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X280 or P52

X230-X280, X390 Series
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X280 or P52

#1 Post by lenovobee » Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:51 pm

So my X200 has screen issues..it is basically toast.

Now I am looking for a new laptop-mostly to be used for coding, 14", and web surfing-fast is good. Performance is important. I have been looking at X280 but had terrible experience with X250 so a bit cautious.

So trying to decide between these--
X280 (getting this for $786 so that is the reason it is in the running)
P series
T480 or 480s
E480

What do you all think? I am going with basic i3, 8 RAM and an SSD.

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Re: X280 or P52

#2 Post by Utwig » Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:47 am

Coding requires good hi-res screen, lots of CPU power, lots of RAM (depends - writing css or SQL statements on remote server really only requires something capable of running vim :D ).

P52 is unportable, it's only luggable from desk to desk. If you mostly code at the desk and will benefit from P52's high res screen and expansion then get this. For P52 price you can get really nice desktop.
If you code on the go get X2xx.

IMO a great setup is having both: a beast workstation and ultraportable and space their upgrades so that you upgrade the ultraportable at midpoint between next workstation upgrade.

If you will only have one laptop for desk and on the go, then T480 is good compromise. Consider used, returned, refurbed T470 as well. T470 has dual core and will have higher sustained single thread peformance, the internals are easier to access, while T480 has quad core with high theoretical but which will probably run at slower frequency than T470. Their screen is the same, you can find both with Intel only or Optimus - depending where you are. If your work benefits from more cores, get T480, if you need high single core performance, consider T470.

10 years ago you could usually get 1-2 year old mint condition Thinkpad for a lot less than new equivalent model but now the 1-2 year old (T470, T460) cost only couple of 100 less than new, so the best way these days is to buy new, sell after 1-2 years and buy new again.
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Re: X280 or P52

#3 Post by lenovobee » Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:33 pm

Thanks. Yup, you got that right. I hate buying these new lenovos and they got obsolete in a year or two. The price is not worth it. My coding is mostly javascript, git, css maybe and js libraries.
so a config of 8 ram, ssd drive of 256 and an i5 should cut it?

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Re: X280 or P52

#4 Post by CrazyTPFan » Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:41 pm

I would go with the T480s because you can have up to 24GB ram, Quad i7, and a 14" screen like you said you wanted.

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Re: X280 or P52

#5 Post by w0qj » Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:16 am

Lenovo announced 2 new 15" LCD models (P1 & X1 Extreme) shortly after OP posted this question, both are worth considering if within budget:

ThinkPad P1 Workstation
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=126850

ThinkPad X1 Extreme (the prosumer version of P1)
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=126955
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=127285

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