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Lenovo ThinkPad E450 [Core i7, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 14" 1920*1080, 2GB Radeon R7, Wi-Fi AC] $899 @Lenovo

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Found this looking for something for GallentFox and it seems like a great price to me for the specs.

Note: see below for even cheaper options for students and using CashRewards

Lenovo Thinkpad E450 - $899

  • Intel Core i7-5500U Processor (4MB Cache, up to 3.00GHz)
  • Windows 8.1 64bit
  • 14.0" FHD (1920 * 1080) Display
  • AMD Radeon R7 M260 (2GB) Graphics
  • 8GB PC3-12800 DDR3L (2 DIMM) Memory
  • 128GB SSD
  • Intel Dual Band Wireless 3160 AC, Bluetooth Version 4.0
  • 6-cell battery (47Wh)
  • 1 Year Depot or Carry-in Warranty

$100 - Upgrade to Windows 8.1 Pro
$15 - Upgrade to Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265 (2x2, 802.11ac/a/b/g/n) with Bluetooth 4.0

Warranty upgrade options:
$15.40 - 1Y On-site NBD upgrade
$91.63 - 2Y On-site NBD upgrade
$188.65 - 3Y On-site NBD upgrade

Dimensions (W x D x H): 339 x 239 x 22-24 mm
Weight: Starting from 1.81kg
Battery Life: Up to 9.0 hours (based on MobileMark2012)

The E450 with i5-5200U processor and 1TB hard drive is also a good price for $799 - upgrade to your own SSD for a great price.

Student Pricing

Thanks to Ryxxi the i7 5500 is just $821.55 $854.05 with student email address.
youknow pointed out to sign up here, log in, and you see the discounted price student price.

CashRewards

blibster and nkrdlyk pointed out using CashRewards for extra 7.2% discount.
This should come to $834.27. Great price!

$1 Dock

A few people noted the Lenovo OneLink Pro Dock should also be available for $1 as seen here, but I can't see how to add this. Maybe try chatting to a sales person.

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  • jv on 17/07/2015 - 12:06
    +1

    never mind… I need my eyes checked…

    • bex000 on 17/07/2015 - 12:32
      +16

      any bargains?

      • jv on 17/07/2015 - 12:32

        no, that's not what i posted…

        • XeKToReX on 17/07/2015 - 12:49
          +10

          Was probably "any bargains?"

        • jv on 17/07/2015 - 13:03

          @XeKToReX:

          nope.

        • expertreader on 17/07/2015 - 13:59
          +5

          @jv: price in the title?

        • jv on 17/07/2015 - 14:01
          +3

          @expertreader:

          yep…

          give the man a prize !!!

        • scud70 on 17/07/2015 - 14:05

          @jv: what did he get?…. apart from a reply from the world famous jv.. :P

        • jv on 17/07/2015 - 14:16
          +4

          @scud70:

          what did he get?

          an upvote.

        • expertreader on 17/07/2015 - 15:23
          +6

          @jv: I will savour this moment for life and will tell all about it to my grand kids😁😁

        • scud70 on 17/07/2015 - 16:06

          @jv: amazing!

  • chewkl on 17/07/2015 - 12:06
    +5

    Great price. +1 for the FHD display.

  • NickFritz on 17/07/2015 - 12:12

    Very good price!

  • ATangk on 17/07/2015 - 12:14

    Can this really get 9 hr battery life? The battery size isn't massive. Did they just unplug the gfx card?

    • NickFritz on 17/07/2015 - 12:19
      +26

      they tested it while sitting on the BIOS screen :)

      • ghostdom on 17/07/2015 - 12:36

        I hope it's a colourful bios screen

      • justtoreply on 17/07/2015 - 15:02
        +3

        Doubt it. Power saving doesn't kick in until you get into the OS. Bios would be worse.

  • thesteve on 17/07/2015 - 12:21

    wow. could this be a pricing error. it seems like a very good deal!

  • Gavman on 17/07/2015 - 12:24
    +7

    128GB HDD is really F-all. ur probably left with 80gb after OS and drivers installed. Would be good if they had upgrade option for this to atleast 250gb

    • Goof on 17/07/2015 - 12:33
      +3

      Depends on your usage. I have 128GB SSD in my work ultrabook, I dual boot Linux & Windows and I still have significant room to spare on both partitions.

    • joeflacco on 17/07/2015 - 12:35

      Upgrade it yourself. Probably cheaper too.

      • Gavman on 17/07/2015 - 14:17

        Will prob void warrantee? Are Lenovo tight with self upgrading HDD?

        • joeflacco on 17/07/2015 - 17:58

          If your laptop buggers up, you can just put the old HDD back in. I doubt they will notice or care enough.

