ThinkPad T16
The ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 is a portable laptop designed for dynamic professionals. It features an Intel Core 7 240H processor with e-cores up to 4.00 GHz and p-cores up to 5.20 GHz, providing improved performance and smooth multitasking. The laptop comes with 16 GB of DDR5-5600MT/s RAM, split into two 8 GB SODIMM modules. It also includes integrated graphics and runs on Windows 11 Pro 64-bit. The ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 has a 16-inch display and offers long-lasting battery life. For seamless collaboration, an optional high-resolution infrared camera is available, as well as smart noise cancellation features.
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- #1Dec 19, 2025
Looking for reliable laptop around $400-600
Lenovo T or X series refurbished. Or, get one off Ebay. I have both a X260 and a Yoga 260. Yoga can be a hit or miss. Mine doesn't like to be lifted by a corner as something shifted on the mainboard. Or a loose connector. Probably the ram shifting in the socket. I stuck to the 260 because of replaceable ram and m2 drives. Bought used, both of them are 10 years old. Parts are cheap and plentyful. They are meant to be serviced by the user. If you want usb C charging, go x270 and newer. Just be advised newer ones are partially soldering memory and drives on the board.
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Recommendations about a laptop
Lenovo Thinkpad X series, P series or T series
View on Redditopen_in_new - #3Oct 5, 2025
Recommendations about a laptop
A thinkpad x or t series. The rest are crap. But I can vouch for the x series. 10yo laptop, got banged up a few times, working just as well as when it was new.
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Brands That Used to Be BIFL — But Aren't Anymore?
For others interested, this appears to be the [T14 Gen 5 and the T16 Gen 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/1b1djp0/ifixit_and_lenovo_team_up_to_make_laptop/). It's nice to see the success of Framework push [HP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8lsUvil_S8) and now Lenovo Thinkpad back toward repairability, if not upgradeability.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #5Aug 2, 2025
Please help me but a laptop
I'd say go for a well specd lenovo thinkpad from ebay, especially the t14 gen 1 or gen2 based on your budget, they are the same but the second one is better
View on Redditopen_in_new - #6Feb 9, 2025
What is the best laptop brand for long term use?
As much as I hate Apple, when it comes to laptops, the M macs are amazing in terms of longevity/performance/battery life. If you have to stick to windows, I'd go with the ThinkPad.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #7Feb 9, 2025
What is the best laptop brand for long term use?
If you go lenovo, make sure it's ThinkPad specifically. Asus are generally good. Gigabyte also. I don't think I would really consider any other brands tbh.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #8Feb 9, 2025
What is the best laptop brand for long term use?
Thinkpads or Dells.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #9Feb 9, 2025
What is the best laptop brand for long term use?
Get a thinkpad or ideapad from Lenovo or the Asus vivobook is amazing!
View on Redditopen_in_new - #10Feb 1, 2025
[Request] Laptop brands built to last....longer?
For longer-lasting laptops, consider brands like **Apple (MacBook Air/Pro)**, **Lenovo (ThinkPad series)**, and **Dell (XPS series)**. These laptops are known for their **build quality**, **reliability**, and **long-term performance**. They might cost more upfront, but they are designed to last longer and maintain performance over time, making them a better investment for your usage.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #11Jan 5, 2025
Has everything we buy reduced in quality over time? Has anything increased in quality or stayed high quality and durable?
They've gone this way a bit with Thinkpads, but they're still relatively repairable. But I'm typing this from a 2024 Thinkpad X1, which has clearly made a bunch of compromises in favor of compactness. A\~2014 Thinkpad X or T series would have had a more modular keyboard and modular RAM. It would have had a removable battery. This one has the RAM soldered onto the motherboard, the keyboard probably built into the case, and I'd have to unscrew the back to replace the battery. Yet it's way lighter, the screen is markedly better, the battery life is long enough that I don't really even want to carry a spare. And the whole package is a lot less expensive (inflation-adjusted). I think Lenovo has done pretty well at keeping the best things about Thinkpads good while adapting them to modern desires. Aside from deleting the physical mouse buttons for a while I'm even a fan of their keyboard/touchpoint/touchpad combo.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #12Dec 6, 2015
[Request] Consumer-Grade (not military spec) Laptop with the longest lasting hardware/hinges
The old T-series are pretty good and you might be able to change out the hardware. Be warned, recently, on several occasions, Lenovo has been caught infecting their own systems with malware even in the bios (In the last few years) so consider this before buying a newer one.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #13Dec 6, 2015
[Request] Consumer-Grade (not military spec) Laptop with the longest lasting hardware/hinges
I ran a department in a large enterprise organization that tested and selected laptops for use by employees. Use cases ranged from office users who plugged them in and cabled them to a desk where it never moved to people who strapped them to snowmobiles to travel up a mountain to a site... First thing to mention is that there is more to the discussion than rugged vs. not rugged. There is a class called semi-rugged that is typically a machine with improved shock resistance, a tough case but not generally protected from dust or water ingestion. (See Panasonic's Toughbook 53) In return it's a bit lighter and more business like than the fully rugged laptops. Assuming from your edit you are reasonably confident that a Toughbook is too heavy and large, then the response based on my experience is the T series Lenovo. One test we would to is to take the screen and flex it by the corners to see if the hinges were up to the task. We often had HPs and Dells that would begin to crack or even not close after torquing them like this, but never the Lenovo. One easy indicator is how far outboard the hinges are located. The closer to center, the easier they fail a torque test. Lenovo's hinges are furthest to the edge and provide the most support. Here's the big caveat.... In an enterprise, it's very expensive for employees to be trading in and trading up machines all the time. For you, it's a different scenario. How long do you really want it to last? Do you want to pay twice as much for a machine that will last twice as long when the rate of technological change is so rapid and your switching cost is relatively low? Consider living with the fact that it will fail and accepting you will be getting a new one in two years. Spend half the money now, and the other half then. The second half of the money will get you a brand new, improved spec machine to be using for years 3 and 4.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #14Dec 6, 2015
[Request] Consumer-Grade (not military spec) Laptop with the longest lasting hardware/hinges
Lenovo Thinkpad T series is what you want. Lenovo is general is nice in that none of their models fall apart that quickly (I have a Thinkpad Edge that's on it's last legs, but it's like 6 years old, and had heavy use with lots of travel, so I can't really complain that much. And yeah, it's the hinges). Even the less durable Thinkpads, like the edge series, have *fantastic* ergonomics for a laptop. The keyboard is nice to use, and if you're having repetitive stress issues with the trackpad, they've also got the nipple so you can switch things up. You can also change what movements do what for your trackpad. I've had Macbooks last pretty well too: the metal cases last well (the old plastic ones used to break apart where you'd put your wrist, and that hurt), but one of the really frustrating things about them is that they make it very hard to replace an old battery or hard drive: and batteries have never lasted me 6 years (also, their charging cords break all the time). They also don't really allow as much customization or comfort. My hands, for some reason, hurt really, really badly when I use two finger scrolling. Macbooks cannot be configured (without serious hacking) to allow any other method of scrolling unless you want to get out a mouse.
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