LENOVO ThinkPad T480s Laptop, 14 IPS FHD (1920x1080) Matte Display, Intel Core i7-8650U 4.20 GHz, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Fingerprint Reader, Supported Windows 10 Pro, Black Color, Renewed

Thin, Light Weight, Works great

When it arrived, I thought by the paperwork provided and reviews that the laptop would be in great condition working. I wasn’t using it so much in the first month or so after receiving it, but once I wanted to start using it for work and school, I noticed the battery would not stay charged for longer than 5–10 minutes unless constantly plugged into the charger. Some applications were also lagging when I tried operating. I waited some time but then when the problem became really persistent especially since I needed to use a laptop on daily basis for my job and school, I started a request for the seller to help me with the issue. I get a response that it is over the 90 day refund/replacement time frame (it was 5 days over when I put the request in) and that basically they can’t help me. I started contacting Amazon and multiple representatives started an A-Z claim, even though it was past the 90 days, I was told that I would be helped with the issue since the seller was not responsive. After a month of calling customer service, and being told that they understand my frustration and my issue would be fixed (I would get a return/refund), I’m now being told that Amazon can’t help me either. I am still currently trying to get my issue resolved with Amazon, but I would save your time and money and not buy from this seller. Almost $400 down the drain for a laptop that doesn’t function how a refurbished laptop should (I didn’t even get to talking about the cosmetic damages sticker cover up). I would strongly recommend saving up for a brand new laptop somewhere else if you are able to, because this will cause you issues (not far) down the line.

So I have been on the hunt for a laptop that could fulfill my needs while being relatively cheap. This item really hit the mark. I am a web developer as well as a system administrator for my home servers hehe. I wanted a laptop that I could carry around the house and be able to quickly access my servers instead of having to run upstairs to my main computer each time. I knew I was going to be running arch linux on it also so I didnt need a thousand dollar laptop to achieve my goals. Once I found this and saw the specs and the price, the only question mark was the quality (it being refurbished). Wow this thing looks almost new and the screen is clean and clear. I dont normally leave reviews but I feel like I had to with this because im just so happy with this purchase. I recommend this seller and the t480s

The image compares the provided Brand X SSD (on the left) and the Western Digital on the right, The WD has significantly superior performance (and order of magnitude faster etc). Might advise doing a SSD swap in some cases.

I recently purchased this Lenovo ThinkPad T480s and I'm incredibly impressed. It's a significant upgrade from my previous laptop, offering a sturdy build and excellent performance. While there are a few minor cosmetic details, they don't impact the laptop's functionality. The battery works fine so far. The screen and keyboard are like new.

Overall, fairly dcecent "refurbished" laptop for the price. I purchased one, and found that the laptop would not charge due to a faulty USB port. The port had an intermittent connection, and would charge if I put pressue on the connector (verified with another power adpater I had). So laptop one was returned and a replacement was sent.Once the second latop was received, everything looked good and initial testing was performed and everything seemed to work. One of the reasons I like the T480 is that it has a physical network port. I noticed that this port only functioned at 10Mb. I could never get it to negotiate to 1Gb. After looking at the port I noticed that the pins were bent and the outer pin would not making contact with the connector. I made a tool with a pin that was able to get under the pins and bend them to their proper position. After that work, the network port functioned properly, and no further issues were found.The one annoying issue I have with this "refurbished" laptop is that the refurb company installs a plastic covering on all of the visable surfaces of the laptop and it looks and feels horrible. In my mind this makes a "refurbished" laptop a "used" laptop with stickers all over it as basically that is what they put some big stickers all over it. I wish they had just left it alone. It has actually started pulling up around the ThinkPad" logo and keyboard. I am thinking of pulling it off, but have just gotten used to it at this point.In summary, at the price I purchased at, it is a reasonable laptop and allows me to install linux or windows and perform the work I need to get done. Be ready to thoroughly test the unit when it is received. If you are not able to do your own repairs, you may go through a few. I would consider this laptop to be "used" not "refurbished" which was disappointing.Update - After six months of use, I discovered that the thunderbolt chip had the bad firmware from lenovo which would make the unit not charge properly (the thunderbolt port handles charging as well), and throw errors about the charger being used. I was able to update the firmware and resolve the issue as well. Bottom line for me is refurbished computers from these companies are not worth the money for the average user.

To start, the t480s is a great laptop. All the ports I could ever want, keyboard is one of my favorites ever, the screen gets very bright, and the battery life is pretty dang good even when working with multiple applications open at once.Specifically for these reburb models, mine came in in perfect condition. Every port and every key works, like I said the battery life is incredible, screen is bright, and no damage to the case or anything. Same goes for the charger, perfect condition. Also getting an I7-8th gen, 24gb ram, and 512gb ssd for $350.. It's a very good deal.My experience with this laptop, besides the initial boot to make sure the keys and ports worked properly, has been entirely on Arch Linux. But I'm sure for windows users the experience is likely very similar. Great laptop and honestly thank you to the guys running this shop.