ThinkPad X280

Lenovo

ThinkPad X280

37 positive 0 neutral 16 negative

Based on 53 Reddit mentions

$349.97

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I think I bought the wrong LCD for my X280

Well, that's not a 32 pin cable. The one you have is actually the 40 pin touch cable. That display you currently have is the FHD touch that uses a 40 pin with 0.4mm pitch. The new display uses a 30 pin cable with 0.5 mm pitch (a bit more separated). By comparing the 2 panels, the one you bought has

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el_charlie in r/thinkpad

May 12, 2026 1:37 PM

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Best legacy budget thinkpad

for sure! With apologies for piling a bunch of more thoughts and info on: I see Wayward Locust's post about chromebooks and a thinkpad i just remembered is the 11e series. They're actually quite new, they wre built for K-12 education, and should be quite durable and just a little tiny bit on the smo

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Cory5413 in r/thinkpad

May 6, 2026 2:48 AM

2

Hold on, T480's speakers are this good?

Uh, they’re pretty bad compared to most laptops nowadays. Just a pair of down firing cheapies. My old X280 ThinkPad Yoga had the absolute WORST speakers I’ve ever had, which is pathetic from a 2018 laptop. Most decently built laptops now have two midbass drivers on the bottom and two tweeters facing

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jimmyl_82104 in r/thinkpad

May 2, 2026 9:08 PM

2

T14 Gen 3 Touchpad Delay

I also encountered this issue. Changing to a different charger solved it, even though both chargers are all from lenovo? Using the charger that came with the x280 (model: ADLX65YLC3D) causes problems, but switching to the charger from the x1 tablet gen2 (model: ADLX45YLC3A) or the thinkplus lipstick

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xxs1999 in r/thinkpad

January 19, 2026 4:53 PM

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Студенты ИТ: какими ноутбуками вы реально пользуетесь?

Взял бу МакБук м2 про 16гб за 80кв почти новом состоянии - не могу нарадоваться. Все тянет, экран я не видел лучше, заряд очень долго держит. До этого был lenovo IdeaPad 3 - петли сломались до мяса, пластик покрошился, некоторые клавиши не работали. В сервисе сказали, что это уже не починить, и что

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Federal_Tradition165 in r/FreeAsk

April 17, 2026 6:24 PM

1

ThinkPad L15 Gen 4 - A terrible laptop with even worse aftersales support

I have the same feeling, I have one too, totally lowcost build, cheap plastics, very short battery life, again and again some issues, like battery discharges 10% per day even if its offIgnoring mainy times smart charge limit so it charges to 99% isntead 85 set in lenovo vantage..I had T14 or T14s or

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layyen in r/thinkpad

April 22, 2026 7:15 AM

1

Anyone have any experience dealing with RecycleKart?

I bought lenovo thinkpad x280 from them 2 months, everything was perfect but last week my battery died out of nowhere. The laptop is still working while plugged in but I'm trying to contact their support non-stop from past week, no luck. 1 number is switched off, other one is not responding. Only me

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YashP97 in r/homelabindia

January 14, 2026 5:50 AM

1

Can anyone recommend a laptop without temporal dithering and easy for eyes ?

I try Lenovo x280 and x390 I get instant eyestrain and sell it buy now this tomorrow is coming I hope it's works 🙏 it's 45% ntsc idk this do anything with TD

Apprehensive-Map6292 in r/Temporal_Noise

April 7, 2026 6:29 AM

1

Why does everybody hate on the x280? I really want one.

drosseln halt auch ! Ich hatte einen aber nie wieder nein danke https://www.notebookcheck.com/Test-Lenovo-ThinkPad-X280-i5-8250U-FHD-Laptop.284752.0.html Pro + hochwertiges & leichtes Gehäuse + exzellente ThinkPad-Eingabegeräte + verbesserte Wartbarkeit + mattes IPS-Display mit über 300 cd/m² + Gehä

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Ambitious_Proposal86 in r/thinkpad

March 23, 2026 8:09 AM

1

Need help deciding on a second hand ThinkPad

I’d toss up between the T480s and X280, although I’m not sure what other specs they have (display would be my primary concern as the X280 has a much lower base resolution at only 768p.. Some older AMD SKUs may also fall into this margin, these might offer a decent performance point for your stated u

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natusw in r/thinkpad

May 20, 2025 5:37 AM

2

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