Intel 8th Gen i7-8550U Quad Core CPU
14" FHD display (1920 x 1080)
256GB SSD PCIe
8GB DDR4 (4GB removable, 4GB soldered)
AMD Radeon 530 2GB GPU
Spill resistant & backlit keyboard
2x USB3.0, 1x USB3.1 type C, VGA, HDMI, 4-in-1 Card, RJ45
343mm x 247mm x 20.3mm (1.55kg)
Such good specs for the price. The Radeon 530 is a pretty useless card though, I'd rather a slightly lighter device and just the onboard graphics (or do Lenovo ever use MX150s?)
https://www3.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/lenovo/lenovo-v-series…
They have the same laptop without the dedicated GPU and i5 instead of i7 CPU for $850
i5 instead of i7?
Edit - Ignore me, already mentioned, it is Friday.
There is no 8th gen i7 option
Disregard my comment, I was looking at the wrong page.
Nice price. 14" is a good size too
I am interested in this:
https://www3.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/lenovo/lenovo-v-series…
It does not say the weight?
Under specs 1.55 kg
Starting at 1.55 kg
Max with base battery and UltraBay battery at 1.85 kg
It is 1.85KG, you won't want to remove the UltraBay battery since there is no additional cover for it.
Bought one on the last deal for $12 more. Good product and I would highly recommend!
so many lenovo deals i was waiting for one similar to a mac air in terms of size. this one is pretty close
Can this be combined with cash rewards?
Anyone know if the $999 price includes the charger ??
I'm looking at the checkout and it's listing a 65w AC adaptor at $61 or a 90w at $74
Presumably these are additional/spare chargers and it includes the lower powered on as standard ?
Under the tech specs it says:
AC adaptor
45W or 65W
So what I gather is, on the i5-8250U model its the 45W adapter it comes with, and on the i7-8550U it comes with the 65W adapter.
As such this deal would come with the 65W charger as a default, stupid to not include a charger with a laptop (are there places that do that these days?)
LOL i noticed that too.. haha
Is Lenovo quality as good as Asus and Dell? How is this comparing to Zenbook?
Too general a question to answer. Each of these manufacturers has laptops in different price ranges. You will pay a lot more for things like a drop resistant aluminium chassis and high colour gamut display panels. The only way to really compare is do research and read lots of reviews. Having said that, this is at a low price point and you generally get what you pay for. Don't expect this to match a Dell XPS or Zenbook.
None of those companies actually make any of the devices anyway, so can't really say one brand is better than the others
Great price, $50 off from last deal before Easter.
I got the i5 version, a few tips:
SSD: SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP (NVMe)
Display Panel: AUO B140HTN01.E (From Lenovo site description, it is widescreen antiglare IPS display, but I don't think it is IPS)
Can the ram be upgraded to 16gb?
No, 1 x SO-DIMM socket, 4GB memory soldered to systemboard
So 12G or 20G
I don't know why people are raving about this deal. Yes it qualifies, so not downvoting, and thank you OP. But I find it meh. Is it just the 8th Gen CPU that people are getting into a frenzy over? It can't be soldered in RAM or a bottom end GPU.
2nd this ^
Nice. Be careful folks, these are delicate. Bought a refurbished one a few weeks back from Grays and the touch screen is already ruined. Repair shop refused to accept the repair, they reckon they're nasty to fix.
They are very nasty to fix, its not worth the effort.
How is a comparable surface so much more expensive than this… bloody brand politics
They aren't comparable.
How are they not comparable? You compare this to a i7 256gb surface laptop. This one has a better processor, but the surface has a higher screen resolution. How is that not a comparable product?
Not an apples to apples comp while i understand that your personal usage would define them as so.
As such - without the need to know more id say you’re better off with this.
The surface is a bit like the apple products where the intrinsic value comes from probably the best support you can get for any hardware or software problems.
Given the never-ending threat of virus and terms that are now considered the norm such as malwares, root kits abd zero day xxx - id say owning the hardware that is produced by the OS is a pretty tangible consideration. E.g. every new patch/ vulnerability are actually being pushed out towards the surface products first - given there’s no oem to deal with (anongst other things)
@ONEMariachi: provide some factual rebuttal at least. At least educate yourself by googling surface patch for spectre/meltdown etc ?
What's the point of dedicated graphics that are so low performance that they are barely better than the included integrated graphics.. Waste of Silicon, space, weight and battery life…?
those BEZELS tho
The Thinkpad V series is a massive disgrace to the original thinkpad lines. Its a classic case of being penny wise and pound foolish.
$$$$ is not even a top 5 consideration as opposed to and in the following order of priority:
-Data Security & recoverability (80% weight)
- modularity of componenents
- reliability and quality of warranty execution (top tier brands offer NBD onsite but in real terms you will e very very dissapointed when a component is not in stock) this goes back to the subject of modularity where soldered parts are the end result of only 1 reason and that is cost cutting.
(a laptop malfunction because the [the popular Lenovo carbon X series which has become a very popular biusiness machine for the corporate noobs will have to have their entire systemboard replaced instead of a simple ram replacement.)
