It has similar spec to my current broken laptop. Instead of a i5, it comes with an i7 8550U, 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage. It is a renewed product, by the way. And it goes for around ₹24,000. Honestly, I feel like it is too expensive, considering how there are better spec laptops available.
@velox_vulnus T480 owner here.
Don’t expect T480 with i7 to actually run 4 GHz all times when needed. Get an i5 model instead.
I have i5-8350U. The best frequencies I could get on heavy load are 3.5-3.6 GHz (dGPU heatsink + PTM7950). Still throttles but not so much.
T480 has excellent battery life with both 24 + 72Wh batteries. What was the main reason why I got it.
My laptop wasn’t refurbished. I got it used without some parts - SSD and both batteries. Then I bought all parts by myself.
It could be cheaper to refurb it by yourself rather than by someone else.
Hey, thank you for sharing your experience. I was wondering if there’s any possible battery mod for T480, or the T580, where it is possible to discard hard disk cage? Similar to how there’s choice between 52.5 and 70Wh battery for the Lenovo S540 15 series? Because I’m going to be using M.2 SSD, so I would rather want that space to be occupied by batteries.
@velox_vulnus no, there are no battery mods for 80 series.
It also has no CD/DVD that you can swap for 2nd drive or so.
I recommend you to watch a T480 review with disassembly first.
I saw some of the videos, however, they don’t tell the entire story. For example, as I’ve mentioned above, the Ideapad S540 15-IWL comes with two battery variants - luckily, mine was available in 70Wh. However, for those, who wanted an extra hard disk cage, they have to go for the 52.5Wh battery. I’ve tried checking out the parts page, looks like that empty drive cage cannot be replaced with another fancy device, which is a little bit annoying.