what they said but don't go below T480; the performance jump is huge (quad vs dual-core) and the price difference is negligible while almost everything is interchangeable (screens, keyboards, cards, plastic parts, dock stations, etc.).

T480 should be attainable around the $/€ 200 mark nowadays as they're 5-6 gens behind and upgrading 'em to like 16 or 32 GB and 1TB NVMe or more is stupid cheap.

[–] greywolf0x1@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

that's right, the T480 is the best upgradable thinkpad there is, you can even up the ram to 64gb

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Fair point. Some folks are on an ultra tight budget or prefer the older model for various reasons.

But I agree, at $200-$300 used, you can't really go wrong with the T480. Really nice specs for most use cases, and still fairly repairable and upgradable.