Newegg has
Refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 Laptop (Grade A - Excellent, 20W1S1XG00) for
$294.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
Dr.W for contributing this deal.
Product Specs:
- 14" Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS touchscreen display
- Intel Core i5-1145G7 2.60 GHz (Up to 4.40 GHz Turbo) Quad-Core Processor
- 16GB 3200 MHz DDR4 RAM
- 256GB Solid State Drive / SSD
- Intel UHD Graphics
- 802.11ax WiFi | Bluetooth 5.1
- Non-backlit Keyboard
- Windows 11 Pro
- 90-Day Limited Warranty
- Ports:
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1Type A (Always On)
- 2x Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 40Gbps USB-C (support data transfer, Power Delivery 3.0 & DisplayPort 1.4a)
- 1x HDMI 2.0
- 1x MicroSD Card Reader
- 1x 3.5mm headphone / microphone combo jack
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On PassMark, the i5-1145G7 scores 9,257 CPU Mark, while the common T14 Gen 2 upgrades like i7-1165G7 and i7-1185G7 are 9,847 and 10,019. That's roughly a 6-8% bump, not some night-and-day "longevity" difference.
Single-thread is even closer: 2,679 (i5-1145G7) vs 2,739 (i7-1165G7) vs 2,767 (i7-1185G7).
Also, in this exact laptop line, Lenovo lists these as the same class of 11th-gen chips (all 4 cores / 8 threads) with mostly clocks/cache differences.
And more broadly, "i5 is bad" as a blanket statement is misleading anyway. A newer i3-N305 can beat an older desktop i7-7700 on PassMark (9,582 vs 8,637), so the badge alone isn't a professional way to judge performance.
For this T14 Gen 2 config (16GB RAM + SSD), the CPU is not the weak link for "web browsing/school/Office" or even plenty of heavier multitasking. The practical longevity factors are more like battery health, thermals, RAM/SSD capacity, and overall condition - not the i5 label.
I've seen better deals than this one, but one of the advantages of a corporate laptop is usually replaceable parts
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I can nab the same 16gb/256gb specs on a used/refurb Macbook Air M1 -- a machine that sips power, has a MUCH nicer keyboard and trackpad, is thinner, and has a very nice 2560x1600 16:10 display.
I've seen better deals than this one, but one of the advantages of a corporate laptop is usually replaceable parts
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