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[Refurb] Lenovo ThinkPad T480s i5-8350U 12GB DDR4 256GB SSD FHD HDMI Laptop $399.49 Delivered @ Bufferstock eBay

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[Refurb] Lenovo ThinkPad T480s i5-8350U 12GB DDR4 256GB SSD FHD HDMI Laptop $399.49 Delivered @ Bufferstock eBay
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Associatedhunterzz @ eBay Australia bufferstock on 17/04/2023 - 15:53 ebay.com.au (1970 clicks)
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BAPRIL15

Lenovo T480s are back in stock , small qty though

Comes with a Gen 8 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8350U CPU
12 GB DDR 4 RAM (1 x 4 GB + 8 GB (soldered))
Samsung M.2 256 Gb Sata SSD
14" FHD Display Non Touch Screen with 1920x1080 resolution
Battery tested and works for 6 to 8 Hrs after full charge.
Comes with Win 11 Professional preloaded.
Includes 6 months Return to base warranty.
TAX invoice provided

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Dell OptiPlex 7050 Desktop SSF Intel i5 7500U 256GB SSD NVmE 500GB HDD 8GB RAM - $254.99 delivered

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Dell Latitude 7290 Laptop Intel i5 8350U 8GB RAM 256GB M.2 SATA SSD 12.5" Win 11 - $300 delivered

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  • ilove on 17/04/2023 - 15:56
    +1

    Borat "Very NICE"

  • rumblytangara on 17/04/2023 - 16:11
    +2

    These are good.

    They are the last of the Thinkpads with an external battery. There is one non-removable internal battery, one one secondary removable one.

    Easy to take apart, you can install two SSDs (one M2, the other iirc is a SATA cable).

    • thedean on 17/04/2023 - 16:48
      +4

      I think you are confused. The 15" model (T580) has the removable battery, not the T480s.
      https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T480s-i5-8250U…

      The T580 has a bunch of different configurations on both internal and external battery size (depending on if nvme or 2.5" ssd), in my experience eBay sellers never put in details in the listing either.

      • rumblytangara on 17/04/2023 - 17:07
        +4

        I just pulled out my T480 and popped the secondary battery just to reassure myself that I wasn't going crazy. I bought this years ago specifically because the T490 went totally internal battery.

        A bit moot now though, looks like the stock is gone. Pity.

        • thedean on 17/04/2023 - 17:15
          +5

          Yes that's for the T480, the T480s is a different product.

  • Tollery on 17/04/2023 - 16:16
    +1

    12 GB DDR 4 RAM (1 x 4 GB + 8 GB (soldered))

    Soldered is such a turn off :(

    • xoom on 17/04/2023 - 16:17

      Its not all soldered so its not all bad.

    • rumblytangara on 17/04/2023 - 16:19
      +4

      iirc mine as 8GB soldered, and a 16GB DIMM for a total of 24. It's not really a limit for 98% of laptop users.

  • Spootage on 17/04/2023 - 16:19

    Very tempting. This or a NUC? Will rarely be unplugged.

    • Tollery on 17/04/2023 - 16:23

      Go for desktop since it won't be switched off.

    • lenspizza on 17/04/2023 - 16:37
      +1

      You can get a ThinkCentre M710q Tiny with i5 for < $200, can be upgraded to 32GB of ram. Better than a NUC IMO.

  • thedean on 17/04/2023 - 16:30
    +5

    This is confusing, some of the pictures are the t580 (which has a number pad) and the 15" screen.

  • bargaino on 17/04/2023 - 16:31

    Does it have Infrared (IR) camera for use with Windows Hello ?

    • MEGASERVE on 17/04/2023 - 16:45
      +1

      Yes hello

  • Makaroni on 17/04/2023 - 16:41
    -1

    good deal. anything with a half decent graphics card?

    • rumblytangara on 17/04/2023 - 18:50
      -1

      T series is for office work. Not a gaming laptop.

      • Makaroni on 17/04/2023 - 19:11

        thank you, am aware of T series. Merely looking for a laptop for photo/video editing purposes, not everyone buys a laptop with graphics card for gaming.

  • Wonderfool on 17/04/2023 - 16:55

    Man, I have so many laptops, but I still want one of these just to see why everyone said the T series is crap after IBM sold them to Lenovo.

    • GreyChris on 17/04/2023 - 17:00

      Sounds like 2005 Lenovo took on the thinkpads. I have one from ~2017 and after an SSD and ram upgrade it's still going great. Amazing build quality.

    • rahuahuj on 17/04/2023 - 17:01

      Are these good for casual home use?
      No specific need as such, just for browsing, movies or some data backups.

      • Wonderfool on 17/04/2023 - 17:10
        +2

        You can probably make do with a laptop half the price lol.

        But yes, these are definitely great for it.

        • rahuahuj on 17/04/2023 - 17:15
          +1

          Could you please share some links as I seem to find laptops that are priced $1000 or more? Even the decent Chromebooks are above $500.
          I would prefer a similar h/w config like this one.

