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0t79JeIfK01RHyzo@lemmy.ml to ThinkPad@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago

Is there a better budget device for $230?

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Is there a better budget device for $230?

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0t79JeIfK01RHyzo@lemmy.ml to ThinkPad@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago
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  • MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca
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    Is it fully in working condition? Does it boot up?

    Then yes.

    • 0t79JeIfK01RHyzo@lemmy.mlOP
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      This was the listing. It seems like the pricing is around $150-$250. There’s a 16 GB version with the same processor, but in worse physical condition for $222 right now. Maybe just slightly lucky?

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        Enjoy!

  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca
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    Honestly, the RAM alone seems almost worth that price.

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    That seems like a steal. The cpu is very capable and there’s plenty of RAM. And it’s a thinkpad…

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    Oh hey! I got just a similar one but gen 2 for $55 more (shipping killed me though).

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    very cool, top of the line, if the battery is in good condition, it’ll serve you a long time. wish lenovo went with 2x RAM slots, not just 1x. keep a lookout for cheap docks if you wanna run it with external stuff (monitors, LAN, etc.) - game changer.

    heads-up, although it says 4750, that’s a 3000-series Ryzen (Zen 2) and as such has intermittent linux issues wrt power management. a coupla kernel switches and/or other tweaks may be needed, dependent on the kernel your distro’s using. sold mine a while ago so can’t remember the deets, but overall the switches I needed for Zen 2 to reliably sleep and wake aren’t needed for Zen 3 (5000 series).

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      I once got my hands on. Ryzen that version that kept shutting down in Fedora if you put it under any load, and sometimes just shut down for no reason… I did some googling but couldn’t figure out how to keep it from happening. I tried some power state stuff, but never found the right combo.

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    Dang, I just got a ThinkPad T490, 16GB and 256GB for that price! Trade you?

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      I just got a T490 for work and I’m loving it

    • phanto@lemmy.ca
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      (I love it. There’s something special about an old ThinkPad.)

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        Wait. T490 is considered old now? For me, an “old” thinkpad is definitely pre-chicklet keyboard (*30 generation and older).

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    What the heck? Here a base model T450 costs that

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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    That’s a very good deal if it’s working.

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    Holy shit that’s a steal, where I’m from an inferior device is 50% more expensive

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    You did good. Was that Ebay or what?

    • 0t79JeIfK01RHyzo@lemmy.mlOP
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      It was on ebay. I was actually watching Intel versions sell then noticed the AMD version had 8 cores and was selling for around the same price, so I purchased one.

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        The GPU performance is likely much better on the AMD version, as well, so odds are it will be a very flexible workhorse.

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        Post when it arrives! I resisted buying an IdeaPad with comparable specs for $500 (although that was new).

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    jeezt chreezy buy 3 and resell 2 on Craigslist to pay for the third.

  • treeofnik@discuss.online
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    This has me looking now… I have a tiny 11" blue dell inspiron with an M3 that I’ve been tinkering on as a dev laptop, refreshed it with Debian+XFCE but I can’t replace parts on it like I should.

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