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Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480

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Re: Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480

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Post by rozenmd »

abudabi123 wrote: post #3

No picture of the actual ThinkPad hardware, likely more IBM ThinkPad DNA loss by Lenovo. The Apple MacBooks have had a design change back to the future.

Hi, author of the article here, what do you mean by "likely more IBM ThinkPad DNA loss by Lenovo"?

and thanks for the feedback - I've added a photo of the actual laptop now.

Re: Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480

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Post by grokkedit »

> upgrades will cost you around $150 total on AliExpress

I'm upgrading a thinkpad (x220) with new monitor and battery and a few more upgrades, so I have an idea of the cost of upgrading

I'm sorry but the price of the upgrades is not that low, how do you get to that total upgrading:

- monitor

- wifi card

- trackpad

- battery

that does not add up

that said, I like the end result, and I'm really curious about the trackpad

Re: Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480

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Post by junipertea »

I love thinkpads but the T480 is basically objectively worse in every single aspect except price and repairability. I don’t think I can go back from all day battery and quiet CPU during high loads.

I could definitely use my T450 for however long I need and know I can replace parts, but I’d rather have macs for 5 years and upgrade for another performance bump. Some things are just nicer

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