LENOVO THINKPAD T480 INTEL CORE I5-8350U NVME 256GB INTEL CORPORATION UHD GRAPHICS 620 16 GB 13.9 TOUCH NO BLACK WINDOWS 10 PROFESSIONAL 64-BIT

I've owned this refub T480 for 2 years now, and used it in less than ideal conditions (many months on a sailboat and touring on a motorcycle). Like all the Lenovos I've owned, it has stood up to the abuse, which is why I go back to Lenovos when I need a new laptop. My configuration was Intel Core i5-8350U, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD and it was priced at two Benjamins. It's been a great computer. The processor was much faster than anything else in its class, and still stands up to most offerings today. I've notice in recent reviews of laptops in this price range the i5-1xxgx class of processors is running up to ~50% faster than the 8350u, but at the cost of twice the power usage and corresponding lower useful battery life. It's not worth it to me, as I am usually running on battery. I recently replaced the secondary (larger) batter for $27, and battery life is back up to 8+ hours of normal use. I also had a problem with the keyboard after about 18 months, and replaced it with a new backlit keyboard for about $35. The keypad is wearing, but still functions fine. But other than those normal wear and tear items (especially as I use it) the laptop is great. Fast boot up if its not uploading Windows updates. Wonderful keyboard. Screen is great. Plenty of memory to run a score of windows open at the same time and then some. I added a 256gig chip in the SSD chip socket to share the storage duties. I put my regular data backup on the on board SSD storage (as well as periodic back ups to an off board SSD drive). Wireless internet is fine. Runs all my older games without a problem, like any inexpensive laptop, you're probably going to run into problems if you try to run graphic intensive games on it. I don't use the touchscreen much but it's nice to have once in a while. Great battery life. A winner all around. If I had to replace it today, after reviewing the current (July 2025) competitive offerings, I would still buy another one of these laptops today.

I love this laptop. For 200 this is a steal, I really didn't even know it was touch screen until a month later and it made me love it even more. The touch screen only uses your actual fingers and not a digital pen, this is not a tablet. I use it as an additional laptop to my main one. Basically, I use this laptop for school going from class to class because A) its light, B) If it gets stolen it was only 200 c) The specs are good for its price. I am a junior physics major who uses it for coding, school work, and circuitry. The only downside is that you would need to change the battery(Dont have to change it at first, still works with what was given but you would get more life if changed). But really compared to the other options this I found was the best after weeks of research for a cheap laptop. The battery can last up to around 2 hrs 20 min Id say if put on lowest performance. It works fine if you have it connected to its charger(Usb C), which most classes have. Good space if you only use it for school work, Have not tried gaming on it other than chess.com mainly because I have a better pc for that. Would highly recommend it if you are on a budget. Runs windows also.

Terrible quality assurance!Computers did not hold charge past 6 months and the replacement sent was unacceptable with unusable rack pads and USB portsWill not use this company again

I bought three of these computers. Two I am happy with. The third one set up fine, but there seems to be something wrong with either the battery or the charging port. Sometimes, the battery will charge. Other times, it doesn't. It just doesn't seem very reliable, and I don't think it should be considered to be in "excellent" condition. I am returning the one computer.

I "ride my laptops" 'til they drop - keys fallin' off, not enough RAM for today's software etcetera so it was time to find another workhorse. I asked AI to find me a laptop under $300 that could run a number of cloud applications like Adobe Creative Cloud smoothly and it recommended a few closer to $200, all refurbished. I jumped on the Thinkpad and so far I'm happy as can be with its performance. Especially compared to my tired HP although the HP served me well for around 10 years, it was time to move on. In fact my last 3 laptops have been HPs and 1 Mac as a tester. Bottom line, I recommend more bang for the buck, (refurbished & cheap), as long as it has the RAM and clock speeds to run whatever you're running. I love this Thinkpad! So far so good!

Battery life is 5 hours of Internet use and 3 with light gaming usage. That's pretty good for the age and price. It also can play basic games like dead by daylight, Fortnite any older games like left 4 dead.It downloaded everything with a reasonable speed considering I had no Ethernet cable hooked up and was far away from my wifi box. For less than 200$ you cannot find a better refurbished product.The only downside i can think of is the screen is slightly dim at max brightness but you can't notice unless you are right next to a brightly lit window. You'll wanna make it brighter but then realize it's already at it's max brightness. It's honestly not a big deal though because the video quality is still amazing.