Refurbished: Lenovo ThinkPad T480 Core i5-8350U 16GB Ram 256GB SSD FHD - V. GOOD - Refurb £211.99 with code @ newandusedlaptops4u / eBay

I posted some information in an earlier deal that may be helpful for potential buyers here

the stock screen is pretty bad at 250nits and 45% RGB colour gamut. You might want to swap the panel out for
something like this N140HCG-GQ2

Fix for the cpu throttling problem on linux
github.com/erp…led

If you want to run MacOS, there's a comprehensive guide here
github.com/val…-oc (edited)

Does anyone know if the RAM is upgradeable on the T480?

Mainland only. Great price if it would ship to NI

Hold on…. 2 hours battery in standby

Or is it better to pay the extra £30 for the i7 in the T480 ? (edited)

I bought one two weeks ago on the other deal.
Great quality overall. Finger print reader, and backlight keyboard which I didn't expect. It did come with a Lenovo power brick tho. Also came with bad ram. But the seller sent out new ram and its been all good so far, been using it on 2 external displays with the lid closed and working like a champ for my WFH editing setup via remoting into work.

For those who got only one battery. I thought the same. But when I opened it up to replace the ram I discovered it did have an internal battery after all, it just was not connected up. ( I ordered a spare before knowing this) so now have a spare internal battery.

I was impressed enough to order another on this deal and still waiting for it. Hopefully it will be the same, but as others have said It might just be down to luck. (edited)

Is it better to pay the extra £70 for the i7 and having the T490??

Almost purchased when it was £238 recently, but this is an even better price.

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I felt it would be rude not to buy at this price!

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Link to firmware update utility, if it is needed. Please double check your laptop specs first.


Check your firmware version by right clicking on the system tray Thunderbolt icon and choosing "About". (edited)

Ugh, mine has just arrived - dead on arrival.
Screen or GPU is broken, resulting in visual artifacts / flickering.

Just received mine.

Pros:
- backlit keyboard
- fingerprint sensor
- 1 internal and 1 external 24wh battery
- laptop is pretty much in pristine cosmetic condition apart from wear on touchpad

Cons:
- has a dead white pixel
- both batteries are pretty bad Main battery's showing 10/24wh. External battery showing 9/24wh.
- thunderbolt driver is version 17. Tried to update and after restart it still shows version 17. Not sure why

Great price for 16GB version. I think the cheapest it has ever bee. Think I paid £229 from itzoo a year ago.
Have an X270 purchased from these guys 2 years ago, apart from reprinted Spanish keyboard which is a risk with any reseller, it almost looked new and even had 6 months of Lenovo extended warranty left. The kb is fine but you can't use the backlight as it shows up gibberish. Of course, there were many who received the original English kB so it's a lottery.

Heated.

How old are these machines please

Has anyone received yet and can comment on condition . I’m very interested in getting one of these but not heard of the company before.

I'd love to buy one of these but have concerns over the Thunderbolt firmware update.

Will it have been updated during refurbishment?

If not, can I rely on the Lenovo Vantage app to install it, or is it necessary to download and install it ?

Many thanks.

Is lenovo T480 better than latitude 5490 in a similar configuration? Any advise?

Anybody else had touchpad not working when setting up windows in the beginning? Had to use the red nub. It then works fine. But now it intermittently becomes unresponsive.

Finally managed to get one! Looks like from previous threads, the important thing to do is:

- Update thunderbolt firmware
- Replace thermal compound

Anything else?

Seller won't send to Scottish Highlands. Seller won't pay for my return flight to collect in person. Seller won't pay to relocate me and my family from Scottish Highlands. COLD

Cheers OP. I went for the larger screened P50 i7 with 32ram/512ssd for £296... delighted!

Bought. Fingers crossed on quality. Thanks op

Dunno if it was the thunderbolt that did my wife’s but external battery died and can’t get it to initialise at all ( only did 134 cycles )

Luckily the dual battery when it did go made it easier to fix . Gotta source a new battery though which is annoying

solid machine though for what it’s worth . Upgrade the firmwares though . Wish I knew (edited)

Just received the one I ordered as a new occasional use laptop for my father in law. It's cosmetically tidy apart from on the bottom which has a few more scuffs and scratches. Generic PSU in the box (which I haven't tried yet). According to the Lenovo website, the one I got was originally sold in Poland. Batteries (x2) don't look great but he will mainly use it plugged in and I can probably replace the batteries in time if needed

Just noticed the right mouse button on the trackpad is dead. Will have to contact the seller to get replaced or refunded. That's a shame (edited)

Does anyone else find the pre-installed windows 11 pro a bit sus? There's chrome and teamviewer preinstalled. Chrome default homepage is some weird website and default search address bar is something called Navwithus which then shows results from yahoo search.

My laptop arrived today. What is the general concensus regarding factory resetting these before putting in data? I'm sure companies such as this one will have done so already prior to selling it, but do you guys and girls still factory reset regardless? My device asked which country I was in, the keyboard setup, and now it is asking for my network password. I feel confident to crack on without factory resetting it but I just wondered whether folk were still factory resetting as a belts and braces approach.

Also, if any of you do have too much time on your hands and fancy writing a checklist of things to do to get our T480 up and running sooner I would really appreciate it. Things like checking firmware and drivers are up to date, how to update these if they aren't, how to (without cost) test the battery(ies).

If you have a link to a good youtube video tutorial on this (to save you writing a checklist) that would also be appreciated.

There are some very good Youtube videos for newbies like me on how to upgrade with 2280 and 2242 SSDs.

I'm very happy with the condition of my laptop.

Cheers!

Can this connect to two monitors? I am just looking between a mac mini and an ubuntu laptop for programming.

Code not working now

Isn't a 1.7Ghz i5 a bit underpowered for Windows 10/11?

Does anyone know much it would cost to return this laptop (roughly), if I'm not happy with it

if its anything like my organisation did you may be fortunate and get an almost new one. We had to replace all our t480s even ones only a few months old as we had to have laptops with TPM modules to comply with our new security system. We were purchasing t480 right up until November 2022 with this exact specification and it easily coped with everyday work.
Only designers and cadcam specialists required something more powerful with a dedicated graphics card.

Nice specs, it's still a solid system.

Dull screen. Don't buy it for media consumption though.

That's the major issue with these business machines. Good for spreadsheets, rubbish for movies.

And I know what I do more on a personal laptop.