          • Wonderfool on 17/04/2023 - 17:23
            +4

            @rahuahuj: Just look for older latitude and Lenovo T4xx seriss models. They're old office fleets that gets changed every 5 years or so. As they're second hand, their price and stock fluctuates based on seller.

            Or you can just wait for another one of these batches get posted here, they're popular deals.

    • rumblytangara on 17/04/2023 - 19:14

      Mainly because they changed keyboard manufacture- from Thailand to China, and from scissor switches to membrane/chicklet.

  • stewartedin on 17/04/2023 - 17:02

    And now the T480s is gone OOS

  • zbc on 17/04/2023 - 17:11
    +1

    Even ThinkPads are a risk of giving up the ghost at around 5-6 years of age. At least that is what happened to my first two X1 Yogas, both bought as refurbs during the Covid wfh frenzy. In each case it was the charging circuit that eventually gave out.

    • lovrekn on 17/04/2023 - 17:21

      Our X1 carbon from 2020 just got repaired for the exact same issue

    • Chazzozz on 17/04/2023 - 21:02
      +9

      We have hundreds of X1 Yogas in use across our fleet and it seems every once in a while a generation comes along that's flaky. The Gen 3 we started with in 2018/19 is out of warranty but there is still quite a lot of them in use (despite my best efforts to refresh them - why do staff get so attached to their old laptops?). We generally find that a complete wipe and re-image gets them going again in a pinch, but agreed the battery life is pretty low on most of them or they regularly need a battery reset through the hole on the back. We have less Gen 4 in rotation but they're still going strong in practically every way - in my opinion it's the best we've had so far. The Gen 6 turned out to be a dud - we only got a small number into stock (maybe 40 units?) and of those I've had nearly 75% back for various power problems or failed LTE cards. The Gen 7 has proven to be better, but they have all needed a driver update before going into rotation. There's something weird in the thermal management software that causes the fan to spin up and make it sound like a jet engine at takeoff. I'm undecided yet whether this will be better than the Gen 4.

      Our standard devices have been mostly 14" T480/T490 and T14 Gen 1/2/3, then a small number of 15" T580/T590 and T15/T16. T480/T490 & T580/590 have been great until they literally just wear out - honestly, sometimes they just stop working one day and cannot be revived, but this is after years of hard daily use. T14 Gen 1 had an issue with the 16Gb of RAM soldered onto the mobo being stuck in single-channel mode which caused a performance bottleneck (mostly evidenced in Teams/Zoom meetings or any kind of screen-sharing program). The resolution was to simply stick another RAM module into the empty slot to open it up to dual-channel mode. Lenovo fixed that in Gen 2 & Gen 3 by only soldering 8Gb and adding a second 8Gb module.

      The T15 was another dud for us - again, only a small number of units but most of them failed in short order and for a wide variety of reasons. The T16 is relatively new for us, but all indications thus far is it's going to be a winner.

      Dunno if anyone is going to read this far into the comments, but they may get some benefit from it.

      • mantichoral on 17/04/2023 - 21:57

        Funny you had fan problems. In June I bought a Yoga 9i whose fans whirred at full speed even when it was sleeping - only hibernate stopped the noise. Support couldn't fix it after multiple calls. Refunded.

        It's a long way down since the IBM Thinkpad days.

        • zbc on 17/04/2023 - 22:16
          +1

          9i is a consumer grade Yoga, albeit with a high end finish. ThinkPads are a completely different beast.

          • mantichoral on 20/04/2023 - 00:36

            @zbc: both still run Windows, with driver problems.

            Companies don't develop both best-in-class and consumer-grade thermal management fan-spinning driver software separately. they pick up one outsourced driver for the lot.

  • SoTightEcoLPI on 17/04/2023 - 18:57

    This is a killer deal!

  • plentifoo on 17/04/2023 - 19:20
    +1

    i bought a current gen thinkpad L13 and after 2 weeks of use, i went back to my t480s. No tangible improvements for the type of productivity work i do on my laptop and it just felt more sturdy and better built.

  • Save Medicare on 17/04/2023 - 21:47
    +1

    I got my t480s in 2019 and still use it today. Thought about getting a t14s gen 3, but t480s Does everything I need it to.

    • sicinadan on 18/04/2023 - 16:12

      Same here, battery still good and everything works fine, looking for a reason to upgrade but had none :D

  • lwjly8888 on 18/04/2023 - 09:51
    +1

    I purchased a T480s through the market last week for $330 and I'm really satisfied with it. It has an i7-8550U, 16GB of memory, a 512GB SSD, and an FHD touchscreen, which basically meets all my needs except for playing 3A games. The only regret is that my T480s doesn't have a backlit keyboard. In addition, it has an RJ45 network interface built-in, which can be very useful at times and is much more convenient than the strange mini-RJ45 interfaces found on many newer models. ThinkPad's quality is decent, at least for the T-series which I have used many and found to be quite durable

    • Fobsessive on 18/04/2023 - 21:24
      +1

      Where did you buy it from? Any scratches on the screen?

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