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[Refurb] Lenovo ThinkPad T460s with i5 6300U 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, FHD, Win11 $279 + Delivery ($0 VIC C&C) @ FuseTech AU

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WHAT is up everyone,

We have a large new quantity of amazing Lenovo laptops at some seriously good prices during EOFYs! The Lenovo T460s series is a 14' FHD (IPS) screen with a slim design that makes for amazing home, work or study laptops! SSD upgrades are also available to create your ideal laptop. We're not doing Ram upgrades as it has 4gb soldered in so adding the extra 8GB gives you 12GB, but if you all are keen on it, we can add the option. we also have stock of the T470s with a slightly better CPU and with thunderbolt connection still under $300 as an option with upgrades available.

1 year warranty on all our refurb products plus power adapter included. Click and collect is available from our Yarraville, Melbourne 3013 warehouse. Both Courier and Parcel/Express post is available as well as Click and Collect (Shipping should be cheap as they are quite small!). Allow 5-6 days processing to get these orders out.

Specifications:

Brand Lenovo
Model ThinkPad T460s
Form Factor Notebook
Processor Intel Core i5 6200u 2.30Ghz
Storage 128Gb
Storage Type SSD
Display 14.0" (355mm) FHD (1920x1080), anti-glare, LED backlight, IPS, 250 nits, 16:9 aspect ratio, 700:1 contrast ratio
Memory 8Gb
Max Memory 8Gb
Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Optical Nil
Webcam Yes
Video OutPut
Mini Display Port + HDMI

The [REFURB] LENOVO THINKPAD T470S CORE I5 7200U 8GB 128GB SSD W11P 14" 1080P @ $299
https://fusetechau.com.au/products/refurb-lenovo-thinkpad-t4…

Still have Surfaces if you prefer

[REFURB] MICROSOFT SURFACE LAPTOP 13.5" 2K TOUCHSCREEN I5-7200U 8GB RAM 128GB SSD WIN 11
https://fusetechau.com.au/products/copy-of-microsoft-surface…

[REFURB] MICROSOFT SURFACE LAPTOP 13.5" 2K TOUCHSCREEN I5-8350U 8GB RAM 128GB SSD WIN 11
https://fusetechau.com.au/products/microsoft-surface-laptop-…

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  • +5

    This is a pretty good deal, especially when you consider that it has two SO-DIMM slots and the SSD and RAM are both easily user-accessible: it's an older CPU, but even in 2022 Skylake can still hold its own when paired to 32gb of RAM. Getting this and then spending another 200 bucks on a ram upgrade and bigger SSD would land you a fairly decent every day use laptop that would definitely hold its own, against other sub-500 dollar new laptops (with the exception of battery life, unfortunately), plus you'd have the benefit that comes with Thinkpad's high quality.

    • +2

      you sure, i thought 1 slot (8gig) was soldered in. so 24gig max

      • Hm, you might be right. Thanks for that. I might be getting my models mixed up

    • +1

      You can find Thinkpads on eBay with 8th Gen CPUs for about $600.

      • +1

        True, but I imagine most of those aren't refurbs with a warranty.

      • There's a few B grades left for 500. 550 for 12 month warranty

    • +1

      Skylake can still hold its own when paired to 32gb of RAM

      What are you smoking mate? This laptop's 7 year old dual core CPU will be a bottleneck well before 16GB RAM is used, let alone 32GB.

      It's a bargain for light browsing, watching videos and basic office use as it is.

      If you want any more than that, you would be better off getting one with a better CPU before wasting any money on RAM.

      • +2

        Sure, if you compare it to a high end CPU, but if you bought this and compared it to a modern sub-400 dollar laptop? It would absolutely hold its own.

        Do you honestly think this is going to be worse than something running a Celeron? Hell no. One 16gb SO-DIMM would still make this both cheaper than a basic Celeron laptop, and able to smoke said Celeron.

        • Bottom line is a dual core laptop isn't going to "hold its own" in 2022 for anything but the lightest use regardless of RAM. Have you used one recently? It's not fun.

