦 Highest speed I've seen is 3.6ghz at which it starts to throttle. Don't mind the 4.0 in the description, you'd need to live in Siberia for that.😂

[@BobContinental]

I have a nice little T480s with 16gb ram, i7 8550U and a 256gb SSD ... I wish Lenovo had designed it so you could add on the MX150 graphics upgrade without having to replace the motherboard.

[@meric4921]

ryan putting out banger after banger, thank you for what you do rt!!

[@lumihasmilk]

Have you tried running linux on the t480? It is honestly really good mostly for the meticulous support and the higher performance you get

[@Destide]

Regarding the external GPU idea, the Thunderbolt 3 implementation of the T480 only has half of the PCIe lanes (x2 instead of x4) so it might be a bit of a disappointment.

[@aynamehd7455]

I got one of those for 150€ a year ago. Mine has 16gb ram and a 256 gig ssd. Powerful enough for Uni

[@davemk9]

My work laptop is a ThinkPad, but not specifically this one. The biggest issue I have with it is the touchpad. Sometimes it just does things of its own, like I'd splash drops of water on a phone screen.

[@pedromessias465]

I had the T14 and sameee, it was annoying!! and also thermals are not that good! The vent being on the right was also horrible!

[@davemk9]

@pedromessias465 Yup, I just checked. Mine is also T14 😂

[@ZhengZL69]

T490s user, I had two of these, really dissapointing. I don't use a mouse either when I use my laptop so it does get annoying. It's.... ok enough that I can daily it, but my old cheap acer laptop had a better trackpad which is disappointing.

[@Warrior7z7]

Just use a mouse.

[@davemk9]

@@Warrior7z7 well, yeah.. I don't have any choice. If you buy a laptop you expect everything to work, or if my keyboard and screen was working poorly you'd tell me to buy a keyboard and a separate display?

[@ts.432]

After having hinge-based problems with my current laptop (Samsung i3-10110U processor, 8 GB of RAM), I've decided to look for something robust, with great durability, a Thinkpad Laptop. However, I've been overwhelmed with the different options available out there on ebay (furnished/second hand ones). Should I go with a T480 or a newer one, such as the T14s Gen 1?

[@WaffleusRex]

That year in general. I kind of want to get a P52 for similar reasons, as much as I'm enjoying my Snapdragon T14s.

[@kushalsharma6606]

Great work ryan! Videos are great

[@xpforevergaming8609]

I have a T16 Gen2 and while it's a whole lot sleeker than e.g. the T480, it certainly doesn't feel as durable and repairable than the older Thinkpads. Fortunately the RAM is somewhat upgradable (one soldered, one available DIMM slot), M.2 slot and the battery and keyboard should be easy to replace. Not so sure about the screen, though. 2 USB-A and 2 USB-C, RJ-45 Gigabit and combojack may not seem like much, but it's just enough to be able to avoid dongles (for the most part).

[@feligato_]

When W11 or the next one stop working, may I suggest you to try a Linux distro?. You would probably see better battery life and performance, that way it will last almost forever (from a X390 user)

[@kittenzrulz2314]

He's a KZbinr, they generally need software that doesn't work on Linux.

[@ufukpolat4691]

Everyone talks about this one, but no one actually takes a look at the incredible P series. I got a P53 which I can upgrade to 4x32 gigs ram (ecc supported), 3x 2TB nvme drives, 4k display, sim card, upgrade network card, backlight, ect… and I’m still not talking about the Xeon processor, RTX5000 16gb VRAM and every port you ever wanted in a laptop including card reader! I think the P series doesn’t get enough credit and also has better upgrade path… the T480 has become overrated lately

[@yagoceron]

Love Thinkpads... When my MacBook dies I'll take an "old" ThinkPad and put Linux. What watch are you wearing, love the watch face?

[@finsphotography2705]

Try a thinkpad e495 its possiby the worst laptop they have ever made, i’ve been through 3 this year alone at work and I ain’t the only one

[@ImCannibalOfficial]

The T480 is nice, but the A485 is great in a way that the T480 couldn't keep up.

