New T520 owner.
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:18 am
My (little over a year old) Toshiba L75d recently died. In my search for a replacement machine a friend suggested I look at Lenovo ThinkPads.
I had one old IBM ThinkPad given to me many years ago as a project, and while I never go it working, I did remember it's incredible build quality.
After a ton of research here and other places I pulled the trigger on a decent looking machine on e-bay last week. My T520 came today, i7-2620 dual core, 8gb ram 500gb hd, 1600X900, Win 7.
I am super impressed, Returning to a machine with a real keyboard is a joyous experience. (why I bought the T520). Compared to everything about the toshiba it's just....better.
12 hours after I opened the box on #1 this morning I went back to ebay and pulled the trigger on a second T520, (so long student loan $) I'm going to push #2 a little as time and $$ allow while not messing much with #1.
If the upgrades work out with #2 I can migrate them to #1, it also gives me a real computer as a backup.
Just wanted to thank you all for all the great information in this forum, I really believe it helped me make a good choice.
I had one old IBM ThinkPad given to me many years ago as a project, and while I never go it working, I did remember it's incredible build quality.
After a ton of research here and other places I pulled the trigger on a decent looking machine on e-bay last week. My T520 came today, i7-2620 dual core, 8gb ram 500gb hd, 1600X900, Win 7.
I am super impressed, Returning to a machine with a real keyboard is a joyous experience. (why I bought the T520). Compared to everything about the toshiba it's just....better.
12 hours after I opened the box on #1 this morning I went back to ebay and pulled the trigger on a second T520, (so long student loan $) I'm going to push #2 a little as time and $$ allow while not messing much with #1.
If the upgrades work out with #2 I can migrate them to #1, it also gives me a real computer as a backup.
Just wanted to thank you all for all the great information in this forum, I really believe it helped me make a good choice.