Question Lenvo laptop Should I???

[TdogRulez]

I have an offer on the table for a Lenvo Thinkpad T460 laptop Intel i5 dual core generation 8 GB Ram 256 SSD Hard Drive for 75 dollars

I'm looking to download blue stacks. Download Android apps and play games. Some web surfing. Nothing heavy.

What do you guys and girls think???

 

[Crowii]

I'd see it in person and try to discern the battery quality as best as possible, as old replacement batteries in most regions are going to set you back much more than the deal you're bargaining for.

If it's in good quality (as in, battery replaced before selling), then yeah it ain't a bad email and blue stacks machine.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

Thinkpad T460 laptop Intel i5 dual core generation 8 GB Ram 256 SSD Hard Drive for 75 dollars

search all available used distributors;
Amazon, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, etc for the same model and compare average prices to what you're looking into paying.

unless the seller is going to let you use up it's power, then sit through a full recharge, then use it up again;
there is really no other way to experience the available battery-life and charging strength.

just get some kind of written guarantee from the seller mentioning it's quality and any options for a return/refund.
then if it turns out to be below your expectations and less quality than was portrayed, you should be able to still fight for your money back.

 

[TdogRulez]

Thank You. I'm a little skeptical because he said the battery life is only 3 hours🤔

Wow this Thinkpad can be upgraded to 32 GB of RAM and 4 TB SDD.

I may have to take a shot.

Would it make a difference if it's an i5 or an i7????

 

[lvt]

Unless you are a heavy gamer (but this is not a gaming laptop), I believe that an i5 CPU would be enough.

 

[TdogRulez]

Unless you are a heavy gamer (but this is not a gaming laptop), I believe that an i5 CPU would be enough.

I'm not a heavy gamer. Maybe some world of war craft and Diablo 😁

It looks pretty easy to upgrade memory and the hard drive. Or maybe I'll just pick up an external hard drive

 

[lvt]

It looks pretty easy to upgrade memory and the hard drive. Or maybe I'll just pick up an external hard drive

Ideally, you should upgrade the SSD to 512GB first.

The external HDD can come next.

 

[TdogRulez]

>Wow this Thinkpad can be upgraded to 32 GB of RAM and 4 TB SDD.

T460 uses DDR3L SoDIMMs. 16GB (2x8) runs ~$30 on Amazon. However, 32GB (2x16) is considerably more, over $200, probably because that config isn't common 6 years ago.

Likewise, T460 uses 2.5" SATA SSD, which starts at $200. That costs the same as a 4TB PCIe4 NVMe SSD, but is nowhere as fast, nor can it be re-used when you move to newer laptop. Ditto the RAM. In short, you'd be paying top-end money for slow and dead-end parts.

>The external HDD can come next.

An ext USB 3 HDD is not a replacement for internal storage because of the USB 3 througput bottleneck. Moreover, you lose the portability of a laptop when you have to lug around ext devices just for basic functionality.

For battery, figure on $30 DIY battery replacement.

For a more practical config--16GB RAM $30, 1TB SATA SSD $60, battery $30--you're looking at ~$200 (incl $75 laptop) for a 6-year old laptop, with old and slow components that can break any time, and no warranty.

Some people would fixate on the bottom line cost and call that a bargain. I'm not one of them.

Edit:
>unless the seller is going to let you use up it's power, then sit through a full recharge, then use it up again; there is really no other way to experience the available battery-life and charging strength.

You can get a good idea of battery life by opening up a terminal and running "powercfg /batteryreport

Reading this it doesn't sound like a good investment. I'm probably better off buying a new laptop. I see some pretty cheap ones around 200 or under with at least 8 GB of RAM and a 256 HD. I've seen some with 512 HD as well.

Are these Bitecool, Ecohero, or CHUWI laptops any good? I've never even heard of these until I started looking to buy a laptop on Amazon.

This one below is 199 dollars



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[geofelt]

Lenovo laptops are, I think quite good.
The ram should be easy to upgrade if you need it.
I would consider $75 a reasonable price.
I have used a T460/480 before. The keyboards are good.
If you will be gaming, you will be plugged in anyway to get best performance.
3 hours is probably normal for such an old unit.

Know your seller.
If you buy on ebay and pay via paypal, ebay protects buyers.

 

[whynotme]

I'm a ThinkPad snob, so I wouldn't buy any of those off-brands at all.

 

[geofelt]

FWIW, the thinkpad processor i5-6300U and the N5090 processor are comparable with a slight edge to the thinkpad for desktop apps.
I7 will have more processing threads than I5. Good thing if you will be running multithreaded batch apps.
For desktop quickness, the single thread performance is more important.
The 4 threads for each is usually sufficient.
DDR3L Ram on the thinkpad is cheap. perhaps $10 on ebay for 16gb.