Why The Perfect CHEAP Laptop Is a Used ThinkPad.

In this video, I talk through why the best cheap and affordable laptop to buy is a used ThinkPad!

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[Yours_sincerely_thedreamer]

I am watching this solely out of confirmation bias, because I just bought a used think pad 😅

[carmennooner]

I love your honesty young man. As a technically challenged senior citizen, there is no way I would purchase a laptop that didn't already have the specs I need. But I never heard a review about a used laptop that is as thorough as yours. Most reviewers simply talk about used or reconditioned items for the cost savings. This gave me a much better understanding of what to expect when purchasing from sites that specialize in reselling. Thank you for doing this review.

[barefootdesigns]

Ahhh! A man after my own heart. I'm an 80-year-old woman who started typing on, well, manual typewriters. As a professional tech writer, I've tried everything under the sun. Being on Social Security, I'm poor, but having discovered the Lenovo ThinkPads, I am hooked forever. This is probably my fifth one in many years. I upgrade now and again for the processors. Today I'm using my ThinkPad 3 with 20GB of memory, a half TB of SSD storage and the superb AMD Ryzen 5500U. Unfortunately, they left off the TrackPoint on this one and I REALLY MISS IT. But he's right--the ThinkPad has the best keyboard in the WORLD. They're tough as an old boot. I will never buy any other computer. The older ones that have the super battery are superb and that's missing on this new one. Hrumph. I still keep my old X201 around like a kid hanging onto her ragged old stuffed animal long after she plays with it. It never let me down. When my husband needed to replace his old computer I introduced him to Lenovos--bought him a reconditioned T430. He LOVES it, of course!

[SebisRandomTech]

Ah, another man of culture I see. :) Thanks for the shoutout by the way!

[Rooftopaccessorizer]

*sees laptop on desk but it’s not shiny or Apple branded* “huh, guess I won’t steal this laptop”

[fagiano]

you can invert the fn key and ctrl key in the bios(at least in my thinkpad yoga)

[jpusar]

Just like you said about the internals, the display is very easy to upgrade. I upgraded my X220 I bought from a dead startup years ago from a terrible TN panel to a vibrant IPS one in about 10 minutes. Pop a few screws in the front, pry it open a bit with a credit card, and detach the ribbon cable. Easiest display replacement I ever did.

[stón_]

I have the thinkpad t440p, I upgraded the cpu, trackpad, ssd and a FHD display, best laptop I ever had

[daniellaw]

You CAN definitely go with this to survive college. I know I did with my AMD Acer Aspire One 722 running Ubuntu (while 80%+) of the class were showing off their MacBooks.

[johnmemos]

Bought a refurbished x230T about 4 months ago very cheap. It has replaced my expensive pc as my daily driver. Those things are pure gold.

[AngelLopez-ivjv]

I’ve owned half a dozen Lenovo laptops and love them all. I turned down a Mac book for a thinkpad at work as well.

[encyclpedia-]

2:44 The "nipple thing" you glossed over is the Trackpoint and it's the best way to move a cursor ever created...

[cheaplife]

you forgot to mention that Thinkpads are the only Laptop that goes in the space shuttle

there are over 27 in the Spaceshuttle
over 180 in the International Space Station !

[SebisRandomTech]

Thankfully most newer ThinkPads either ship with better screens or have them as a fairly cheap upgrade option. Some older models can be upgraded or modified to support higher quality displays, and until the Haswell refresh many of the larger models had upgradeable processors. A good quad-core i7 in the T430 or T440p will outperform the U-series processor that's in your T450. Excellent video!

[abc-eqso]

Remember the old IBM T43, man that was a tank. Had the damn thing during high school for three years. Dropped it numerous times. Worked like a charm.

[watashibr]

I got my T450 at used market. I'm really impressed with how reliable it is, the battery lasts 4 hours watching videos. For my purpose, studies, it works perfect but, nothing is perfect, his screen is humble but we can let it near to perfection because is possible to change the screen panel to an IPS 1080p. It can face hard time in Windows system but in Linux it works perfectly. My Lenovo Thinkpad is running Ubuntu 20.04 so I'm considering in change it. Nice video Ryan, thank you very much.

[jimh.]

Agree, pre-owned thinkpads are a great value given their reliability and quality. I've bought new and used (used including a T410, T420, T430, X201 and X230). My fave is the x230.

[levon]

Suggestion: mention the specific model of Thinkpad you are reviewing .. I'm guessing it's the T450? Why not make this obvious in your title and right off in your introduction?

[maximilianrosenthal]

Really love the video, I myself have an older thinkpad (T450s) and I just love it.

[tunstali]

I bought a Thinkpad T430 because of your video, it literally does everything i need. It cost me £150 including next day delivery.
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