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What do you have if you don't mind sharing
I bought a X220 to use for testing. Upgraded it a couple years ago. Just ordered a T480 and I'm planning to do some upgrading.
My company machine is a P1. While it isn't as upgradable as the older machines I really like it.
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What do you have if you don't mind sharing
I shared my collection in #261900. Additionally, I now also own a refurbished X1 Carbon 9th Gen 14" i7-1165G7 1TB/32GB that I bought in April for 750€ which I use for work when I am traveling.
I regret a little that I bought it refurbished since the mouse button has some issues so I couldn't use the trackpoint as well which used to be one of my favorite things on Thinkpads. But I think it was still a good deal for the specs and the touchpad for moving and clicking works well enough. I also think there is something off with the keyboard on the newer models compared to the old T1 models. Typing on them doesn't feel as satisfying.
I still love my old Thinkpads since I bought them really cheap (<100€) and they are perfectly fine to just browse the internet, watch movies or anything else that doesn't require a good CPU since I upgraded all of them to use a SSD and at least 16GB RAM iirc. But they don't have HDMI, only VGA.
I bought a X220 to use for testing. Upgraded it a couple years ago.
Is it the tablet version? I bought my X220t because I wanted to have a cheap tablet that I could use for university notes or drawing.
Just ordered a T480 and I'm planning to do some upgrading.
Did you buy your Thinkpads used or new? At some point, I even considered to become a Thinkpad reseller on eBay because I saw a lot of good deals and I assumed there will always be some demand for them so they shouldn't lose much value over time (especially if you already bought them for not much).
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Is it the tablet version? I bought my X220t ...
No. That would be cool. Only has VGA out.
Did you buy your Thinkpads used
Used. Did upgrade the drives and RAM. Bought on eBay for reasonable prices. Not steals but I don't regret them.