        • spiev on 18/07/2015 - 14:50

          I dunno what they're like now, but in 2012 they shipped me a replacement WiFi chip when I had issues with my X201, and simply emailed me the hardware maintenance manual.

        • blazingspeed on 24/07/2015 - 07:17

          If it is a customer replaceable unit, then the warranty won't be voided
          Source: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd100221

    • Poimandres on 17/07/2015 - 12:49

      It should be pretty okay using a USB 3.0 HD for most storage right? I'm concerned with how this would work for games though.

      • NickFritz on 17/07/2015 - 13:37
        +2 
        Card slot
microSD (TransFlash), up to 32GB

        I assume thats the default 32gb that can actually go up to 128gb.

        So just throw a sd card in it too and set it as a second hard drive.

        • Gavman on 17/07/2015 - 14:17

          Fair point, but would be nice if there was an option tho.

    • Shwayne on 18/07/2015 - 15:41

      The i5 is $100 less and has a 1TB HDD if that's what you'd prefer.

    • klumsybot on 18/07/2015 - 15:52

      My facebook laptop has a 64GB ssd in it and its is fine

    • klumsybot on 18/07/2015 - 16:40

      My facebook/skype laptop has a 64GB ssd and still 32GB spare

    • ProjectZero on 23/07/2015 - 09:54

      AFAIK, windows 7 if optimised and setup properly, it can go down to using 10GB of storage… this is from experience using this guide.

      I'm unsure as to how much room windows 8 leaves when you optimise it but I'm sure it isn't going to use up almost 50GB of the storage…

      Windows 8/8.1 guide here

  • nuchalis on 17/07/2015 - 12:24
    +3

    $100 - Upgrade to Windows 8.1 Pro

    Why would I do this? Aren't they all switching to Win 10 soon

    • DrStinge on 17/07/2015 - 12:29
      +7

      You would end up with Windows 10 Pro; having said that the cost to jump to Pro is usually around the $40 mark, $100 is quite steep.

      • Gavman on 18/07/2015 - 07:26
        -1

        Not really steep when u think about it a business would be able to write off tax and GST so the extra $100 ends up being $60 at cost anyways

    • iChopstick on 17/07/2015 - 12:32
      +2

      Business users may prefer Pro edition. Win 8.1 Home updates to Win 10 Home, and Win 8.1 Pro to Win 10 Pro, etc.

      • Utopian on 17/07/2015 - 13:47
        +4

        Business users may require Pro edition ;)

    • Agret on 17/07/2015 - 14:26
      +1

      Windows 8.1 will upgrade to Windows 10.
      Windows 8.1 Pro will upgrade to Windows 10 Pro.

    • niksrulz on 17/07/2015 - 18:00

      @nuchalis - You are the only one thinking about it !!! Lol

    • Gavman on 18/07/2015 - 07:23
      +1

      Pro is required to put the laptop on a domain normally in an enterprise environment. Also pro key comes with other features like hyper-v.

  • [Deactivated] on 17/07/2015 - 12:30
    +3

    I was looking at getting this I7 for travelling overseas next year no business but using it for lightroom and editing photos to put on my blog I was budgeting $1500 for a nice light/small laptop but I see this I'm thinking I should just pick it up now as an awesome price and sure it will still be working fine next year save like $600 for the budget :)

    Good choice? or wait to next year before I go?

    • expertreader on 17/07/2015 - 14:02

      Wait

    • Agret on 17/07/2015 - 14:27

      It's a good laptop but you will want to either upgrade the SSD to a larger one or swap the optical drive out for a large HDD if you plan on using it for photos.

      • Cheaparoo on 17/07/2015 - 19:05

        Looks like this system has no optical drive to do such a swap out with.

        • kupkes on 17/07/2015 - 19:36

          Currently sitting using one of these laptops and can confirm there is no optical drive (Agret's comment did have me checking though).

        • Agret on 20/07/2015 - 19:40

          @kupkes: That's unfortunate, I suppose a USB external hard drive would suffice for photos though.

    • elliot91 on 17/07/2015 - 15:23

      Curious about this too. How would this handle 'intermediate' image processing in LR?

      • scynaz on 17/07/2015 - 19:54

        Better than anything else remotely portable you can get for the price, and the decent screen doesn't hurt.

        Use USB 3.0 storage or a decent sized fast SD. Not much point upgrading the SSD unless you're going all the way to 512GB or more. Massive internal storage is overrated.

  • GrTea on 17/07/2015 - 12:35
    +2

    Excellent deal.

    I tried adding the $1 dock, but it comes up as full price for the dock.