Another much more prominent example was the use of the surface laptop as a business machine. As accidents do happen, the Surface models post the Surface Pro 4, have gone one step further in the soldering process and that is to solder the drive onto the system board.
A failed surface laptop which required the system board replaced that had confidential information and also hours of unsaved/unbacked up work was one example
Not to mention that soldering is a cost cutting measure while the Microsoft Surface line are actually the most expensive portable laptop money can buy. I'm hopeful that there is a darn god reason for microsoft to do this but it sounds a lot like having you cake and eating it too.
Disgusting., and sorry to deviate from the topic.
My distate for soldered RAM can be tolarated for consumer grade peripherals (Yoga, Ideapads, Spectre, Pavilion, XPS) but to claim a soldered design laptop to be business grade (targeted for the budget concious or SMB) as trade-off is paradox.
HP has several business grade laptops bellow the eitebooks which are the Probooks and non of them have aoldered ram not to mention that most still carry dock support.
The Dell's are examplary with their Lattitude 3, 5 and 7 series.
None of the HP nor Dells have even attempted a soldered version in their business line although HP and sadly Lenovo too are infamous for their whitelist imposed bios.
Thank you for this.
I've used ThinkPads for years (maybe decades by now) and always thought highly of them. My last one (bought when I was still working nearly 10 years ago) has recently given up the ghost. I was about to start research on this as it sounded ok for an ex-IT old fart.
You've saved me a lot of tedious reading.
Do any current laptops have keyboards like the old ThinkPads?
10 years in moores law would equate to an unimaginable difference.
I would certainly recommend you start with the sandy or invy bridge thinkpads with an SSD and one would struggle to feel the difference if you only ibtebd to use the laptop as a pure business machine (as it was meant for anyway!)
My concern would be the adjustment required in terms of software if your current setup is indeed 10 years old, i hope it was windows 7 that you are on.
If you are on linux - which would make more sense - then again the T420 is actually an extremely well supported machine and lenovo has always been good with linux friendly drivers and updates. Send me a message and ill be happy to point in the right direction.
Tomadeira
I just checked and it was actually 7 years ago, not 10. So not quite as bad as it sounded. Sorry for misleading you.
The laptop was a T420, newly released and upgraded over its life with extra ram and an SSD and running win 10 when it died. Apart from the weight, I loved it.
Thank you for your offer. I'll take you up on it when I'm back home and a little less snowed under.
@jebdra: hey mate - if you have the T420 in short - you probably have the most flexible piece of equipment and also the last of it's kind to have the well regarded classic keypad.
Do drop me a line and i'll be happy to give you a variety of options going forward. Cheers
Fellow T420 user myself!
My T430 doesn't have a backlit keyboard, but I notice the T470 does so must have changed.
I don't know whether they are still good, reliable business machines, but the T470 seems like a decent deal at the moment @ $1229 with $420 discount coupon.
Extra $150 for touch screen.
i5-7200 CPU; i5-7500 +$200; i7-7600 +$500
8G RAM; 16G +$205; 32G +$515
500G 7200rpm HDD; 1T +$30; 256G SSD +$150; 512G SSD +$350; 1T SSD +$1450
3-cell 24Wh battery; 6-cell 72Wh +$22
On the touch screen option - just in case you are experimenting - i'd say you wouldn't need it.
Another easy option to save some costs is to no elect for any upgrades that you can do yourself - (RAM & HDD comes to mind)
So go for the barebones.
I'm unsure if the T470 comes with the much modular version being the T470P (T460 series do) but i hear that the 470 may or may not have it.
Avoid the T470s at all costs unless money is no object and you plan on swapping laptops every 2 years. The "s" series is Lenovo's attempt to make the popular T series somewhat like an ultrabook which would imply soldered RAM thus limitting max ram capacity on 1 slot.
one often overlooked model is the L series which over the past few years have proven worthy to be a budget replacement for the T series.
Have owned about 7 laptops and Lenovo 510 I bought last year is awful. Try to play with one in store because you cannot use mine without a mouse, bloody single click button for both left and right.
I also had the misfortune to buy one last year (ideapad 510). Apart from the trackpad issue, It has sat on the shelf ever since due to the incessant low level fan whine regardless of temp or load. Good on paper, unusable in practice.
Couple points: It’s closed to 2 kilos in weight and the noisy fan is running constantly (on mine) can be annoying. Some one suggested Bios update but it already has latest update installed.
Has Thinkpad died yet
In case that’s a serious question….
Last year’s release of the T25 which was sold out world wide. I dont think australia even had a sniff of the action. A second hand if foung on market would would command a much higher price vs the already exhorbitant RRP.
And no - it wasnt because it was culmination of the best tech ob offer with some nostalgic bits we yearn for. Far from it.
But if i came across one, i cannot say for sure that i’ll walk away from it…
Anyone who started using them in 2014 would probably hate them though
This has gone up now to 1099 still with the same coupon code .. missed it.
You can get the superior Thinkpad Edge E480 for $1099 with the DEALS code, comes with an RX550. However that's an email only special.
Can't believe the price drop so quick. Lucky got mine returned due to Wi-Fi issue on arrive.