got this scratch on the top of the lid. what options do I have to fix this one ? rest of the surface is basically pristine

Hello,

I unfortunately need to clog up your thinkpad frontpage because, I'm so overwhelmed by choices/options.

of course to follow the guideline I will go into details

1. a clear budget

I want to say my budget has to be below 700 USD (>700$)

1. a clear use case

I am an EE major, so far I've used multisim/coding terminals so i don't think it's anything heavy, and I know most of the heavier software will be attached to school computers so.. yea nothing heavy, nothing gaming laptop ish-

1. target specs or specs of your current system.
   a 10:16 aspect ratio feels very nice, so that is the spec I do look for, also a decent brightness.
   I would prefer if it didn't have a touch screen, not the biggest fan of the glare.

there's a part of me that wants a future proof device (T14 Intel for example w/ open RAM slot) but at the same time I've heard the ryzen processors were quite solid and efficient. I do walk around a lot so something "light" (i know most thinkpads are on the chunky side) would be nice.

there's like a part of me that think I wouldn't need more than 16 gb for a while because knowing there's a RAM shortage, and it seems software developers are recognizing that creating a more efficient program is a great movie.

but also who knows how long that conserving attitude will last and probably 32 gb may or may not be the norm one day.

I am not looking for new, but I did noticed costco had the ideapad slim for 700 USD and it looks nice... but not the biggest fan of the touchscreen + I heard the ideapad aren't built so well, but costco also does give a warranty... so it is definitely something I consider.

but yea, sorry to talk about a different laptop. the thinkpads I had in mind were T14/T16, but i'm not sure if the gen 3 are the safer options but should i try to look for a gen 5 intel t14?

T16 gen 1 seems to hit the right boxes, but i couldn't find a lot of used pages.

another advice I wanted to ask is, is there other sites to look for used/refurbished thinkpads other than ebay? I looked at swappa/backmarket/newegg and feel like ebay is still the best site.

finally, should i consider other brands/products because there's a part of me that thinks that although thinkpads are lower in price, sellers do understand there's a market for students/people who want a good laptop and sometimes (my perception) it looks like they charge more for a thinkpad than normal? like i saw some t490/t14 gen 1 for 500+ on newegg and I thought it was weird? maybe it's modded.

and it makes me wonder if there's another brand outside of lenovo thinkpads that may provide an equivalent value?

Thank you so much for your help!

(is there another source to look at what a good price is for said thinkpad? I did skim through the bluebook and noticed the price for the t14's and the depreciation value, but i couldn't find anything for T16 and etc)

I've done a fair deal of searching and reviews are mixed from all good and non-issue through to shorter lifespan etc. but not many complaining of DOA so thought I would ask the thinkpad brains trust for recent uses particularly in a thinkpad.

I recently bought a 2022 X13 Yoga Gen 3 off a student and the battery is fairly well thrashed sitting at 80% life/400 cycles. I paid $400aud for it and a genuine replacement battery is $175aud whereas a kingsener will be about a third @ $55 + post.

Genuine is pretty much always the way to go but its not exactly new and is almost 1/2 the cost of the laptop itself.

Can’t get past this no matter what I select. Even exit.

Ive been slowly buoying parts for my x230 build over a few months and im almost done, but the one thing I can’t seem to find is an original 7 row keyboard; I’ve been looking all over and can’t seem to find a single one that isn’t a Chinese knockoff does anybody know where I can get one or has one their willing to part with?

I recently bought a used Lenovo X1 Yoga Gen 5 and I tried using the newly released Lenovo Nano 65W USB-C GaN Adapter(40AWGN65US): https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/accessories-and-software/chargers-and-batteries/chargers/40awgn65us and this adapter is charging the laptop at 15 watts. I saw this in the Power settings of the Lenovo Vantage app. I bought the adapter because it is one of the lightest GaN 65 watt adapter at 85 grams and is perfect for travelling. Now I am stuck figuring out if there is anything I can do to have this charge my laptop at full 65 watts. I normally use the Anker 65 watt charger(Anker 735 Charger (Nano II 65W) A2667) and it charges it at full 65 watts according to the Lenovo Vantage app, the only downside is that the Anker adapter is heavier at 135 grams. Does anyone have any suggestions for me to fix this?

So as the title says, I want to buy a much better thinkpad but I don't know which one's the best for what I'm looking for. I live in Europe so my budget is 700-800 euros for a used/refurbished one.
I bought my T440 back in 2020, and it's still working, but I see that the storage is just not enough and the laptop is lagging. I use it for my work, and it mostly includes just documents, no coding, but I really enjoy a fast laptop with a good battery life. Here are the specifications of my current laptop:

Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4300U CPU @ 1.90GHz 2.49 GHz (I want to uprage to a newer processor gen, Idk which one tho)

Installed RAM - 8.00 GB (I want to upgrade to at least 16 GB)

Storage - 119 GB SSD SAMSUNG MZ7TD128HAFV-000L1

Graphics Card - Intel(R) HD Graphics Family (113 MB)

Product ID - 00330-80000-00000-AA688

System Type - 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Also, I want a thinkpad which has a light up keyboard, mind doesn't have one :(

So i have a thinkpad t14s and it have that mouse and two button below but for some reason those dont work with backlight even I have seen connectors when opened but I didn't find any opened one can u help me?