  • dzf on 17/07/2015 - 12:35
    +2

    Although it's right there on the front screen, perhaps also helps to specify that the Dock is only $1 as well…!

    http://shopap.lenovo.com/au/en/deals/info/4X10E52937_overlay_$1.html

  • danyool on 17/07/2015 - 12:36
    +1

    Looks like you can add ThinkPad OneLink Pro Dock (valued at $217.01) for $1! "•OneLink delivers data, driver-free dual video, and power through a single convenient connector"

  • ITveteran on 17/07/2015 - 12:39
    +1

    Great price. If only I had not have too many laptops at home.

  • tiding on 17/07/2015 - 12:40
    +6

    Be careful with the cheap plastic. I have one no more than one year.
    very ugly erosion on the touch pad and even some other part (not covered by
    warranty).

    very bad material compared with other brands I used before.

    However, stable and efficient computer system (not the decoration part). Intensively used, no down experienced.
    Battery is good and can last 4-5 hours even after one-year heavy usage.

    Be prepared for something very good inside, but with disgusting appearance.

    • currentfad on 17/07/2015 - 13:18
      +2

      Yes the touchpad issue I can vouch for, although on another lenovo. Mine eroded mostly on the left click button. System itself again is very solid after 4 years usage, although battery life is horrendous now.

    • DrStinge on 17/07/2015 - 13:18
      +1

      This is pretty much bang on the money.

    • dexx on 17/07/2015 - 16:23

      The keyboard is very good though

    • [Deactivated] on 05/08/2015 - 19:12

      "Don't judge a book by its cover"

  • [Deactivated] on 17/07/2015 - 12:42

    Still don't find the look appealing… Why can't business laptops look a bit more like ultrabooks? (Maybe not the thickness, seeing as they wanna fit more things in, but at least the look)

  • tariqsaleem on 17/07/2015 - 12:44

    Ah… So tempting… If only this had a touch screen too.

    I've gotten used to the surface and it's difficult going to back to a non touch screen laptop

  • bigmac38 on 17/07/2015 - 12:44
    +3

    Thanks for the share! Just ordered one with the $15 upgrade to Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265 (2x2, 802.11ac/a/b/g/n) with Bluetooth 4.0

    The $1 dock doesn't show up if you continue the build to the final page.

    Total cost $914 delivered! Heading overseas in a few weeks time so it'll drop down to $831 :D

    • paulaus on 17/07/2015 - 12:58

      I was thinking to do that but might leave it at $899 because its up to $900 for trs

      • cashless on 17/07/2015 - 13:15

        Eh? No max for TRS claim
        (https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Ente/Tour/Are-you-a-traveller)

        • paulaus on 17/07/2015 - 13:31

          they can get you on return……If you are aged 18 years or over, you can bring in up to A$900 worth of general goods into Australia duty-free

        • aec on 17/07/2015 - 13:37

          @paulaus: in principle, yet, but in reality, no. they will not stop you just because you claim the TRS and then bring the cheap $914 laptop back into Australia.

        • paulaus on 17/07/2015 - 13:44

          @alwayseric: I watched border security once and some asian chick claimed back 20k i think it was on a pair of expensive ear rings. They managed to spot them under her long hair on way back into Aus and made her pay back the 20k lol.

        • aec on 17/07/2015 - 13:54

          @paulaus: everyone heard of this story. you only watched once?

        • paulaus on 17/07/2015 - 14:03
          +1

          @alwayseric:
          once is enough for that show boring as shitte

        • Cheap Rich Guy on 17/07/2015 - 19:42

          @alwayseric:

          hello there my friend.

        • Maverick-au on 06/08/2015 - 22:58
          -1

          @paulaus:

          they can get you on return……If you are aged 18 years or over, you can bring in up to A$900 worth of general goods into Australia duty-free

          The notebook is used when you bring it back and it's value has dropped well under AUD$900.

      • currentfad on 17/07/2015 - 13:20
        +1

        No…I just claimed over $3k on TRS. 1 iPhone & 2macbooks.

      • cashless on 17/07/2015 - 13:27

        $900 is the limit to what you can bring in.
        So, just make sure the PC looks well used when you bring it back:)

    • klumsybot on 18/07/2015 - 15:53

      Great move on the NIC upgrade

  • Ryxxi on 17/07/2015 - 12:54
    +9

    $821.55 with student email:)

    • Poimandres on 17/07/2015 - 13:03

      Woah, sweet. I'm a staff member at a uni and I signed up with my address and it worked!

    • youknow on 17/07/2015 - 13:57
      +1

      How does that work? just at the checkout? or do you need to register first?

