ThinkPad X280

With T480, you will need to carefully review offers - the external battery is available in three sizes (24/48/72Wh) , and only the largest option has a battery life advantage. Also, the dual batteries are a budget liability these days as you have to factor in replacement costs for two batteries (aro

What used to be Txxp and then W is now P. Which now you can buy in a lighter more integrated variant as Pxxs which is basically a T. Full circle if you will. If you go with a T you won't be wrong. The AMD T's if you're buying used are nice (4000 series chips and up). My X's are nice. But anything X1

As a fellow tech lover and ThinkPad enjoyer, this sounds like a fun little Franken‑laptop project. If you want something inexpensive but still very moddable, I’d look at older T or X series (T480/T490, X270/X280 tier) – they’re common in the refurb market, have plenty of parts available, and tons of

For that price (even w/o storage), this will be a decent (or more than decent) deal in most countries' market. (Adds): If you want thinkpad with upgradable RAM, T14 is probably to go. T14 is a standard (high quality) 14 inch thinkpad line, and its gen2 (2021) was the last gen of the traditional desi

Hmm. To the extent possible I tend to recommend quad-core, 16gb of ram and an SSD as a baseline these days. There are actually X280s with 16GB of ram for under $200, as an example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/366251601380 My Dell comparable was gonna be https://www.ebay.com/itm/236634809523 (1x sodimm

I just bought a second-hand X280 2 years ago, first Thinkpad. Those are built with a metal case (not all thinkpads are like that). Then, a month ago, I got a T14 Gen 1 with a Ryzen 7 Pro 4750U, and my son, 13 y.o got himself an X280 also. I bought an L590 for my older son who needed it for his cyber

To be honest, +1 on going for X280 or newer. I wouldn't personally try to daily 7th gen or older (as in X270) at this point. Unfortunately Lenovo gave up on 12-inch machines at that time. That's roughly when Dell's newest 12-inch Latitudes (5290, 7290) were also shipped as well, with that form facto

Generally speaking Intel 8th generation (Thinkpad T480, E480, L480, and similar 15-inch models, as well as X280 if you were interested in smaller) is the modern baseline. It's coincidentally the Windows 11 system requirements, but I'd say quad/16gb/256gb SSD are the minimum viable computer today and

Your best value option is likely to be a used well well built laptop with good community support for Linux. ThinkPad laptops are a prime example. Choose well for an excellent screen and keyboard, decent CPU and upgradeable memory. Replace HDD with SDD. May need replacement third party battery if you

I got this Lenovo 20KF002TUS ThinkPad X280... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BG3BLKYT?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share for security stuff and (I did upgrade the ssd (1tb/$60)) and it’s been great. I’m running Manjaro with blackarch on it with no issues