On 05 Jan 2021, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

I miss my T42, I'm tempted to try and find a maxxed out T43 just for kicks but I tossed out all of my docks and old power supplies when my T42 finall died.

I happened to be scrolling through Kijiji (kind of like Craigslist) and came across a used 2017 X1 Carbon for $500. I went into the ad and looked at the pictures & specs (Dual Core i7 2.7GHz, 16GB of RAM & a 512 GB m.2 SSH) and decided to message the seller.

It's in great condition and trying to figure out why he was selling it at such a low price. Long story short, he bought it with a student discount while in university & now that he's graduated he doesn't need it anymore.

I met him and looked it over in person and decided to take it off of his hands. I'm sure he could have sold it for a lot more, but I wasn't about to tell him that. Now I have a pretty kick ass thin-and-light laptop that'll keep me going for several years.

The RAM is soldered on for these models, but I can always replace/upgrade the SSD if needs be.

Jay

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Warpslide wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I met him and looked it over in person and decided to take it off of
his hands. I'm sure he could have sold it for a lot more, but I wasn't about to tell him that. Now I have a pretty kick ass thin-and-light laptop that'll keep me going for several years.

Those are great laptops; I had one at my last job. I've got a 2019 X1 Yoga
and a T480 at work now, and a T410 as my personal laptop.


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On 06 Jan 2021, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

Those are great laptops; I had one at my last job. I've got a 2019 X1 Yoga and a T480 at work now, and a T410 as my personal laptop.

What's cool is this model also has two Thunderbolt 3 ports so I can use the dock I already have for my work laptop with it. One cable to rule them all!

I just hope the ports on Lenovos are more resilient than the ones one the Dell laptops we use at work. I have to put in at least one or two service calls for broken USB C ports every couple of months.


Jay

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Re: Re: Refurbished Lenovos
By: Warpslide to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 07 2021 04:23 pm

On 06 Jan 2021, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

Those are great laptops; I had one at my last job. I've got a 2019 X1 Y and a T480 at work now, and a T410 as my personal laptop.

What's cool is this model also has two Thunderbolt 3 ports so I can use the

I just hope the ports on Lenovos are more resilient than the ones one the De

Jay

I have a T420 and the good thing about it is that it's very well-built! I alsso like the docking station because it's convenient to use as a
"desktop", release and move somewhere else when you need

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Warpslide wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I just hope the ports on Lenovos are more resilient than the ones one
the Dell laptops we use at work. I have to put in at least one or two service calls for broken USB C ports every couple of months.

Out of 40 X1 Yogas (3rd and 4th gen), I've had 3 of them go in for failed USB-c ports. Thankfully, in two cases they were able to charge from a dock, just not from the power supply - so they could get along until Lenovo came out.


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