T450 in A.D 2023 ?

[ajkula66]

No, not for myself...

Shopping for a friend with modest needs and a budget to match. Was offered a T450 in HD (no big deal for him), with a i5 5300U, 16GB of RAM and a 192GB SSD. The intended use is a desktop replacement 95% of the time, internet, Office, the most basic stuff.

Do you good people see this system as being to able to survive another 2-3 years or will it be rendered utterly obsolete even for these mundane tasks ?

Thankful I am for any wisdom that might be offered...

[MikalE]

I still use my quad core i7 T520 on a daily basis. For basic computer activities a T450 should be fine for another five or six years at least.

[ajkula66]

I still use my quad core i7 T520 on a daily basis.

Yep, my own T520 - not even a QC - is still the daily driver around here as well.

For basic computer activities a T450 should be fine for another five or six years at least.

My train of thoughts as well BUT I have zero experience with T450 when it comes to reliability, let alone with one running W10.

Many a thanks for replying, highly appreciated....

[ZaZ]

Up until last year I had an old dual core Mac mini that I used for media and internet. It gave me no trouble for those uses. I only upgraded to a newer mini because I wanted to get a 4k TV, which the newer mini does better.

A notebooks that moves more frequently likely increases the chances it will experience a hiccup. That's something to consider. A T520 is a nice machine, but 10 years old. It's easier to work on than the newer ThinkPads and I presume parts are cheaper. In my experience a lot of durability comes down to luck more than anything else. Given the modest budget, what else is better?

[TPFanatic]

I'm sure a T450 will be fine for a regular user, not a ThinkPad fanatic (the classics are better for that). They can be had very inexpensively now.

[OneByteCPU]

My wife's laptop is a T450 with 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD running Windows 10. Nice machine. It's a T series ThinkPad, after all. It works just dandy and we expect it to keep working for years to come.

[ajkula66]

My wife's laptop is a T450 with 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD running Windows 10. Nice machine. It's a T series ThinkPad, after all. It works just dandy and we expect it to keep working for years to come.

Thanks for the heads up....

My buddy ended up choosing another (free) solution so all is well.

[Bionicman]

From what I have seen, people are worried too much about the production year of a machine. The best advice would be - try it. Most of the time, other factors contribute to user's experience far more than how old it is. For example I have a 2020 business class ultrabook, but I'm typing this on a i5 T420. And I do not prefer the T420 over a T601 Frankenpad, but it can run on battery 7 hours.
15 inch laptop would probably be better as a desktop replacement, if there was such a choice and similar price.

[ajkula66]

From what I have seen, people are worried too much about the production year of a machine. The best advice would be - try it. Most of the time, other factors contribute to user's experience far more than how old it is. For example I have a 2020 business class ultrabook, but I'm typing this on a i5 T420. And I do not prefer the T420 over a T601 Frankenpad, but it can run on battery 7 hours.
15 inch laptop would probably be better as a desktop replacement, if there was such a choice and similar price.

Agreed on all points....

Typing this on an X200s which is still my choice for "on the move" situations...