ThinkPad T480

Lenovo

ThinkPad T480

274 positive 0 neutral 97 negative

Based on 371 Reddit mentions

$379.99

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i summon all the mighty T480 programmers

Depends on your needs. I'd go for the one with the bigger battery and upgrade the SSD by myself. If you want to do AI stuff on the ThinkPad itself: don't. Just offload that to your desktop. Just SSH into it. For frontend development you don't need much. You need VScode, a browser and some CLI tools

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JvPeek in r/thinkpad

December 22, 2025 10:42 AM

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Why are Lenovo ThinkPads so highly praised?

There was a really good post about this a couple weeks ago, that I fully recommend, I agree with every single word of it and my only single criticism is that the author didn't take a chance to add that what is true of ThinkPads is also true of every other corporate-aimed type of ocmputer. The Myth o

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Cory5413 in r/thinkpad

February 20, 2026 2:35 AM

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Need help choosing a ThinkPad (after a really bad Legion experience)

If this is your first ThinkPad, go newer. The T480 is great for tinkering, but the T14 Gen 2 is the better daily driver for most people, faster RAM too. What you do gain is a massive generational leap in performance over any 8-10th gen Intel chip and you’ll feel it in every single task. Just open so

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Shunl in r/thinkpad

May 5, 2026 4:55 AM

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Layar laptop jadi nyaris total gelap habis coba-coba oprek sendiri. Saran??

lenovo?, sangat disarankan untuk liat manual officialnya langsung, jangan ikutin blindly tanpa liat manual, ataupun modal lewat youtube.. gimana caranya? ke product support, cari manual namanya "hardware maintenance manual", atau gampangnya (semisal thinkpad), tinggal googling "T480 hardware mainten

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Bedoels in r/indotech

May 5, 2026 9:42 PM

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Please recommend a Budget Laptop

Ask someone from abroad for a used ThinkPad T480. Used ones are very affordable, typically around £160 in the UK. Upgradeable SSD and Ram.

Duwasiva in r/srilanka

December 22, 2025 10:56 AM

14

MacBook or lenovo??

If you're on a tight budget, I'd go with a ThinkPad - spare parts can be found easily and are cheap. I would try to pick non-S model (T480) 8th gen Intel - it can have bridge battery and is a sturdy beater laptop that should still perform decently for basic tasks and has official Win 11 support.

legit_flyer in r/laptops

July 19, 2025 1:48 PM

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What are good laptop options today?

If you are willing to go refurbished, you can find a lenovo Thinkpad T480 or Dell Latitude 7480 for R4k-R6k depending on specs. These laptops were business and corporate workhorses and are built to last and easy to repair.

Basic_Palpitation596 in r/askSouthAfrica

May 9, 2026 8:31 AM

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Can someone tell me what’s with thinkpad and linux?

Go to Lenovo website. Buy part. Download service manual. Enjoy. That's true even for the older T480 laptops. Try getting parts from a similar Dell Latitude from the same year (or from nowadays for that matter - Dell doesn't sell parts worldwide). Hardware isn't the same in every laptop, that's obvio

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NicoPela in r/thinkpad

May 17, 2026 4:35 PM

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Just join the club with a T480s

Welcome to the cult , the T480s is a sweet laptop , something different that the T480 that everybody else gets. I was able to drop a 32gb sodimm in mine , so getting more ram should be physically easy , just stupid pricing right now. Enjoy your ThinkPad!!

nuclearragelinux in r/thinkpad

May 3, 2026 4:13 AM

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Laptop for roblox

At less than $300 you’d be buying e-waste. Anything that price brand new is e-waste from the factory. It’ll likely not be very usable for anything more demanding than word documents or watching videos. Look on eBay for a Thinkpad T480. I purchased a T480 with an i5 8250U, 16gb ram, and a 512gb SSD f

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AxelsOG in r/laptops

March 28, 2026 5:23 AM

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