          • @Ryballs: I mean… duh? Who is buying a 280 dollar laptop for anything but light use?

            Temper your expectations, my dude. Nobody is saying it's going to blaze past a brand new XPS 15.

  • What’s the best way to upgrade the ram??

    • +5

      Just buy some ram and upgrade it yourself. These have user accessible RAM slots, you just take off the back panel (which is held down with screws) and you can access the ram without any further tools.

      • One slot. The other 4GB is soldered. Still, better than the Surface, with zero slots.

    • Screwdriver :)

    • +6

      just download more!

  • +12

    I have a t470 with dual core cpu and 12gb ram as my work laptop which is about to be replaced. It does not perform well enough to handle longer large MS Teams meetings while presenting. Also the battery life is poor. Dual batteries where the first dies in 20 minutes and the laptop reboots and gets about 30 minutes on the second battery.

    Otherwise it’s okay as a general use laptop.

    • +8

      Same here. Just got off a T470. Every day I used this was a day in hell…
      Don't punish yourself with a dual core laptop, it would be fine to use as a chrome book or to run Linux but would sooner burn $270 than use this with Windows

    • +1

      the older intel i5 mobile cpu's only have 2 cores lol

    • I've got a spectre with the 6300u and 8gb ram. 1080p60 is the max it'll play on youtube. Soon as you take it to 1440p or 4k it's stutter town and dropped frames. Edge is a little better for 1440p but still some dropped frames, no way it can handle 4k videos though.

    • +4

      I don't think any computer can handle teams tbh

  • +5

    I have an old laptop with these specs - don't punish yourself by buying a weak dual core laptop like this.

    • +5

      We use them, work great for the office! Handy cheap laptops are always great to have

  • +2

    Hmm, so tempting… What Surface deals do you have on next week?

    • Looking to potentially do a price drop on some Surface Laptops, nothing concrete from what I know at the moment but will keep everyone updated.

  • +2

    I got one of these second-hand for $400 at the start of the year (but with 256GB HD and touch screen).
    I got it for my son for high school and think it was a great deal.
    Tough as nails with a great keyboard. The screen is decent too. Full HD and anti-glare, which was somewhat rare for ex-corporate machines in this price range (at least when I did my research).
    The dual batteries still hold charge for 4-5 hours (but this will differ greatly between machines, you'd imagine). Also, you can buy replacement batteries (including larger capacity versions) on ebay pretty easily. The big ones give you around 12 hours of battery life from memory.
    The main limitation is the internal graphics, which is showing its age. But that suited my purposes because I didn't want my son playing 3D games in class :)

  • keen for a t470s
    RE the screen marks - i have bought elsewhere and they said the same but when it arrived it was quite noticable on a white background.
    Can you confirm this isnt an issue?

    • +2

      wow that's really good deal. mind to share where you bought it? hope i can land such good bargain

    • +17

      Do you have to post this on literally every laptop thread?

      We get it, you got a good deal.

      • +2

        If you read it with Kenny Bania's voice it's quite funny

      • +3

        I mean, with the tenacity in which they post it, I feel like they're attempting to get us to search for the specific listing ourselves.

        The name of the seller is blocked out so that we can't accuse him of sock puppeting, but it really feels a lot like it at this stage, doesn't it?

  • hrmmm, would be happy to slip a 10er if i could get some with less scuffs and nothing really showing on the screen XD

    • +1

      Ah bribery, I unofficially accept.

  • i have and still using T460 with 6th gen CPU, so far so good… and it has dual batteries for great battery life

  • How long does it take for you to ship the order?

  • +4

    Please watch this video for anyone having thoughts about purchasing the refurb surface laptops - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAI6yIZI3rg

    • Yes, I would buy the Surface right now for the kids, if it had upgradable RAM and replaceable battery.
      Even worse is the surface Pro, with screen vulnerable to breaking, but prohibitivly expensive to replace.

  • Do you have anything similar price in 15.6" with numberpad?

