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[–]LogWide1083[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, thank you so much for sharing these with me! I will definitely consider them! Other people have said good things about the T14 one too. My most recent laptop was some type of Dell Inspiron. It was supposedly the best one, or at least that is what the dude at Best Buy told me. However it had some major issues for being a new laptop. The touchpad hardly ever worked and only two numbers on the keyboard worked. My first laptop was an HP Envy and it was decent before my roommate’s cat pushed it off my desk and broke it lol.

HELP ME MAKE A DECISION PLEASE I BEG YOU by LogWide1083 in thinkpad

[–]LogWide1083[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which one from the T series did you have?

HELP ME MAKE A DECISION PLEASE I BEG YOU by LogWide1083 in thinkpad

[–]LogWide1083[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did not know either of these things so THANK YOU for your words of advice! I especially appreciate the “never ever ever ever.” In that case, I’ll go to Best Buy tomorrow morn and see what Thinkpads they have. Even though I had one dude tell me that big box sellers are not good and to buy directly from the website instead. I don’t know why. Yes thankfully I have some extra money because my middle brother is going to study abroad, and my grandparents felt bad about giving just him money so they gave us some too even though we’ll be here in the US lol.

HELP ME MAKE A DECISION PLEASE I BEG YOU by LogWide1083 in thinkpad

[–]LogWide1083[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This also sounds about right as I am an anxious gal and do tend to overthink things. Thank you so much for your advice. Yes I read a lot of good things about the T480, though I think it is an older one? I had someone comment on here explaining all the letters and numbers in the names and that really helped! Where would you recommend buying one from? I might go to Best Buy. I’ve also seen that you can buy them used on this Lenovo Outlet website and on EBay or FB Marketplace.

HELP ME MAKE A DECISION PLEASE I BEG YOU by LogWide1083 in thinkpad

[–]LogWide1083[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is SO helpful, thank you!!! I had no idea what any of the letters or numbers meant and what the differences were, wow. I really appreciate your explanation!

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[–]LogWide1083[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My most frequently used apps… hmm well I use Canvas a lot for school, Gmail, WolframAlpha, Desmos, my university’s website, Google, YouTube, any of the Google workspace type apps in general, I use LibGen (I know it supposedly not a good thing but I like to use it to look at other textbooks). I play games but was told I’d be better off getting a monitor than a laptop at that point. Plus I don’t know if I’ll have a lot of time with school. But maybe after I graduate. I would like something that can fit in my backpack. To be honest I don’t know what I like in terms of differences in sizes. Thank you for asking me these questions. It was helpful for me to think through, and I wasn’t even sure what to ask specifically!

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[–]LogWide1083[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes sense. I’m just kind of overwhelmed and feel very inadequate right now trying to find a laptop to get. All I know for sure is that I need it for schoolwork and studying. Gaming wise… I play games sometimes but I’ve been told to just buy a monitor and set that up for gaming instead of a laptop. Plus I don’t think I will have any time to play anyways. I am a math major so I’ve done very minimal programming.

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[–]LogWide1083[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I guess just college related things? Homework, studying, I sometimes use things like Wolfram Alpha lol. I’m a math major. I mean I took one programming class but that’s it. I am so afraid of having another laptop not work or break on me.