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Looking for advice on buying a thinkpad (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by bubbalu@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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I am not especially tech-literate and very clumsy. I want to buy a thinkpad that I can set up as a privacy machine. I mostly use my computer for web browsing and messaging and don't need something especially powerful, just something that can run bloated web pages easily and I won't have to think about again for at least half a decade.

Ideally, I want something around $300. Does anyone have recommendations for models to shop for? Anything the size of the T-Series would be adequate. I'm not a gamer or do video editing so no graphics card requirements.

I am thinking something like the T470 but wonder how futureproof that would be.

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[–] BennyHill@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'd recommend the T480 as it's the last of the T series that still has 2 ram slots and internal+external battery, while being the first with quad core U series CPUs which are really much faster than the dual core ones in T470 and older. If you combine internal and largest possible external battery you end up with 96Wh which makes it compete with the new M1 macs for battery life.