  • +3

    the T4##s laptops are great, they work fabulously for casual laptops if you want something to sit on the couch and watch youtube while your partner hogs the TV with their crime dramas that you hate…

    … or you know, other stuff too.

    • +1

      partner not putting out?

    • +1

      Other stuff? Please go on…..

      • ThinkPron Hub

  • Thanks OP, decided to get one since I only have a desktop and might need one on the go.

  • The deal description says “Max Memory 8Gb”. Is that the max supported on the board?

  • Any upcoming deals on 15.6" laptops in a similar price range? Please let me know.

  • +2

    hi rep, one request, can you not use "couriers please" please, their logistic are just so bad, the review here is just 1.2 star……………………only 1 pick up location at air port….

  • Does this T470s have a backlit keyboard?

  • +1

    Can I play minecraft with this laptop?

  • Got one of these as a replacement for my gaming pc from Ebay a month ago.

    Good for light gaming, torrenting, browsing, I guess any non cpu intensive tasks.

    Not a beast but a great laptop for abuse / thrashing that can act as communal item left around in a living room for example

  • How is this compare to my Dell latitude e5410 i5 520m? I'm currently using ssd. How does this compare to i5 6300u or i5 8250u or ryzen 5 3500u. My main task is to watch YouTube, movies and doing tasking and video photo editing

  • I understand the below option is the double the price of this refurb option but can someone advise which laptop will perform better ? Reason for the question is that my work Lenovo laptops have all been good vs the HP etc home laptops that I buy.

    https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/lenovo-15-…

    • +1

      15.6" IPS display with 1366 x 768 resolution

      Please don't. My laptop from 2001 has better screen resolution.

  • Got any faulty ones? I have a t470s with a cracked screen!

  • Can you confirm these 460s and 470s support win11 and win11P respectively?

    • +2

      It won't! Not my 470s. They need to update the title.
      From my memory any i5 older than 8 series doesn't support it.

      • Yeah this is why I'm asking…. OP.can you advise what the go is here? It's saying it ships with win11

        • Win11 can be installed on CPUs older than 8th Gen Intel CPUs. However MS will not 'officially support' it, meaning one day they might just not put patches out or a patch they push out breaks Win11.

          If you're OK with that kind of risk (it's a low risk currently) then I've got Win11 working on 3rd Gen Intel Lenovo (E531 from 2011/2012 era with Core I7-3632QM, 16 GB RAM and SSD). It's stable and patching fine. Use it for a Youtube/Netflix laptop and also have multi-boot of Win10 Pro and Win 7 Ultimate (because I could, no special reason).

          • @amaslam: Wondering if there is a win10pro option

            • @pointnlarf: Win 10 Pro will install with no issues if that's what you're asking (only Win11 runs this min CPU check during install, but many steps and guides on the net to bypass the check and install normally). Win 10 Pro runs on many older laptops than this (I got it to recently run on a MSI Wind U100 netbook with 2 GB RAM, just to see if it works, it wasn't fast but it booted up with all the hardware detected).

  • Thinkpads are like a pre-dpf Hilux. Ever reliable and last as long as the driver.

    I've got several running Thinkpad workhorses. Am typing this one a Carbon X1 right now, & my oldest in use being a T61 that purrs along (linux box) and is 15yrs old (arguably still has the best keyboard of any laptop ever btw).

    That being said Lenovo's consumer stuff (i.e. non-Thinkpad tier) is garb.

  • Would this be good as an xcloud display? Like, use exclusively for xcloud streaming with only Windows and the xcloud client installed?

    • I would like to know also

  • if this was 15.6" rather than 14" I'd totally bite !

  • +1

    Everything went down hill since the Lenovo T410 (2010 era) which was the last golden ratio 16:10 screen 14" laptop, but since there is no budget 16:10 option any more, these T460s and T470s are the next best choice if you are on a budget.

    If you will indulge me for a minute, I will explain why these machines are still the two best 14" premium (now budget) laptops made between 2010 - 2020, aesthetically speaking, by looking across Lenovo's premium slim product line, for the last decade.

