Reddit mentions of Lenovo Thinkpad T440 Ultrabook, 14 Inch Display, Intel Core 4th Gen i5-4300U 1.9GHz, 8GB RAM, 500GB, USB 3.0, WiFi, Windows 10 Professional (Renewed)

Few dollars cheaper over here: https://smile.amazon.com/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T440-Ultrabook-Professional/dp/B073WVRDJT

Ahhhhhh... I know exactly the sort of brick that laptop is.

Something cheap and old like a: Link.

Or I could kill my back yet boost my internal ego by miles with a T530 or something.

I'll probably upgrade the fuck out of it like I do with every other electronic i get my hand on.

Thank you very much for your advice.

Edit: Seems like i'm gonna buy a used T530 (since they stopped making these). Drop another 250 dollars on it with upgrades, and probably cry from both back pain and joy. For only 550 in total.

Here’s a thinkpad t440 for $248.

Get this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B073WVRDJT

And this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00GIRSHEA

There. Now you have a 1080p within budget.

Also I forgot to mention, I am okay with ebay/refurbished

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073WVRDJT/ref=crt_ewc_img_dp_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1X019B82D4KP7

this is what I am looking at currently

This one. I got one and they are truly great for the money. Perfecto.

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T440-Ultrabook-Professional/dp/B073WVRDJT/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3U1ZKQOWU9LL5&keywords=thinkpad+t440p&qid=1555026958&s=gateway&sprefix=t440p%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-5

I think your best option would be a used Thinkpad, there are no good devices in this range that are 14" or less.

Something like the Lenovo Thinkpad T440 would be extremely durable.

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T440-Ultrabook-Professional/dp/B073WVRDJT

Maybe this. I looked up i5 8gb ddr3 500gb hdd Lenovo and this seems famiiar

Lenovo Thinkpad T440 Ultrabook, 14 Inch Display, Intel Core 4th Gen i5-4300U 1.9GHz, 8GB RAM, 500GB, USB 3.0, WiFi, Windows 10 Professional (Renewed) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073WVRDJT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_DI-CDb4937T7Z


So like this?

I would get the following ThinkPad T440 for $200. It has an i5-4300u, Intel HD 4400 graphics core, 8GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive and 1366x768 screen.

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T440-Ultrabook-Professional/dp/B073WVRDJT/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=ThinkPad+T450&qid=1567956833&s=electronics&sr=1-9

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I have an old Dell Latitude 3540 with the i5-4200u and Intel HD 4400 that I still use from time to time. I even use it to play Fallout 3 (2008) and Fallout New Vegas (2010) at 1080p with medium settings. It can handle Skyrim as well when I set that game up on a friend's laptop with an i5-4210u and Intel HD 4400... but the resolution had to be lowered to 1600x900 and some minor graphic tweaks to get pretty decent performance.

I really would not look at anything prior to the 4th generation Intel Core i3-4xxx or Core i5-4xxx series with the Intel HD 4400 graphics core. I have an even older Lenovo Ideapad Y470 with a 2nd gen Intel Core i5-2410m, Intel HD 3000 graphics core, dedicated nVidia GT 550m and a 1366x768 screen. I decided to test the Intel HD 3000 and Fallout 3 did not run well without a lot of graphic tweaks to the game, Mass Effect 1 (2007) was playable but did not run very well. Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines (2004) did run pretty well. I recall seeing someone play the Sims 3 (2009) using the Intel HD 3000 and looked playable to me.

If they are readily available then sure. I have little patience for scouring e-bay for second hand computers though.

Edit: it looks like amazon has refurbed thinkpads for super cheap. does the thinkpad below look like a good contender to play around with Pop!_OS and other distros?

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T440-Ultrabook-Professional/dp/B073WVRDJT/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=thinkpad&qid=1564662675&s=gateway&sr=8-10