[@deko-kq4yg]

I'm watching this on my T480, i5 8250u, 32 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD SATA, and an external gpu setup with the thunderbolt3 port, with and rx 580. It runs pretty ok, but the gpu can onlt go upto 75 - 80% utilisation , while the cpu is always maxed out. Might be solved with the i7 Version.

[@AnderWolfe31]

It's not a ThinkPad if it doesn't run windows. Still, it was a great video.

[@Rayyan-hi2ge]

it definitely runs windows

[@josephbird]

Just bought a t480s from ebay, £110. Will be adding another 8gb ram. Should last another two or more years

[@arupbhattacharya3954]

7:19 what scaling you are using on your machine?? Looks good and sharp to me.. our company provides us with ThinkPad and I love it.

[@MKR3238]

looks like 100% 1080p @ 14" is pretty sm0l

[@arupbhattacharya3954]

100% seems too small on this.

[@АндрійПозняков-н2ф]

Macbook pro 15 2012 with matte finish display and windows on board is top choice for around $200

[@dasvegy]

Is that the FHD screen (with touch?) or the 1440p screen?

[@theryanthomas]

FHD no touch

[@dasvegy]

@@theryanthomas Thank You

[@dasvegy]

@@theryanthomas Also on the T480s?

[@MalamIbnMalam]

I think the newer thinkpads have better screens (edge to edge). Previous thinkpads had far too much screen bezel real estate.

[@The-Cat]

I was very dissapointed to learn Lenovo doesn't do the X1 Extreme anymore... my Gen 1 X1E is needing to be replaced but there's no alternative out there that I know of... high end laptops now come with non upgradable memory, no smartcard slot and now also forced A.I. bullshit

[@OTK253]

I'm currently having a swelling leg on my right ankle, it get less in the morning and swelled up during the day, i went the hospital a week ago and i was told i a heart cardiac.

[@someone-mn8or]

I got a T580 about 2 years ago and its motherboard broke about a month ago. So I wouldn't trust these to last much longer

[@OM-bs7of]

Hp Elitebooks are the new thinkpads. Even better is the Framework laptop but its available in limited markets 🤷

[@iamsuperduper2410]

What is the golf game you play in all of your videos?

[@alio263]

I'm sure Lenovo is pissed by this glazing of old ThinkPads, but I have no simpathy for multimillion dollar companies.

[@pckentank]

thinkpad p50 or thinkpad t590, which one is better

[@paulesthete4648]

Please stop begging for subscribers in every intro. Your work is good enough for people to subscribe naturally. Doing that devaluate it.

[@theryanthomas]

Statistically incorrect. I get it's annoying but I'm not leaving 90% of my new subs on the table because 10seconds is annoying

[@manuelponce9768]

I disagree, it makes me really happy watch older videos and see how much your channel has grown. Keep doing what feels better for you.

[@paulesthete4648]

@ you mean most people aren't smart enough to subscribe after watching something they thoroughly enjoyed ?? Really ?? -__- if so that's thoroughly disappointing.

[@sezcam79]

I have mixed thoughts on that because it's a small channel so needs subs or it'll be another algorithm casualty, and there's been a few times I've assumed I have been subbed to channels when I haven't.

[@therealhatchet]

Dude he just asked once that's not begging

[@TechPark-v1j]

holy, I have the same one! I got it for free in 2019 and it still works to this day, I installed win 11 pro on it.

[@NexonLAB]

ironically im on a t480

[@rajinrashid2455]

I need to know where do you get your wallpapers from

[@Haybieo]

Description

[@Aygross]

Yup t480 and x280

[@ImMadHD]

Zorin OS, Try it

[@handlemonium]

With Zen browser?

[@Vortexaon]

Is the thinkpad E470 any good?

[@turn_to_bigmac]

T480s vs x1c6, which one u pref if you choose 8th gen Intel thinkpad ?