  • Phoebus on 17/07/2015 - 13:01

    website doesn't seem to be working.
    Nothing happens when I click the "View or Customize" button.

  • corrad on 17/07/2015 - 13:02

    is the AMD graphics even some what decent to play games like Cities Skyline?

    • belongsinforums on 17/07/2015 - 20:57

      it'd probably run okayish on low settings

  • abc on 17/07/2015 - 13:05
    +2

    This model is basically a poor mans version of the X1 Carbon…

    • DrStinge on 17/07/2015 - 13:14
      +1

      I would probably prefer this over an X1 Carbon - the specs are overall designed for better performance - an AMD GPU combined with a more friendly resolution (1080P) would make this overall faster. The build quality won't win you any awards but then again you're paying about half the price.

  • youknow on 17/07/2015 - 13:06

    Sorry, I'm struggling to tell the difference:
    Intel Dual Band Wireless 3160 AC, Bluetooth Version 4.0
    Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC/B/G/N 7265, Bluetooth Version 4.0

    What's better about the second option?

    • DrStinge on 17/07/2015 - 13:23
      +6

      http://ark.intel.com/compare/75442,83635

      Here's a comparison, the 7265 has theoretically twice maximum bandwidth (you need an accommodating router). For $15 I would personally buy the upgrade (future proofing) but each to his own.

      • youknow on 17/07/2015 - 13:41
        +1

        thank you! :)

  • nfr on 17/07/2015 - 13:07

    Need a deal on T series.

  • Spets on 17/07/2015 - 13:12

    Will this handle gaming?

    • DrStinge on 17/07/2015 - 13:15
      +1

      Depends what you want to play - I saw a video (youtube AMD Radeon R7 M260 for an idea) of Skyrim running betweeen 30 - 55 FPS depending on the settings. For the price you're likely not going to find much better in terms of gaming; it'll hand a majority of last generation games with good specs however newer games won't fare so well.

    • Fobsessive on 18/07/2015 - 21:28

      ThinkPad GPU's are not made for gaming

    • Fobsessive on 18/07/2015 - 21:28

      ThinkPad GPU's are not made for gaming

    • ProjectZero on 23/07/2015 - 09:58

      Generally no Laptop is made for high end gaming… for light gaming on lower settings, this should probably be fine… it'll should at least run it at or above console levels.

  • YellowKnight on 17/07/2015 - 13:16

    Will this be suitable for video editing?

  • snynx on 17/07/2015 - 13:18
    +11

    so I'll just pitch in because I did a lot of research on this when I was looking to buy a laptop

    • The screen is not IPS, and has been noted by some reviewers as being very dim
    • It has awful build design in comparison to other thinkpads, it's mostly a consumer laptop with the Thinkpad brand on it
    • The battery life is extremely exaggerated and closer to 5-6 hours in realistic conditions
    • This model also has an integrated battery (this is bad) although the E550 doesn't
    • Not sure if this is relevant, but Lenovo has "deals" on their laptops pretty much 24/7. They just rename it every once in a while - this time it's called "EDGEDEAL".

    Otherwise this is actually a good consumer laptop for its price - but don't expect it to be as reliable as the Thinkpad T or X or W series. There's a reason why it's so cheap in comparison.

    • rodinthink on 17/07/2015 - 15:05

      Can't complain with the price

    • belongsinforums on 17/07/2015 - 20:58

      5 hours with a dedicated GPU is pretty good.. I get 2!

    • nuchalis on 20/07/2015 - 22:59

      Got any recomendations on what to get instead for browsing/office, but nice screen and snappy performance?

      • snynx on 20/07/2015 - 23:46

        You should give me a budget if you ask for recommendations :P

        A Macbook Pro with Retina is probably your best bet - the best screen and trackpads in the industry by far, very long (10-12 hours) battery life under wifi browsing, above average performance, good keyboard, light weight.

        The con that most people will mention is that it's rather expensive (~$1800) for its specs, but remember that you're paying a premium for very good customer support and high resale value, as well as the aforementioned build quality. It's a good investment, though I don't speak from experience.

        • nuchalis on 21/07/2015 - 07:41

          Thanks! Yes, my budget is around $1000 but happy to flex… it's just to be honest I just feel like an everyday-use ~15" lappie with a decent screen should be able to be had for that or even quite a bit less?

          A Macbook Pro does seem nice, but it seems overkill for my uses, plus I'm hesitant to switch away from PC (I just know PCs/Win so well, can fix them myself, and use PC-only software for a few things), plus I kinda like cheaper lappies as I don't have to stress about them being stolen/broken or lose so much when they are obsolete in a few years…

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