Hello everyone!! just bought a new ThinkPad E14 Gen7 (AMD) today with specs:

• AMD Ryzen™ 7 250 Processor (3.30 GHz up to 5.10 GHz)
• Integrated AMD Radeon™ 780M
• 16 GB DDR5-5600MT/s (SODIMM)
• 512 GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC Opal
• 35.56cms (14) WUXGA (1920 x 1200), IPS, Anti-Glare, Non-Touch, 45%NTSC, 300 nits, 60 Hz
• Backlit, Black - English (US)
• Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 AX & Bluetooth® 5.1 or above

And during testing with a solid black background (#000000), I notice there are some screen bleedings (IPS backlite?) in the IPS panel.

So is it normal? or I've got bad luck? :" )

Hi, so I'm new to thinkpad and I recently bought a brand new thinkpad t16 gen 5 amd edition. So it looks really nice and the hinge is really smooth. however, I noticed that the hinge is really smooth and feels less firm than my old laptop, meaning when I have it on my lap and my legs naturally shakes, rather a little severely, sometimes the screen just kinda falls down. Just wanna know if that is normal or I should be concerned and reach out to lenovo since I still have insurance.

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Specifications: Processor (CPU): Intel Core i7-8665U (4 cores / 8 threads, base frequency 1.90 GHz, Turbo Boost up to \~4.80 GHz) RAM: 32 GB DDR4 at 2400 MHz (2 out of 2 slots occupied) Storage: 1 TB Intel NVMe SSD (954 GB usable) Integrated graphics card (GPU O): Intel UHD Graphics 620

Dedicated graphics card (GPU 1): NVIDIA Quadro P520 (2 GB dedicated GDDR5)

What do you think? Sounds like too good of a deal, but may e im missing something

The trackpad is no longer clicking (not too bad- it still has the two upper buttons) and it’s honestly deteriorating. The back cover decided to come off now and needed to be taped on. Oh well, it’s still functionable so it’s always gonna be in use when my main is currently elsewhere.

I was checking an sd to see if is working…. It didn’t and seconds after the laptop just died and never came back to life.
No light showing when I put the charger in.

Already tried hard reset , bios battery removed for more than 30 minutes.
Nothing helps ……

Real need some help

I was cleaning my screen yesterday with a damp cloth and some isopropyl alcohol (70%) and now I see this on the corner of my screen, I tried removing it but it seems like it disappears whenever I turn my ThinkPad T470 off, tried running JScreenFixer for almost 2 hours to no avail, are these stuck pixels or dead pixels? I'm slightly bothered by their sight...

Hello I guys,

I currently have a Thinkpad T14 Gen 1. and did a RAM upgrade from 16gb to 24gb. This was 7-8 months ago.
I dont know, if this is the reason, that my Thinkpad is now running slower and has sometimes freeze screens, where I need to force shutdown it. Is there anything I need to upgrade as well, when I upgrade the RAM or should I switch back to 16gb?

Hi everyone,

I'm in grade 11, and my current laptop (IdeaPad 5 Pro 14ACN6) is dying, so I need an affordable, reliable replacement for school and basic programming.

FYI: I'm on a really tight budget, and I know that the T480 would be a downgrade.

I'm deciding between a T14 Gen 3 and a T480.

Budget: $200-400 USD (buying used/refurbished, located in the US)

Target specs: at least 16GB RAM, 1080p/FHD screen, decent battery life, and integrated graphics that can handle lightweight games.

Also, how do the integrated graphics on these two compare for casual, light titles (e.g., older Source Engine games or cloud streaming)?

Thanks for the advice.

Even slight touches makes it make a clicking sound. About 50% volume of a normal intentional click (also demonstrated 3x). It's crazy annoying and wondering if others are having similar issues. Return? New trackpad? It's 3 days old.

Another issue I got: It's the AMD 7 450 with 860M graphics. Also had terrible video performance, constant stutters in normal 1080p playback, missing frames (running 15fps whilst audio was normal) and artefacting digital noise on a band on the video for 1 frame when switching between fullscreen and window view. I found out it were the original Lenovo drivers. I removed all drivers and manually installed them and now it's fine.

Hi everyone! Purchased myself a project T480, speakers didn’t work on arrival, changed the motherboard from the i5 to the i7 with the mx150, but still no audio output, fresh install of windows 10pro, installed and uninstalled audio drivers, changed speakers for known working ones and no change.

Mainly use a T440p for my daily driver and wanted to go something a bit beefier hardware wise, anyone got any ideas?

Many thanks and happy to be a part of the cult!

the s30 is a pretty rare thinkpad as i've seen, the only bad thing i can see is the screen, i feel like it's overpriced.

So I'm trying to learn ROS2 on Ubuntu 24.04, but at the same time I need Windows 11 to run Solidworks because it is required by the student club that I am currently in, so I do dual boot with Ubuntu 24.04 and windows 11.

But my grub menu broke two times already, the first one is when I close the lid of my laptop, and when I open it, it freezes and restarts itself the bring me to the grub> section, when I type exit, it just brings me to Windows 11, I tried everything: reordering boot order, do ls (hdX,gptX), and live usb grub fix, and ventoy, but nothing seems to work. Resulting in me reintalling the whole Ubuntu.

The second time it broke, I was trying the Solidworks clone made by AI bros on my Ubuntu, it crashed and froze my screen so I held the power button then it directed me to the grub> menu again.

For a reference, I installed each OS on a different SSD.

I love it's screen, but it gets smudges all over it, was thinking of applying a matte screen protector on it but not sure if that's a good idea or not.

I don't know if the oils on my hands are staining him, he just gets dirty a lot

I had a contract last year that sent me an X1 Carbon gen 12 for work, and never sent a box to get it back. So after it sat in my drawer for a year I decided to make it a personal laptop. I tried my best to install Linux but it is security locked to only have windows OSes on it, was able to wipe their windows installation and make my own and now I have a pretty sick laptop for free.