ThinkPad T440p

Every few years there will be a change people don't like and and a new 'last true thinkpad' will be crowned. Idiots will overpay to get it despite better machines being available for the same if not cheaper price. When I started following this it was the T60 because the T61 that followed it was the

Hate is justified for the clunkpad - not because it's a bad trackpad, but because it was Lenovo's first salvo of attacks on Trackpoint users - the people who's loyalty kept ThinkPad relevant in the era of ever more svelte Apple hardware knockoffs. The x9 is the 3rd salvo in the war against the nub.

It depends on how important battery life is for you. You're not going to be able to get genuine Lenovo batteries for these laptops and aftermarket is a real crap shoot in terms of quality. That might not be true for a T480, but I don't own one and haven't looked. A T440p would be easier to mod, supp

Hinge design? Who cares if it's good? - I do The overbuilt robust hinge has always been a defining characteristic of the T series. The hinge could easily be a weak point or failure point on a notebook. The T series answer was just a beefy overkill design. The T series historically was the "built lik

Yes, everything is still correct except for that the world has moved on, technology has progressed and Renoir-based Ryzen ThinkPads such as the base 4500U E14 are more efficient and greatly outperform a decked out T440p at a similar cost should be replaced with "Thinkpads with the 6th Gen Ryzen and