    If you want perfection NEW - you have to go for an x1 carbon as it took 10 years for engineers to finally go back to 16:10 screens with the x1 gen 9

    The new upward firing speakers across recent models are gross, they get full of gunk and your laptop ends up looking disgusting. The air vent in every model since the T470s onward all blow hot air out on your right mouse hand, so just forget about the T480s (unless you are a leftie) and from the T490s onward now including the T14s and T14s gen 2, they all have soldered ram, in addition to the annoying RHS air vent, so are all poorly engineered laptops if you strive for design perfection… the newer carbons are the only way to go if you have real money to spend, rear firing air vents, only downside is soldered ram but if you can afford a carbon you go 32gb. Simple.

    Now, at THIS budget price point, the T460s is an amazing machine, near perfect, until the T470s added usb-c … making the T470s the best aesthetically designed 14" laptop under $2000, both have upgradeable ram and every port, plug, socket, air vent was put in the correct place. No annoyances, zero design flaws.

    I know a bit about lenovos having owned many over decades, either the T460s or ideally T470s is the sort of machine you will remember for your lifetime as an exceptionally designed laptop in every way. Something this perfect only comes along once every decade. Buy one of these on a budget, you won't regret it. To maintain perfection, consider upgrading it in a few years to a used x1 gen 9 :)

    And remember, there is a reason Lenovo's are used on the Space Station ;) Nothing beats a Lenovo.

  • I need a cheap computer for my wife. She only does work from home once in a blue moon. Will this be better or the optiplex with i7 4770 desktop?
    I will use it with a monitor so laptop or desktop doesn't mater.

    • +2

      Glancing at UserBenchmark I think the Optiplex will be about even with the Lenovo. I'd favour the Optiplex because it is 4C/8T with higher clock speeds and the Lenovo is 2C/4T. For the work from home I'll say the Lenovo will probably get CPU bottlenecked.

      The Optiplex CPU is from 2013 and the Lenovo from 2015.

      • Thanks mate!

  • Good price. Thinkpad a are great workhorses and look great for business and leisure.

  • +1

    Op anymore t470s?

  • Was looking at another computer of yours…. $150 for 16GB ram upgrade from 8GB. Bit much.

    • definitely an error in pricing. which is it?

  • Battery life. That's the main issue.not sure how a 7 year battery will perform. If used as a desk top, it's perfect. But if you're on the go ,and batteries don't last , what's the point

    • Usually pretty cheap and easy to replace

  • Thanks op

  • @OP any chance of THINKPAD T470S with 256SSD? shows sold out :(

    1. It's an old dual core - Those are very slow by today's standards. Likewise the integrated graphics processor. It'll probably struggle with e.g. larger zoom calls, or at least any with multiple video users.

    2. It has 4GB of RAM soldered in, and 8GB slotted in. That means it's only single-channel RAM (i.e. the memory is roughly half the speed, as in bandwidth, of most laptops with fully soldered memory or with two slots both populated).

    3. As an old used laptop, you can be sure that the battery life is ruined and it won't be worth replacing the battery.

    It's fine to give as a first laptop for a child who you don't want to be able to game on … Or if you just need to web browse near a power point. I wouldn't buy it for uni because the battery life will be too poor to take notes for more than a single 1hr lecture, and I wouldn't buy it for proper work tasks if you can afford something better, because it's a 14" screen, definitely cramped - You want something you can comfortably run two windows side-by-side on, at minimum 15.6". A compact, portable laptop that will die quickly if used away from a powerpoint only fits rather niche use cases.

    • I wondering if it's any good as plex server? Just not sure if bios has s3 power

  • Would this be any good for a Zwift station? Does it have built in bluetooth? Thanks

  • Very good review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-OIbrQMW10
    Says it's easy to pop the back (5 screws, no plastic clips) and upgrade SSD.

  • I placed my order 8 days ago with no signs of despatch, does not reply to any email !

    • Hi!

      DM your email address and ill follow it up for you

  • Wow did anyone actually buy one? It's been a month and no feedback yet!

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