[@A4orce84]

I've been super happy with my X1C6 generation. Just make sure you get the 16GB Model.

[@turn_to_bigmac]

@ well, i use x1c6 with 2k display. Just curious ppl always mention t480 and t480s only. The t480s and x1c6, they are same price range but always they said 480 is the best

[@kennethprime90]

I snatched up a p16s gen 3 for $1250 including tax. 4k oled Core 7 ultra 16gb upgradable ram 1tb ssd and Nvidia rtx 500 ada which i think is pretty useless but still nice to have I guess.

[@ryan6766]

is this still worth it for web browsing and osrs?

[@DavidBurns174]

I used Thinkpads when they were IBM machines, great laptops best keyboards and fell of any laptop

[@danielosawaru9045]

Thinkpads are so amazing

[@Pieteros21]

T480 was great but that T490 with oled screen .........

[@JohnInnocentSmyth]

i have a question - is the t480s lid assembly less flimsy than the t480? I hate the amount of flex around the hinges of my t480, especially when it is closed and i want to carry it with one hand. Also, the old thinkpads used to be able to open with one hand (largely due to the protruding battery) is this still achievable?

[@tegathemenace]

I got one with a protruding battery, it's embarrassing😂. But gives the laptop a little stand and provides room for ventilation underneath. This is the most wobble free hinge I've seen. You've been played in some way or done something

[@JohnInnocentSmyth]

@@tegathemenace the hinge is ok, but when i close the thing and grab it between the hignes to slide it in my bag, just by holding it it squeezes the screen to the keyboard. I was wondering if there is some fix, like taping a carbon fibre plate under the screen on the lid assembly or putting some rubber spacers above the keyboard.

[@XionLuis]

Why is the T480 better than the T14 for instance?

[@watchdoge6464]

What's wrong with the T14?

[@boiswag3509]

sim rig tour?

[@Anand_M34]

What is the cost of this laptop?

[@Aygross]

Ebay

[@michaelwalker8250]

Dell XPS 13 and 15 have been the best laptops in my existence.

[@Aygross]

Lol literally see the most of those in my repair shop .

[@SuntJack]

not really, currently having an Dell 15 9530 and for the money it's meh at best

[@SuntJack]

@@Aygross at least the 2024 model has such a big problem with speakers and drivers, speakers tend to resonate at 400Hz ...you are forced to use headphones if you want to hear something and for that price dell seems to ignore the feedback

[@michaelwalker8250]

@@Aygross what are the complaints?

[@EndoAshura]

I want to know what you think about the t470 model in 2025.... where I live you don't get the t480 for cheap, will I be fine with the t470 with Linux ? For some coding (web dev and a bit of android app development )

[@-Jakob489-]

I had a T470 for a few weeks in 2020. It was just horribly slow with the i5 6300U (just a really shitty Dualcore, just avoid 6th/7th Gen Intel) for even the simplest workloads in Matlab or Visual Studio. I then upgraded to the E14 Gen2 AMD with the Ryzen 5 4500U, and its just so much better in every possible way - portability, the Screen, performance, Battery Life (event though the T470 had a dual battery setup, but it was just maxed out all the time) - simply everything. The E14 also has upgradeable Ram (but just 1 Slot), 2 M2 Slots and an Aluminium Case.

[@bosphaxay7109]

I use a T470 for school and research projects and that’s probably what’s it’s going to do best. Anything mildly intensive and it’s quite sluggish but if it’s just for office tasks then still miles better than Chromebook’s imo. I also triple boot windows 7, windows 11 and Debian. Debian runs best with little lag and windows 11 is just downright awful. Windows 7 runs great but still not as fast as Debian. Fans are always silent on debian when doing light tasks or idle. Pretty solid Linux laptop but you can run windows 7 or 10 if you needed to. Wouldn’t recommend 11 though.

[@mateusspadari5171]

T480 or T490? (Excluding the extra battery)