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Question

Off-lease Lenovo Thinkpad T430 vs T440p, help me decide!

Jul 21, 2017 3:11AM PDT

The trackpad doesn't matter, I have a mouse.

Looking for value for money and a sturdy laptop for student use.

I can get 30% off price listed on the site.

$324
T440p Notebook Intel Core i7-4600m 2.90ghz, 8GB, 500GB HDD
(T440 also available for same price, has 160GB SSD instead of HDD and slightly shittier CPU)

https://www.pb-tech.com.au/product/EXNBKLEN443/ThinkPad-T440p-Notebook-OFF-LEASE-Intel-Core-i7-46

$200
T430 Notebook Intel Core i5-3320M 2.6ghz, 8GB, 160GB SSD

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T430-FAST-LAPTOP-i5-3320M-2-6GHZ-8GB-160GB-SSD-DVDRW-14-win-7-/282548447911?hash=item41c9332aa7:g:wnEAAOSw-kdXy4CA

Opinions welcome, TIA Happy

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Re: student use
Jul 21, 2017 4:05AM PDT

If student use is just typing documents, making presentations, mailing, browsing the LMS at school and Internet and looking an occasional video at Youtube a 3rd generation i5 with a 160 GB SSD is fine performancewise. The desktop where I type this has a 4th generation I5, 4 GB RAM and a 256 GB SSD and I don't have a single reason to upgrade.

But maybe you're one of those students that want to play heavy games on their laptop? Or run MATLAB? Or use it for video processing an hour a day. Then none of the 2 are really suited.

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Have a good PC at home, so don't need it for gaming.
Jul 21, 2017 4:10AM PDT

It would be mainly for the former stuff, with maybe the occasional movie on the go. Also super basic image manipulation on GIMP.

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Both will do what you asked so far.
Jul 21, 2017 6:39AM PDT

The 160GB SSD would be my nod if you can deal with having about 100GB of space for your files.