ThinkPad E14 G5

It's an E14 G5 (yes I know E series is like lowest tier ThinkPad but it works for me)

Look on eBay in the UK. Double check the fitted display of any older ThinkPad though, several have a very poor 1366x768 TN display which is well worth avoiding. On a brief search I found a UK refurb dealer, Newandusedlaptops4u with three models worth a look. All 1080p IPS displays, all listed as ver

Doesn’t look like that’s been the case with the last few E type machines (they’re actually part metal, not all plastic like the prior Edge lineup..) https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-E14-G5-AMD-review-Affordable-office-laptop-with-better-display.742234.0.html

L14 G5 stock display while a more modern 16:10, has very poor color accuracy, with red having a noticeable orange hue. Read a review of a Ryzen 5 L14 G5 here. You can see how red appears more orange in the display images of the review. Ryzen 3 chipset is decent, even at 4 core, but its power consump

No. Beyond invalidating the warranty, the cost involved would be better spent on a larger external monitor that could match/outmatch the optional 2560 x 1600 120Hz panel. While ThinkPad 45% NTSC displays are not color accurate, they're still more than usable, just not where color accuracy is require

T14s all-metal build, thin and light, fixed DDR4x-4266 16GB RAM, single NVMe drive, decent Intel chipset, but outmatched by equivalent AMD. 2 years older than L14 G4. L14, plastic/metal build, DDR4-3200 RAM will upgrade to 64GB, more powerful AMD chipset, stronger graphics than Intel 11th Gen, suppo

From Gen 5 forward, you get - 16:10 display, and noticeably improved build quality. AMD models are particularly powerful, but even G5 uses Intel 13th Gen chipsets, with capable Iris Xe Graphics when run with dual channel RAM. G5 8GB + 1 open RAM slot (40GB max), G6/G7 2 open RAM slots (64GB max). Al

E14 G5 Intel, slower DDR4 3200 RAM, 8 or 16GB fixed + empty slot (48GB max), USB 2.0 port, single Thunderbolt. Dual NVMe drive support. Default display, poor color, red looks orange. Plastic chassis/metal top panel. Older generation Intel chipsets, than in T14 G5. T14 G5, higher quality and stronger

E14 Gen 5 is a good value upgrade-able machine, however I'd hesitate with an i3-1315U, which isn't very powerful, and restricted to weaker UHD graphics. I don't know the pricing in your location, but far more capable chipsets used in the E14 G5 - i5-1335U, i7-1355U, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Ryzen 7 77730U

Thank you, and I've amended the above details. I was simply referring to the main chassis, but for clarity will use plastic chassis/metal top panel, as the term. A friend has an E14 G5 Ryzen 5, and similar to you, they're more than happy with it. Only on seeing the 72% NTSC display on my T14s, did t